Geoffrey Claremont Parsons (7 January 1910 – 22 December 1987, Eastbourne) was an English lyricist.
He worked at the Peter Maurice Music Company run by James Phillips, who wrote under the pen name John Turner.[1] The company specialized in adapting songs originally in foreign languages into the English language. Phillips would usually assign a song to Parsons and, when the latter was finished, suggest some changes. The credits for the English lyrics would then be given as "John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons."
Songs
- "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" (with Turner)
- "Eternally", with John Turner; music by Charles Chaplin (Theme from Limelight)
- "If You Love Me (Really Love Me)" ("Hymne à l'amour," original lyrics by Édith Piaf)
- "The Little Shoemaker" based on the French song "Le petit cordonnier", with Turner and Nathan Korb.
- "Mama" (with Turner)
- "Oh! My Pa-Pa" based on the German song "O Mein Papa" by Paul Burkhard, under the pseudonym "John Sexton" (with Turner)
- "La Seine"
- "Smile" (with Turner)[1][2]
References
- ^ a b ""Smile" | Stories of Standards". KUVO. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Lochner, Jim (20 September 2018). The Music of Charlie Chaplin. McFarland. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-4766-3351-0.
External links
- Geoffrey Parsons at IMDb
- Geoffrey Parsons discography at Discogs
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