Another “forgotten” songwriter is Academy Award winner, Hoagy Carmichael . Born in 1899, in the 30’s & 40’s he was one of the top Tin Pan...

Harold Arlen  will forever be primarily known by two songs, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and “The Man That Got Away”. Both songs were...

Charles Strouse’s  is a songwriter during the last half of the 20th Century Songbook.  Writing some odd 30 scores for Broadway he is most...

Fats Waller  is credited with providing the foundation for modern jazz piano. He was a composer and performer, singing many of his own...

Vincent Youmans  has the unique distinction for being a rehearsal pianist for Victor Herbert’s operettas. He experienced early success on...

Jule Styne  started out in Hollywood as a vocal coach transitioning to writing songs when 20th Century Fox’s Daryl Zanuck fired him. He...

Jimmy McHugh  wrote songs throughout the ‘30’s and ‘50’s for both Broadway and Hollywood. He worked primarily with either Dorothy Fields...

Irving Caesar  was both a composer and lyricists although never providing both skills for the same song!. Self-dubbed, “the man of a...

Hugh Martin  wrote songs for both Hollywood and Broadway. He was also a prolific arranger and vocal coach. Today he is perhaps best known...

Cy Coleman  was an accomplished composer, songwriter and jazz musician. His earliest contributions were songs written expressly for...