Forbears: The Great American Songwriting Of Dorothy Fields
It's impossible to discuss early Hollywood and Broadway hits without acknowledging Fields, who wrote over 400 songs between 1928 and 1973 and is responsible for some of the greatest tunes of our time.
This essay is one in a series celebrating women whose major contributions in recording occurred before the time frame of NPR Music's list of 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women.
NPR Music's list of the 150 greatest albums made by women sought to rewrite canon while also acknowledging a distinction often ignored in similar conversations: The greatest albums are the albums women made. That act of
