Franklin Underwood, also known as Frank Underwood during the 1960s, is an American songwriter and jazz pianist. Underwood lives in

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. His show ''

Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen ''Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen'' is a musical with a book by John Patrick and music and lyrics by Stan Freeman and Franklin Underwood. Overview The musical is based on Patrick's 1953 play and screenplay '' The Teahouse of the August Moon''. It ...

'', a musical based on '' The Teahouse of the August Moon'' with

Stan Freeman Stanley Freeman (April 3, 1920 – January 13, 2001) was an American composer, pianist, lyricist, musical arranger, conductor, and studio musician. Biography Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Freeman studied classical piano in college and ear ...

opened on

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in 1970. His credits include songs for Rod Warren's 1964 Chicago revue ''The Game Is Up'', and "I Wish I'd Met You" sung by

Lena Horne Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theatre. Horne joined the chorus of the C ...

and

Sammy Davis Jr. Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, actor, comedian, dancer, and musician. At age two, Davis began his career in Vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which t ...

with music by

Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (November 23, 1925June 29, 2020) was an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. The musicians he worked with include Count Basie, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Anita O'Day, Barbra Streisand, Tony Benn ...

and lyrics by

Richard Rodney Bennett Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 193624 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique ...

and Frank Underwood. Other songs include "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche".Nick Catalano - New York Nights: Writing, Producing and Performing in Gotham 2008 Richard Rodney Bennett ..... exploring the nuances of the jazz lyric and in the process conducting a clinic in lyricism as his smoky baritone delivered Frank Underwood's "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche" followed by "Early To Rise, Early To Bed" dedicated to Blossom Dearie.

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