Ager • Ahlert • Arlen • Berlin • Blane • Bloom • Cahn • Carleton • Carmichael • Coleman • Dietz • Donaldson • Duke • Ellington • Fain • Fields • G. Gershwin • I. Gershwin • Green • Hammerstein • Hart • Jones • Kern • Lane • Lerner • Lewis • Loewe • Loesser • Mancini • Mandel • Martin • McHugh • Mercer • Noble • Porter • Rodgers • Schwartz • Stept • Styne • Van Heusen • Warren • Webster • Whiting • Yellen • Youmans Songwriter Harold Arlen (right) with singer Bing Crosby (left) and Decca Records owner Jack Kapp (center) Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to the interrelated music of Broadway musical theater, the Hollywood musical, and Tin Pan Alley, in a period that begins roughly in the 1920s and tapers... Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 - May 6, 1979) was an American pianist and composer. ... Fred E. Ahlert (19 September 1892 - 20 October 1953) was an American composer and songwriter. ... Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... Ralph Blane (July 26, 1914 in Oklahoma — November 13, 1995) was a song writer best known for Meet Me in St. ... Reuben Bloom (born April 24 in New York City, 1902—died March 30, 1976 in New York City) was a Jewish American composer of popular songs. ... Sammy Cahn (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993) was an award-winning American lyricist, songwriter and musician, best known for his romantic lyrics to tin pan alley and Broadway songs, as recorded by Frank Sinatra, Doris Day and many others. ... Robert Louis Carleton (aka Bob Carleton) (b. ... Hoagland Howard Hoagy Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. ... Cy Coleman (June 14, 1929 - November 18, 2004) was an American composer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 - July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist. ... Walter Donaldson (February 15, 1893 - July 15, 1947) was a prolific United States popular songwriter, producing many hit songs of the 1910s and 1920s. ... Vernon Duke (1903-1969), composer/songwriter, wrote such favorites as I Cant Get Started with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, April In Paris with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg (1932), and What Is There To Say for The Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 also with Harburg. ... This article is about the American Jazz composer and performer. ... Sammy Fain (Samuel Feinberg, June 17, 1902 - December 6, 1989) was an Jewish-American composer of popular music. ... Dorothy Fields was immortalised on a USPS postage stamp. ... “Gershwin” redirects here. ... Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century. ... John Green (also Johnny Green) is a composer and conductor who was born in New York City on October 10, 1908 and died in May 17, 1989. ... For work done with Richard Rodgers, see Rodgers and Hammerstein Oscar Hammerstein II (July 12, 1895 – August 23, 1960) was a New-York born writer, producer, and (usually uncredited) director of musicals for almost forty years. ... Lorenz (Larry) Hart (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was the lyricist half of the famed Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. ... Isham Jones, 1922 Isham Jones (31 January 1894 – 19 October 1956) was a United States bandleader, violinist, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music. ... Burton Lane (February 2, 1912, New York City - January 5, 1997, New York City) was a composer and lyricist. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Curtis Reginald Lewis (July 13, 1922, Wisconsin – Dec 31, 1987, Sonoma, CA), American composer of popular songs, many of which have become jazz standards, was one of the first black composers and lyricists to set up a publishing line of his own on Broadway in the early 1940s. ... Frederic Loewe, an Austrian-American composer (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) worked with lyricist Alan J. Lerner in musical theater. ... Image:FrankLoesser1. ... Henry Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994), was an Academy Award winning American composer, conductor and arranger. ... Johnny Mandel (born 23 November 1925 in New York) is an American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music and jazz. ... Hugh Martin, born on August 11, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama is an American theatre and film composer. ... Jimmy McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969), was one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters during the 1920s-1950s. ... John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) was a popular American songwriter and singer. ... Ray Noble was a British bandleader, composer, arranger and actor. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Peru, Indiana. ... This article is about the American composer. ... Arthur Schwartz photo taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 - September 3, 1984) was an Jewish-American composer of popular music. ... Samuel Howard Stept[1] (aka Sam and Sammy) (b. ... Jule Styne (December 31, 1905 – September 20, 1994) was a British-born American songwriter, especially famous for a series of Broadway Musicals, which included several very well known and frequently revived shows. ... Jimmy Van Heusen (January 26, 1913 - February 7, 1990), was an American composer. ... Harry Warren (December 24, 1893 - September 22, 1981) was a music composer of many different styles. ... Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907-March 18, 1984) was an American lyricist. ... Richard A. Whiting (November 12, 1891-February 10, 1938) was a writer of popular songs. ... Jack Yellen (Jacek JeleÅ„) (July 6, 1892 - April 17, 1991) was a Polish-Jewish born American lyricist. ... Vincent Youmans (September 27, 1898 - April 5, 1946) was an American popular composer and Broadway producer. ...

