Florence Kaye

{{Short description|American songwriter (1919–2006)}}{{More citations needed|date=October 2024}}

Florence Kaye (January 19, 1919 — May 12, 2006) was an American songwriter who worked with Bill Giant and Bernie Baum.{{Cite journal |last=Stratto |first=Jonn |date=December 2010 |title=A West Indian? You Must Be Joking! I Come out of the East End': Kenny Lynch and English Racism in the 1950s and 1960s |journal=Popular Music History |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=305–326 |doi=10.1558/pomh.v5i3.305}} She was born in New York City. She performed a radio show in Georgia and entertained troops for United Service Organizations. The three built a significant list of credits, including many songs recorded by Elvis Presley. The majority of their tunes were used in Presley's musicals. Their work was also credited in the American version of Osamu Tezuka's anime Kimba the White Lion (1965). The only hit song by the trio was Elvis' "(You're the) Devil in Disguise", in 1963.

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