I Can't Give You Anything But Love
(Dorthy Fields, Jimmy McHugh, 1928)

• Dorothy Fields was the daughter of the famous Lew Fields of the comedy team "Weber & Fields".
• Jimmy McHugh worked in publishing & wrote reviews outside his jazz work.
• McHugh founded the Jimmy McHugh Polio Foundation.
• This musical team also created the highly successful Broadway show Blackbirds.
• The tune was originally written for Patsy Kelly to perform in Harry Delmar's Revels but it was dropped from the show.
• Dorothy Fields was a prolific lyricist with over 83 tunes to her credit.

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