Dorothy Fields, American lyricist

“I’m in the mood for love / Simply because you’re near me / Funny, but when you’re near me / I’m in the mood for love / Heaven is in your eyes / Bright as the stars we’re under / Oh! Is it any wonder / I’m in the mood for love?” (“I’m in the Mood for Love,” with music by Jimmy McHugh, introduced in the film “Every Night at Eight,” 1935)

July 15, 1905-March 28, 1974