Editing Irving Caesar (section)

{{Short description|American composer and lyricist (1895–1996)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Irving Caesar
| image             = Irving Caesar (1930).jpg
| caption           = Caesar in 1930
| background        = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name        = Isidor Keiser
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1895|07|04}}
| birth_place       = New York City, U.S
| death_date        = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|1996|12|17|1895|7|4}}}}
| death_place       = New York City, U.S
| genre             = 
| occupation        = Lyricist
| years_active      = 1918<ref>https://www.ascapfoundation.org/irving-caesar/about</ref>–1994
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| associated_acts   = 
| spouse            = {{marriage|Christina Ballesteros|1994}}<ref>{{cite news |title=(untitled news item) |first=Liz |last=Smith |newspaper=Newsday |location=Melville, New York |date=December 6, 1994 |page=13 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121115930/irving-caesar-marriage-1994/ }}</ref>  <!-- what? and daughter Danya Barazanji -->
}}

'''Irving Caesar''' (born '''Isidor Keiser''', July 4, 1895 &ndash; December 17, 1996)<ref>{{cite news |title=Lyricist of 'Swanee' Dies at 101 |newspaper=Ledger-Enquirer |location=Columbia, George |date=December 18, 1996 |page=C5}}</ref> was an American lyricist and composer primarily for [[Theatre|theater]] who wrote lyrics for numerous song standards, including "[[Swanee (song)|Swanee]]", "[[Sometimes I'm Happy]]",  "[[Crazy Rhythm]]", and "[[Tea for Two (song)|Tea for Two]]", one of the most frequently recorded tunes ever written.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=213}}</ref> In 1972, he was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref name=HoF>{{cite web|title=Irving Caesar Biography|url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Irving_Caesar|publisher=Songwriters Hall of Fame|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref>