Adams, Stanley
(1907–1994)> LYRICIST
Stanley Adams Lyricist New York City, August 14, 1907; Great Neck, New York, December 27, 1994. Adams worked with several major composers, including Hoagy Carmichael, Victor Herbert, Fats Waller , and Max Steiner . His best-known song was 1934’s “What a Diff’rence a Day Made,” a popular Spanish song composed by Maria Grever ; Adams provided the English lyrics. Though originally recorded by the Dorsey Brothers , it was Dinah Washington ’s 1959 recording (Mercury 71435) that made it into a pop…