Harold Arlen (1905-86) is one of the 20th century's top tunesmiths, creating more than 500 published songs in collaboration with a host of legendary lyricists. Nearly three dozen of his better-known ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. With lyricist E.Y. Harburg, Arlen is also the composer of the score of The Wizard ...

The Wonderful Wizard of Song is a joyous jukebox musical filled with the greatest hits of OZ composer Harold Arlen, including; "THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC", "WORLD ON A ...

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Harold Arlen's birth, Concord Records has compiled some of the best interpretations of his songs from the Pablo, Prestige, Riverside, Moodsville, New Jazz, Galaxy ...

Arlen had major hits, won an Oscar and was called "the most original of all of us" by none other than George Gershwin, but he never became a... Remembering Harold Arlen, The Mystery Man Behind 'Over ...

“If I Only Had a Brain” is one of the classic songs from the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz,” performed by Judy Garland and Ray Bolger. MGM “The Wizard of Oz” is one of those rare movies where every ...

The songwriter Harold Arlen was born 100 years ago Tuesday. Arlen isn't as well known as some of his contemporaries, but you probably know his songs. At LAist, we believe in journalism without ...

"Someday I'll wish upon a star + wake + find the darkness far behind me," E. Y. (Yip) Harburg scrawled in pencil on a piece of yellow legal paper. And so was born a classic. By Paul Grein The Library ...

"Harold Arlen: The Wonderful Wizard of Song" Wolf Trap NO PERFORMER DISSECTS a classic pop song as entertainingly as pianist John Eaton or celebrates the great composers of the pre-rock era with as ...

There has always been cultural melding between white and Black America. By John McWhorter On ‘Blues opera’ and Black English. By John McWhorter Rob Kapilow’s “Listening for America” explains how to ...

Harold Arlen (1905-86) is one of the 20th century's top tunesmiths, creating more than 500 published songs in collaboration with a host of legendary lyricists. Nearly three dozen of his better-known ...