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Polish-American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film

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1951-10-02

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Mack Gordon (born Morris Gittler, June 21, 1904 – March 1, 1959) was a Jewish-American composer and lyricist of songs for the stage and film. He was nominated for the best original song Oscar nine times, including six consecutive years between 1940 and 1945, and won the award once, for "You'll Never Know". That song has proved amongst his most enduring and remains popular in films and television commercials to this day. "At Last" is another of his best-known songs. <a href="https://www.last.fm/m

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Instance of
human
Family name
Gordon
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Warsaw
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
lyricist
Languages spoken
English language
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Mack Gordon, 1935.jpg
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date of birth
1904-06-21
date of death
1959-02-28
name in native language
Mack Gordon
birth name
Morris Gittler
pseudonym
Mack Gordon
ethnic group
Polish Americans
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