Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift was an American composer of popular and classical music, the first woman to score a hit musical completely. Written in 1930, the Broadway musical Fine and Dandy includes some of her best known songs; the song "Fine and Dandy" has become a jazz standard. "Can't We Be Friends?" (1929) was her biggest hit song.
- Occupation
- composer, songwriter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 19, 1897
- Died
- January 28, 1993
- Website
- http://www.kayswift.com
