Kay Swift

Kay Swift
Background information
Birth name	Katharine Faulkner Swift
Born	(1897-04-19)April 19, 1897 New York City, U.S.
Died	January 28, 1993(1993-01-28) (aged 95) Southington, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1930–91
Spouses	James Paul Warburg ​ ​ (m. 1918; div. 1934)​ Faye Hubbard ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1946)​ Hunter Galloway ​ ​ (m. 1947; div. 1968)​
Children	3
Relatives	Katharine Weber (granddaughter) John Paul Kaufman (grandson)

Katharine Faulkner "Kay" Swift (April 19, 1897 – January 28, 1993) 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.

Swift also arranged some of the music of George Gershwin posthumously, such as the prelude "Sleepless Night" (1946).