Harold Arlen
American composer of popular music
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, 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 contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.
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- My Shining Hour 1943
- A Sleepin' Bee 1954
- Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
- Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home
- As Long as I Live
- Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- Bloomer Girl
- Blues in the Night
- Boy, Girl, and Island
- Buds Won’t Bud
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
- Don't Like Goodbyes
- Down with Love
- For Every Man There’s a Woman
- Free and Easy
- Fun to Be Fooled
- Get Happy
- Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe
- Hit the Road to Dreamland
- Hooray for What!
- House of Flowers
- I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
- I've Got the World on a String
- If I Only Had a Brain
- If I Were King of the Forest
- Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good)
- It Was Written in the Stars
- It's Only a Paper Moon
- Jamaica
- Last Night When We Were Young
- Let's Fall in Love
- Let's Take a Walk Around the Block
- Life Begins at 8:40
- Now I Know
- One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)
- Optimistic Voices
- Out of This World
- Over the Rainbow
- Saratoga
- Sing My Heart
- St. Louis Woman
- Stormy Weather
- That Old Black Magic
- The Jitterbug
- The Man That Got Away
- The Merry Old Land of Oz
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Wizard of Oz
- The Wizard of Oz
- This Time the Dream's on Me
- We're Off to See the Wizard
- When the Sun Comes Out
The Long Line