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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Mitchell Parish| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Michael Hyman Pashelinsky| alias =| birth_date = birth date|1900|7|10|mf=y| death_date = death date and age|1993|3|31|1900|7|10|death_place = Manhattan , United States|U.S.A. | origin = Lithuania | instrument =| genre =| occupation = Lyricist | years_active =| label =| associated_acts =| website = Mitchell Parish (July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an United States|American lyricist.
Early life
Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Lithuanian Jews|Jewish family in Lithuania .cite web | last =Bloom| first =Nate| authorlink =| coauthors =| title=The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs| publisher =InterfaithFamily| date =2006-12-19 | url = http://www.interfaithfamily.com/site/apps/nl/content2.asp? c=ekLSK5MLIrG& b=297399& ct=3303147| format =| accessdate =2006-12-19 His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old. They settled first in Louisiana where his paternal grandmother had relatives, but later moved to New York City .
Career
By the late 1920s Parish was a well regarded Tin Pan Alley lyricist in New York City.
His best known works include the lyrics to songs such as " Stardust (song)|Star Dust ", " Sweet Lorraine ", " Deep Purple (song)|Deep Purple ", " Stars Fell on Alabama ", " Sophisticated Lady ", " Volare (song)|Volare " (English lyrics), " Moonlight Serenade (song)|Moonlight Serenade ", "Mr. Ghost Goes to Town", " Sleigh Ride ", " One Morning in May ", and "Louisiana Fairy Tale", which was the first theme song used in the PBS Production of This Old House .
Besides providing the lyrics to Hoagy Carmichael 's "Star Dust", the two collaborated on standards such as "Riverboat Shuffle" and "One Morning in May".He wrote the lyrics to the Glenn Miller ballad "Sometime" from 1939, co-written with Glenn Miller and John Chummy MacGregor . Cite news| last1 = Holden | first1 = Stephen | title = Theater; Mitchell Parish: A Way With Words | newspaper = New York Times | date = 1987-02-01 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=9B0DEFD71E3DF932A35751C0A961948260& sec=& spon=& pagewanted=print | postscript =
In 1949, Parish added lyrics to bandleader Al Goodman's tune, "The Allen Stroll", used as the theme song of The Fred Allen Show . The new song, "Carousel of Love", premiered on The Fred Allen Show on April 4, 1949. It was sung by the DeMarco Sisters and played by Al Goodman and his Orchestra.
In 1987 a revue titled Stardust was staged on Broadway theatre|Broadway featuring Parish's lyrics. It ran for 101 performances and was revived in 1999.
Parish's grandnephew was the Grateful Dead roadie Steve Parish, who described Parish's meeting with Jerry Garcia in his autobiography, "Home Before Day Light".
Death
Mitchell Parish died in 1993 in Manhattan at the age of 92. He was buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York .
Work on Broadway
Continental Varieties (1935) - revue - featured lyricist
Hill, Tony L. "Mitchell Parish, 1900-1993," in Dictionary of Literary Biography 265. Detroit: Gale Research, 2002.
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External links
http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp? ID=4440 Mitchell Parish at the Internet Broadway Database
Persondata | NAME = Parish, Mitchell | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = July 10, 1900 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = March 31, 1993 | PLACE OF DEATH = Manhattan , United States|U.S.A. DEFAULTSORT:Parish, Mitchell Category:1900 births Category:1993 deaths Category:American lyricists Category:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent Category:Imperial Russian emigrants to the United States Category:Jewish American musicians Category:Jewish composers and songwriters Category:Lithuanian Jews Category:People from Shreveport, Louisiana Category:Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Category:Article Feedback 5
