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The Great American Songbook
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The Great American Songbook is a construct that seeks to represent the best American songs principally from Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musicals, from the mid 1800s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity. It includes popular songs from early Stephen Foster through Tin Pan Alley, from the mid-19th century to the advent of Rock and Roll.
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| Arthur Schwartz | | Dancing in the Dark |
Words by Howard Dietz
| Arthur Schwartz | | You and the Night and the Music |
Words by Howard Dietz
| Cole Porter | | All of You |
| Cole Porter | | Begin the Beguine |
| Cole Porter | | I Get a Kick out of You |
| Cole Porter | | In the Still of the Night |
| Cole Porter | | I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Cole Porter | | Just One of Those Things |
| Cole Porter | | Night and Day |
| Cole Porter | | You'd Be So Easy to Love |
| Cole Porter | | You Do Something to Me |
| Duke Ellington | | It Don't Mean a Thing |
If It Ain't Got That Swing
| Duke Ellington | | Mood Indigo |
| Duke Ellington | | Satin Doll |
With Billy Strayhorn
| Duke Ellington | | Sophisticated Lady |
| Frank Loesser | | Baby, It's Cold Outside |
| Frank Loesser | | Luck Be a Lady |
| Frank Loesser | | On a Slow Boat to China |
| Frank Loesser | | Standing on the Corner |
| George Gershwin | | Bidin' My Time |
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin; from the musical Girl Crazy
| George Gershwin | | But Not For Me |
| George Gershwin | | Embraceable You |
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
| George Gershwin | | Fascinating Rhythm |
| George Gershwin | | A Foggy Day |
| George Gershwin | | I Got Rhythm |
| George Gershwin | | Love Is Here to Stay |
With Ira Gershwin
| George Gershwin | | The Man I Love |
| George Gershwin | | My One And Only |
| George Gershwin | | Our Love Is Here to Stay |
| George Gershwin | | Someone to Watch Over Me |
With Ira Gershwin
| George Gershwin | | Summertime |
| George Gershwin | | S'Wonderful |
| George M. Cohan | | Harrigan |
| George M. Cohan | | Over There |
WWI song which earned Cohan the Congressional Medal of Honor
| George M. Cohan | | Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| George M. Cohan | | You're a Grand Old Flag |
| Harold Arlen | | Accentuate the Positive |
In collaboration with Johnny Mercer
| Harold Arlen | | Blues in the Night |
With Johnny Mercer
| Harold Arlen | | Come Rain or Come Shine |
Written in collaboration with Johnny Mercer
| Harold Arlen | | It's Only a Paper Moon |
| Harold Arlen | | Let's Fall in Love |
Lyrics by Ted Koehler
| Harold Arlen | | Over the Rainbow |
| Harold Arlen | | Stormy Weather |
With Ted Koehler
| Harold Arlen | | That Old Black Magic |
Written with Johnny Mercer
| Harry Warren | | Chattanooga Choo Choo |
With Mack Gordon, 1941
| Harry Warren | | I Only Have Eyes For You |
Lyricist, Al Dubin
| Harry Warren | | I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo |
With Mack Gordon
| Harry Warren | | Jeepers Creepers |
Words by Johnny Mercer
| Harry Warren | | Lullaby of Broadway |
In Gold Diggers of 1935
| Harry Warren | | On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe |
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
| Harry Warren | | That's Amore |
1953, words by Jack Brooks
| Harry Warren | | You'll Never Know |
With Mack Gordon
| Harry Warren | | You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby |
With Johnny Mercer
| Henry Mancini | | Days of Wine and Roses |
| Henry Mancini | | Moon River |
| Henry Mancini | | Mr. Lucky |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Georgia on My Mind |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Heart and Soul |
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
| Hoagy Carmichael | | I Get Along Without You Very Well |
Except Sometimes
| Hoagy Carmichael | | In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening |
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Lazybones |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Lazy River |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | The Nearness of You |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Skylark |
| Hoagy Carmichael | | Stardust |
| Irving Berlin | | Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| Irving Berlin | | Always |
1925
| Irving Berlin | | Blue Skies |
1926
| Irving Berlin | | Cheek to Cheek |
| Irving Berlin | | How Deep is the Ocean |
| Irving Berlin | | I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm |
1937
| Irving Berlin | | Puttin' On the Ritz |
1930
| Irving Berlin | | Say It Isn't So |
1932
| Irving Berlin | | What'll I Do? |
1924
| Irving Berlin | | White Christmas |
| James V. Monaco | | I Miss You Most of All |
| James V. Monaco | | You Made Me Love You |
(I Didn't Want to Do It); lyrics by Joseph McCarthy
| Jerome Kern | | All the Things You Are |
| Jerome Kern | | Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man |
| Jerome Kern | | A Fine Romance |
| Jerome Kern | | Make Believe |
| Jerome Kern | | Ol' Man River |
| Jerome Kern | | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes |
| Jerome Kern | | The Song Is You |
| Jerome Kern | | The Way You Look Tonight |
| Jimmy Van Heusen | | All the Way |
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn; in The Joker is Wild
| Jimmy Van Heusen | | Call Me Irresponsible |
With Sammy Cahn
| Jimmy Van Heusen | | High Hopes |
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
| Jimmy Van Heusen | | The Second Time Around |
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
| Johnny Burke | | Misty |
| Johnny Burke | | Moonlight Becomes You |
| Johnny Burke | | Pennies From Heaven |
| Johnny Burke | | Swinging on a Star |
| Johnny Mercer | | I Wanna Be Around |
| Johnny Mercer | | Something's Gotta Give |
| Jule Styne | | People |
| Jule Styne | | Saturday Night |
Is The Loneliest Night of the Week
| Jule Styne | | Time After Time |
| Max Steiner | | My Own True Love |
Tara's Theme
| Max Steiner | | Since You Went Away |
| Max Steiner | | A Summer Place |
| Milton Ager | | Ain't She Sweet |
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
| Milton Ager | | Happy Days Are Here Again |
1929
| Milton Ager | | Hard Hearted Hannah |
The Vamp of Savannah
| Rodgers and Hammerstein | | If I Loved You |
| Rodgers and Hart | | Blue Moon |
| Rodgers and Hart | | Isn't It Romantic? |
| Rodgers and Hart | | My Funny Valentine |
| Rodgers and Hart | | My Romance |
| Rodgers and Hart | | Where or When |
| Rodgers and Hart | | With a Song in My Heart |
| Stephen Foster | | Beautiful Dreamer |
| Stephen Foster | | Camptown Races |
| Stephen Foster | | My Old Kentucky Home |
The official state song of Kentucky
| Stephen Foster | | Oh! Susanna |
| Stephen Foster | | Old Black Joe |
| Stephen Foster | | Old Folks at Home |
| Vernon Duke | | April in Paris |
| Vernon Duke | | Autumn in New York |
| Vernon Duke | | I Can't Get Started |
| Vernon Duke | | Taking a Chance on Love |
| Walter Donaldson | | Carolina in the Morning |
With Gus Kahn
| Walter Donaldson | | Makin' Whoopee |
| Walter Donaldson | | My Baby Just Cares For Me |
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
| Walter Donaldson | | My Blue Heaven |
With Gus Kahn
| Walter Donaldson | | My Mammy |
A huge hit for Al Jolson
| Walter Donaldson | | Yes Sir, That's My Baby |
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
| Walter Donaldson | | You're Driving Me Crazy |
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