Arlen | Berlin | Blane | Carmichael | Coleman | Dietz | Ellington | Fields | G. Gershwin | I. Gershwin | Hammerstein | Hart | Kern | Lerner | Loewe | Loesser | Mandel | Martin | Mercer | McHugh | Porter | Rodgers | Schwartz The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... Binomial name Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus, 1766) The Scup or porgy, Stenotomus chrysops, is a fish which occurs primarily in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to South Carolina. ... The cast of Porgy and Bess during the Boston try-out prior to the Broadway opening. ... // George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer who wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. ... DuBose Heyward (August 31, 1885 – June 16, 1940) is best-known as the author of the 1924 novel Porgy. ... Dorothy Heyward (1890 – November 19, 1961) was an American playwright. ... Porgy and Bess, the opera by George Gershwin, has been recorded by a variety of artists since it was completed in 1935, including renditions by jazz instrumentalists and scat singers, in addition to operatic treatments. ... Porgy and Bess is a 1959 movie based on George Gershwins opera of the same name. ... Summertime is the name of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess. ... Catfish Row, originally entitled A Suite from Porgy and Bess, is an orchestra work by George Gershwin based upon music from his opera Porgy and Bess. ... Songwriter Harold Arlen (right) with singer Bing Crosby (left) and Decca Records owner Jack Kapp (center) The Great American Songbook is an informal term referring to a period of American popular music songwriting that took place between the 1930s and 1960s. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 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. ... 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 lyric writer and librettist. ... Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington (April 29, 1899, Washington, D.C.; d. ... Dorothy Fields was immortalised on a USPS postage stamp. ... // George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer who wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. ... 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. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music. ... Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 – June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. ... Frederic Loewe, an Austrian-American composer (June 10, 1901 - February 14, 1988) worked with lyricist Alan J. Lerner in musical theater. ... Image:FrankLoesser1. ... Johnny Mandel (born November 23, 1925, 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. ... Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) is regarded as one of Americas greatest songwriters. ... Jimmy McHugh (July 10, 1894 - May 23, 1969), was one of the greatest and most prolific songwriters during the 1920s-1950s. ... Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. ... For more on his work with his two partners, see Rodgers and Hart and Rodgers and Hammerstein. ... 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. ...

Armstrong | Astaire | Bennett | Brice | Bublé | Carter | Como | Connick | Crosby | Day | Dearie | Eckstine | Faye | Feinstein | Fitzgerald | Garland | Holiday | Horn | Horne | Keel | Kelly | Krall | Lamour | Lee | Martin | McRae | Midler | Mitchell | Nilsson | Page | Rogers |Shore | Simone | Sinatra | Stewart | Streisand | Suzuki  | Tormé | Vaughan | Washington | Williams Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo, for satchel-mouth, 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). ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph // Biography Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedienne, singer, and entertainer. ... Michael Steven Bublé (born 9 September 1975) is a Canadian crooner, big band singer and actor. ... Betty Carter Betty Carter (May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was a prominent American jazz singer, who was renowned for her improvisational techniques. ... Pierino Ronaldo Perry Como (May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian American crooner during the latter half of the 20th century. ... Harry Connick, Jr. ... 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. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ... Blossom Dearie (born on April 28, 1926 in East Durham, New York) is an American jazz singer. ... 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 Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996), also known as Lady Ella (the First Lady of Song), was considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th Century. ... Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an Oscar-nominated American film actress, considered by many to be one of the greatest singing stars of Hollywoods Golden Era of musical film, best known for her role as Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of... Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), born Eleanora Fagan and later called Lady Day, was an American singer known equally for her difficult life and her emotive, poignant singing voice. ... Shirley Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. ... Lena Horne photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1941 Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (born June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American popular singer. ... 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. ... Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... Diana Jean Krall, OC, OBC (born November 16, 1964) is a Grammy award-winning Canadian jazz pianist and singer. ... Dorothy Lamour (December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996) was an American motion picture actress, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, died in Hollywood, California. ... Peggy Lee (May 26, 1920 – January 21, 2002) was an American Jazz and Traditional Pop singer and songwriter and Oscar-nominated performer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Carmen McRae (April 8, 1920-November 10, 1994) was an American jazz vocalist. ... Bette Davis Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, 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. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a noted Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Patti Page on the cover of a collection, part of The Millennium Collection 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 as Nina Simone (February 21, 1933–April 21, 2003), was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and civil rights activist. ... Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and Academy Award-winning actor, often cited as the finest male American popular song vocalist of the 20th century. ... Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a Scottish rock singer who was a member of the The Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before embarking on a solo career. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is an Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, liberal political activist, film producer and director. ... Pat Suzuki is a Japanese- and Asian-American female singer most famous for her role and cast recording of the Broadway hit musical Flower Drum Song, especially I Enjoy Being A Girl (song) Pat Suzuki was born in Cressy, (Northern) California on September 23, in the early 1930s. ... Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 Chicago – June 5, 1999 Los Angeles) is best known as one of the great male jazz singers. ... Sarah Lois Vaughan (nicknamed Sassy and The Divine One), (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer, described as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century [1]. // Sarah Vaughan was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1924. ... Dinah Washington (August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963) was a blues, R&B and jazz singer. ... Andy Williams For other persons named Andrew Williams, see Andrew Williams (disambiguation). ...