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Dana Suesse's lyrics & chords
Dana Suesse, (December 3, 1909 – October 16, 1987) was an American musician, composer and lyricist. While still a child, Suesse (full name Nadine Dana Suesse, pronounced /swiːs/) toured the Midwest vaudeville circuits with an act centered on dancing and piano playing. During the recital, she would ask the audience for a theme, and then proceed to take that theme, weaving it into something of her own. In 1926, she and her mother moved to New York City. Suesse began to create larger scale pieces from which she would extrapolate a phrase and ...read more