Ray Gilbert (September 5, 1912 – March 3, 1976) was an American lyricist. He grew up in

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Career

Gilbert is best remembered for the lyrics to the

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-winning song "

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie '' Song of the South'', sung by James Baskett. For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best ...

" from the film ''

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'', which he wrote with

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in 1947. He also wrote American English lyrics for the songs in ''

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'' featuring

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. He also wrote the English lyrics of the

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' 1965 hit, " ...and Roses and Roses", and "Lost in Your Love" with Sidney Miller, to music by Bert Jay. Gilbert also wrote the English lyrics for a number of songs composed by

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, including "

Dindi "Dindi" ( - which sounds like Jin-jee in English) is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. It is a world-famous bossa nova and jazz standard song. Jobim wrote this piece especially for the Brazilian singer ...

," ""Amor em Paz" ("

Once I Loved "Once I Loved" ("O Amor Em Paz") is a bossa nova and jazz standard song composed in 1960 by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Vinícius de Moraes.Severiano, Jairo, and Zuza Homem de Mello ''A canção no tempo: 85 anos de músicas brasileiras, v ...

"), and "

Inútil Paisagem "Inútil Paisagem" ("Useless Landscape") is a song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim, with lyrics by Aloysio de Oliveira. An English-language version with lyrics by Ray Gilbert is titled "If You Never Come to Me". Notable recordings ;with Antônio ...

" ("Useless Landscape"/"If You Never Come to Me"). He married actress

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in 1962.

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