Arthur Herzog Jr.
{{Short description|American songwriter and composer}}
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Arthur Herzog Jr. (December 13, 1900 in New York City – September 1, 1983 in Detroit, Michigan) was a songwriter and composer.
Career
Herzog was most known for work with Billie Holiday. He co-wrote several jazz songs she popularized, including "Don't Explain", "God Bless the Child" and "Some Other Spring". He was the father of novelist Arthur Herzog{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E6D91638F932A25755C0A9669D8B63 |title=Arthur Herzog III, Novelist And Journalist, Dies at 83 |first=DENNIS |last=HEVESI |date=June 11, 2010 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2013-03-30}} and grandfather to Amy Herzog.{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/profile-amy-herzog-off-broadway |title=Profile: Amy Herzog |publisher=Time Out NY |quote=(Amy) Herzog's biological grandfather, was songwriter Arthur Herzog Jr., who cowrote the Billie Holiday standard |access-date=2013-03-30 |archive-date=2017-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707032331/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/profile-amy-herzog-off-broadway |url-status=dead }}
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External links
- [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p86351/biography|pure_url=yes}} All Music page]
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Category:American jazz songwriters
Category:American male songwriters
Category:20th-century American composers
Category:20th-century American male musicians
Category:American male jazz musicians
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