Anka • Armstrong • Astaire • Bennett • Boswell • Brice • Bublé • Carter • Charles • Christy • Clooney • Cole • Como • Connick • Crosby • Darin • Day • Dearie • Eckstine • Faye • Feinstein • Fitzgerald • Francis • Garland • Hanshaw • Hartman • Holiday • Horn • Horne • Hunter • Hyman • Keel • Kelly • Krall • Laine • Lee • Martin • Mathis • McRae • Midler • Nilsson • O'Day • Page • Rogers • Shore • Simone • Sinatra • Stafford • Stewart • Streisand • Tormé • Vaughan • Washington • Williams Paul Albert Anka, OC (born July 30, 1941, in Ottawa, Ontario) is a Canadian singer, songwriter and actor. ... Louis[1] Armstrong[2] (4 August 1901[3] – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo[4] and Pops, was an American jazz musician. ... Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987), born Frederick Austerlitz in Omaha, Nebraska,[1] was an American film and Broadway stage dancer, choreographer, singer and actor. ... For other persons named Tony Bennett, see Tony Bennett (disambiguation). ... The Boswell Sisters on the cover of the reissue album collection Thats How Rhythm Was Born The Boswell Sisters were a close harmony singing group that attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s. ... Early Ziegfeld Follies portrait of Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. ... This article is about the artist. ... Betty Carter Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was a prominent American jazz singer, who was renowned for her improvisational techniques. ... For the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... June Christy (born November 25th, 1925 - June 21st, 1990) was an American Jazz Singer popular in the 1950s. ... Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American popular singer and actress. ... Nathaniel Adams Coles, known professionally as Nat King Cole (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965) was a popular American singer, songwriter, and jazz pianist. ... Pierino Ronald Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an American crooner. ... ‹ The template below (Taginfo) is being considered for deletion. ... Harry Lillis Bing Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor whose career lasted from 1926 until his death in 1977. ... Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Bobby Cassotto, 14 May 1936-December 20, 1973) was one of the most popular American big band performers and rock and roll teen idols of the late 1950s. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff (born April 3, 1924)[1] is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate known as Doris Day. ... Blossom Dearie (born April 28, 1926) is an American jazz singer and pianist, often performing in the bebop medium. ... Billy Eckstine (8 July 1914 – 8 March 1993), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as William Clarence Eckstein. ... Alice Faye, from her official Website, http://www. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella and the First Lady of Song, is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American pop singer best known for international hit songs such as Whos Sorry Now?, Where The Boys Are, and Everybodys Somebodys Fool. She is known to have one of the most distinct voices in the... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 - June 22, 1969) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actress and singer, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz (1939). ... Annette Hanshaw (October 18, 1901 - March 13, 1985) was on of the first great female jazz singers. ... Johnny Hartman (1923-1983), a jazz singer who is remembered for his smooth performances of jazz ballads, is best known for his work with John Coltrane. ... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later nicknamed Lady Day (see Jazz royalty regarding similar nicknames), was an American jazz singer, a seminal influence on jazz and pop singers, and generally regarded as one of the greatest female jazz vocalists. ... Shirley Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. ... Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York) is a popular singer of African-American descent. ... Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 - October 17, 1984), was a celebrated African-American jazz singer, songwriter and nurse. ... Phyllis Hyman (July 6, 1949 - June 30, 1995) was a soul singer, model and actress. ... Howard Keel, born Harry Clifford Leek (April 13, 1919 – November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. ... For the similarly-named American actress, see Jean Kelly. ... Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. ... Frankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio (March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007), was one of the most successful American singers of the twentieth century. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American jazz and traditional pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. ... John Royce Mathis (b. ... Carmen Mercedes McRae (April 8, 1920–November 10, 1994) was an American jazz singer. ... Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Anita ODay (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer. ... Patti Page (born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma) is one of the best-known female singers in traditional pop music. ... Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an Academy Award-winning American film and stage actress and singer. ... Dinah Shore (born Frances Rose Shore February 29, 1916 - February 24, 1994) was an American singer and actress. ... Eunice Kathleen Waymon, better known by her stage name Nina Simone (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger and civil rights activist. ... Sinatra redirects here. ... Jo Stafford (born Jo Elizabeth Stafford November 12, 1917, in Coalinga, California) is an American pop singer whose career spanned the late 1930s through the early 1960s. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England. ... Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, is best known as one of the great male jazz singers. ... Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed Sassy and The Divine One) (March 27, 1924, Newark, New Jersey – April 3, 1990, Los Angeles, California) was an American jazz singer, described as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century [1]. // Sarah Vaughans father, Asbury Jake Vaughan, was a carpenter and amateur... Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. ... For other persons named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation). ...