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They Write the Songs

Series 2

Episode 4: Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 2Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 2

Barry Manilow continues his second series celebrating the lives and work of great songwriters.

Sitting at the piano in his Palm Spring home, Barry looks at the life and work of a man who wrote over 800 songs, which appeared in 300 films.

This week's show celebrates two extraordinary songwriters, one amazing team. Two business men who went on to write some of the greatest songs in the American Songbook, who they did it without giving up their day jobs as an attorney and publicist - Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. Show less

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