Mitchell Parish eventually abandoned the notion of practicing law to become a songwriter.
12 Facts About Mitchell Parish
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Mitchell Parish 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.
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Mitchell Parish's grandnephew, Steve Mitchell Parish, was a roadie for the band Grateful Dead.
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Mitchell Parish described Mitchell Parish's meeting with Jerry Garcia in his autobiography, Home Before Day Light.
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Mitchell Parish's first hit, "Carolina Rolling Stone", was recorded by the musical comedy team Van and Schenck for Columbia Records in 1922.
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Mitchell Parish tended to write his lyrics to completed melodies, hits that originated in other languages, or adaptations of classical music.
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Mitchell Parish remained "somewhat rueful, though no longer bitter" about it.
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In 1949, Mitchell Parish added lyrics to bandleader Al Goodman's tune "The Allen Stroll", which was played as radio comedian Fred Allen took a stroll down "Allen's Alley", a featured segment of Allen's weekly show.
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Mitchell Parish participated in the episode of To Tell the Truth aired on December 25,1956, as a challenger.
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Mitchell Parish is the recipient of their Johnny Mercer Award.
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Mitchell Parish died in 1993 in Manhattan, New York at the age of 92.
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Mitchell Parish was buried in Beth David Cemetery in Elmont, New York.