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| | Packed Majestic Theater Sees Unforgettable Tribute To Broadway's Great Composer-Lyricist Cy Coleman |
 | | He was a child prodigy on the piano, giving his first full dress concert at the age of 9. |
 | | As a young man, he was a huge success with his Cy Coleman Trio, which many nightclub recall fondly – and the other two members of which both played, on drums and string bass respectively, at the Majestic on Monday. |
 | | After a successful but stormy collaboration with Carolyn Leigh (they created "Witchcraft," one of Sinatra's greatest hits, and "The Best Is Yet to Come"), he met Dorothy Fields, a lyricist from his parents' ; generation whom he admired, at a party in 1964 and asked her if she would like to collaborate with him. |
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