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I could have danced all night!

Alan Jay Lerner

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Alan Jay Lerner
Age: 67 †
Born: 1918
Born: August 31
Died: 1986
Died: June 14
Biographer
Film Producer
Librettist
Lyricist
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
Alan Jay Lerner
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Night

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