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Dan Shapiro

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Lyricist 1910–1991

Dan Shapiro (1910–1991) was an American lyricist whose Broadway credits include the wartime hit Follow the Girls (1944) and Ankles Aweigh (1955).

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Ankles Aweigh

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  • Lyrics : Chakraband (Bhumibol’s cousin), Bob Hilliard, Herb Magidson, Harold Rome, Dan Shapiro, and N. TongyaiComplete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • Ankles Aweigh was a reunion of sorts for lyricist Dan Shapiro and book writers Guy Bolton and Eddie Davis, all of whom had collaborated on the 1944 hit musical Follow the Girls . Perhaps Ankles Aweigh ’s Spud and Dinky were a subtle homage (and a subtle sequel) to the earlier musical’s sailor-characters Goofy, Spud, and Dinky.Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • (*) “To Be or Not to Be (in Love)” (lyric by Ray Golden, Dan Shapiro, and Milton Pascal; music by Phil Charig) (choreography by Ludmilla Kiro) (Wardrobe Woman: Barbara Heller; Dancers: Joanne Larkin, Kelly Brown; Singers: Aileen Stanley Jr., Alec Davis); originally performed in the 1955 Broadway revue Catch a Star! ;Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz
  • Music by Phil Charig; lyrics by Dan Shapiro and Milton Pascal; book by Guy Bolton, Eddie Davis and Fred ThompsonWest End Broadway_ The Golden Age of the American Musical in London - Adrian Wright

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