James Shelton (composer)
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James Shelton was an American Broadway actor, composer, and writer. He is best known for being the songwriter of "
Lilac Wine "Lilac Wine" is a song written by James Shelton (lyrics and music) for the 1950 musical ''Dance Me a Song''. Lyrics The lyrics form a narrative of heartache at losing a lover and taking solace from wine made from a lilac tree. The song focuses ...
" (1950), which has been covered by numerous artists.


Musicals and revues

*''New Faces of 1934'', produced by
Leonard Sillman Leonard Sillman (May 9, 1908 - January 23, 1982) was an American Broadway producer. Born in Detroit, Michigan, on May 9, 1908, he was the brother of June Carroll, the brother-in-law of Sidney Carroll and the uncle of Steve Reich and Jonathan Carrol ...
. Music by James Shelton with
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, March 15, 1934 – July 1934 *''Who's Who'', March 1, 1938 – March 1938 *'' The Straw Hat Revue'', September 29, 1939 – December 2, 1939 *''Dance Me a Song'', January 20, 1950 – February 18, 1950 * ''Mrs Patterson'', December 1, 1954 – February 26, 1955 *''Almost Crazy'', music by James Shelton, June 20, 1955 – July 2, 1955Gerald Bordman - American Musical Theater: A Chronicle - 2001 Page 650 019513074X "A brightly mounted but vacuous revue, Almost Crazy (20 June 1955, Longacre), opened the season. Much of its material was by the persistent, if uninspired, James Shelton, while a fine comedienne, Portia Nelson, contributed several numbers .."


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