Great American Songbook

Songwriters considered part of this group include:

Harold Arlen (" Somewhere Over The Rainbow ", " Stormy Weather ")

Irving Berlin (" White Christmas ", " Unforgettable ")

Hoagy Carmichael (" Stardust ", " Georgia On My Mind ", " The Nearness Of You ")

Duke Ellington (" In A Sentimental Mood ", " It Don’t Mean A Thing ", " Satin Doll ", " Mood Indigo ",

George and Ira Gershwin (" Someone To Watch Over Me ", " S’Wonderful ", " Summertime ")

Jerome Kern (" Ol' Man River ", " The Way You Look Tonight ", " All The Things You Are ", " The Song Is You ", " Smoke Gets In Your Eyes ")

Henry Mancini (" Moon River ", " Days Of Wine And Roses ")

Johnny Mandel (" The Shadow Of Your Smile ")

Johnny Mercer (" One For My Baby (and One More For The Road) ")

Cole Porter (" Night And Day ", " I've Got You Under My Skin ", " It's De-Lovely ")

Rodgers And Hammerstein (" Oh What A Beautiful Mornin' ", " Shall We Dance? ", " The Sound Of Music ")

Rodgers And Hart (" Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered ", " My Romance ", " Have You Met Miss Jones ", " My Funny Valentine ")

Characteristically these songs feature strong Melodies , thoughtful Lyrics incorporating sophisticated Rhyme s, and a skillful thematic connection between music and words.

Over the years a number of Singer s have explicitly recorded or performed large parts of the Great American Songbook, beginning with Ella Fitzgerald 's popular and influential ''Sings the ... Songbook'' series on Verve in the 1950s and 60's, Tony Bennett at different times in his career, and continuing in more recent years with Linda Ronstadt, Michael Buble , Michael Feinstein , Queen Latifah , Joni Mitchell , John Pizzarelli , Boz Scaggs , Carly Simon , John Stevens (singer Idol contestant).
Barbra Streisand has also chosen a huge part of her repertoire from the Songbook, and lately Bette Midler and Rod Stewart .

SEE ALSO

Pop Standards

Classic Pop

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