Died On This Date (February 14, 2012) Dory Previn / Renowned Songwriter
themusicsover Dory Previn
October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012
Dory Previn was an American singer-songwriter and lyricist who counted several Academy Award nominations to her credit. Beginning in the late ’50s, Previn, along with her then-husband and songwriting partner, Andre Previn, wrote numerous songs for such films as Pepe, Two for the Seesaw, and Valley of the Dolls. Their songs have been recorded by such music luminaries as Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Dionne Warwick, and Sammy Davis, Jr., to name just a handful. After parting ways with her husband in 1969, Previn launched a successful career as a singer-songwriter. Over the next decade, she released a half-dozen albums, including 1972’s Reflections in a Mud Puddle, which Newsweek magazine named one of the best albums of the year, while the New York Times lauded it as one of the best singer-songwriters of 1972. She went on to win two Emmys for music she created for television, and wrote two autobiographies as well as a one-woman play. Dory Previn passed away on February 14, 2012. She was 86.
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