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William Engvick
American lyricist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Engvick (July 1, 1914 ā September 4, 2012) was an American lyricist,[1] many of whose compositions appear in films.[2]
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Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer Alec Wilder; they produced songs for the Broadway musical Once Over Lightly (1942),[3] and for the musical television specials Miss Chicken Little (1953), Pinocchio (1957)[4] and Hansel and Gretel (1958), Engvick was also responsible for a number of English-language lyrics to songs originally composed in French. Among his lyrics in this category were "The Song from Moulin Rouge" and "I'll Remember Today."