Editing Mitchell Parish (section)

==Biography==
Parish was born to a Jewish family in [[Lithuania]], Russian Empire in July 1900.<ref name="Tormé">{{cite web | last =Bloom| first =Nate| author-link=Nate Bloom| title=The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs| publisher =InterfaithFamily| date =2006-12-19 | url =http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/The_Jews_Who_Wrote_Christmas_Songs.shtml| access-date =2013-12-26 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|author-link=Nate Bloom|title=All those Holiday/Christmas Songs: So Many Jewish Songwriters!|publisher=[[Jewish World Review]]|date=December 22, 2014|url=http://jewishworldreview.com/1214/jewz_xmas.php3}}</ref> His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 aboard the {{SS|Dresden}} when he was less than a year old. They settled first in [[Louisiana]] where his paternal grandmother had relatives, but later moved to [[New York City]], where he grew up on the Lower East Side of [[Manhattan]]<ref name="Holden">{{cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=April 2, 1993 |title=Mitchell Parish, 92, the Lyricist Of 'Star Dust' and 'Volare,' Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/04/02/obituaries/mitchell-parish-92-the-lyricist-of-star-dust-and-volare-dies.html |work=New York Times |access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref> and received his education in the public schools.

He attended [[Columbia University]] and [[N.Y.U.]] and was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. He eventually abandoned the notion of practicing law to become a songwriter. He served his apprenticeship as a writer of special material for vaudeville acts, and later established himself as a writer of songs for stage, screen and numerous musical revues.<ref name="Songwriters Hall of Fame">{{cite web|url=https://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Mitchell_Parish|title=Songwriters Hall of Fame|website=Songwritershalloffame.org|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref> By the late 1920s, Parish was a well-regarded [[Tin Pan Alley]] lyricist in New York City.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Parish's grandnephew, Steve Parish, was a roadie for the band [[The Grateful Dead|Grateful Dead]]. He described Mitchell Parish's meeting with [[Jerry Garcia]] in his autobiography, ''Home Before Day Light''.