Earl Karl Brent (June 21, 1914 in St. Louis, Missouri – July 8, 1977 in Hollywood, California)Earl K. Brent
Discogs. Retrieved August 24, 2018. was an American songwriter, lyricist and composer. He is best known as the lyricist of the 1946 song " Angel Eyes", written with

Matt Dennis Matthew Loveland Dennis (February 11, 1914 – June 21, 2002) was an American singer, pianist, band leader, arranger, and writer of music for popular songs. Biography Dennis was born in Seattle, Washington, United States. His mother was a viol ...

.Earl K. Brent
JazzBiographies.com. Retrieved August 24, 2018. Brent contributed songs or to the scores of many films, most notably during the 1940s. These included, as lyricist, "Love Is Where You Find It", written with Nacio Herb Brown for the film version of '' A Date with Judy'', and "Let There Be Music", written with Yip Harburg. Some of his songs were set to music of classical composers, including "Springtide" (sung by

Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American soprano and actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (''The Love Parade'', ''Love Me Tonight'', ''The Merry Widow (1934 film) ...

), set to Grieg's " The Last Spring", and "Waltz Serenade", set to Tchaikovsky's "Valse" from '' Serenade for Strings''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brent, Earl K. 1914 births 1977 deaths Musicians from St. Louis American male songwriters American film score composers American male film score composers 20th-century American male musicians