Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music,[2] who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.[3][4]
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^Colin Larkin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. p. 50. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.
^"Honors & Awards". Haroldarlen.com. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
^"New song list puts 'Rainbow' way up high – CNN". Archives.cnn.com. March 7, 2001. Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved June 7, 2012.
HaroldArlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of...
while others made uncredited contributions. The music was composed by HaroldArlen and adapted by Herbert Stothart, with lyrics by Edgar "Yip" Harburg....
(Vee Lawnhurst and Tot Seymour, 1935) Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (HaroldArlen and Johnny Mercer, 1944) Across the Alley from the Alamo (Joe Green,...
"Down with Love" with HaroldArlen (1937) "Over the Rainbow" with HaroldArlen (1939) "We're Off to See the Wizard" with HaroldArlen (1939) "Lydia the Tattooed...
commercially unsuccessful. Shortly thereafter, Mercer began working with HaroldArlen, who wrote jazz and blues-influenced compositions while Mercer wrote...
Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by HaroldArlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard...
standards by Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, HaroldArlen, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein...
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recorded Songwriters Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive 1950 (television) HaroldArlen, Johnny Mercer Accidents Will Happen 1950 Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen...
Fisher. She has 1 solo: Grown Up Christmas List 1995: S.T.A.G.E. Music of HaroldArlen "One for my Baby" 1998: Lerner, Lowe, Lane and Friends, "Come Back to...
additional hit songs with composers Jerome Kern, Kurt Weill, Harry Warren and HaroldArlen. His critically acclaimed 1959 book Lyrics on Several Occasions, an amalgam...
2005 recording, Dissertation on the State of Bliss, is a collection of HaroldArlen songs. Wopat first appeared on the Broadway stage as a replacement in...
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