Eyton, Frank

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Eyton, Frank
Date of birth
1894-08-30
Date of death
1962-11-11
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Lyricists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 6860143
Wikidata: Q5486519
Library of congress: n 2008014737
Sources of Information
  • Encyclopedia of the musical theatre, 2001(Eyton, Frank, b. London, 30 August 1894; d. London, 11 November 1962; lyricist and occasional playwright/librettist)
  • He loves me!, 1948(Frank Eyton)

Wikipedia description:

Frank Eyton (30 August 1894 – 11 November 1962) was an English popular music lyricist best known for co-writing the lyrics of Johnny Green's "Body and Soul" (1930) with Edward Heyman and Robert Sour. Most of Eyton's work was collaborations with Noel Gay and Billy Mayerl in London-based musical theatre. With Mayerl as composer, Eyton co-wrote with Desmond Carter the lyrics for the celebrated sequence "Side by Side" from Over She Goes (filmed 1938). His most successful play was the 1948 musical farce, Bob's Your Uncle, written in collaboration with Gay. With Gay, Eyton wrote the popular song "All Over The Place" for the 1940 film Sailors Three and the songs for the 1942 film Let the People Sing. He was also one of the soundtrack writers of Body and Soul, a successful boxing film from 1947.

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