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      • " Over the Rainbow ", also known as " Somewhere Over the Rainbow ", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. [ 1 ] It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland [ 2 ] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. [ 1 ]
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  2. "Over the Rainbow", also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. [1] It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland [2] in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. [1] It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.

  3. Aug 2, 2021 · Yet a rainbow was never part of the screenplay for the famous 1939 movie. It was entirely the concoction of Yip. He is the man who brought the rainbow to The Wizard of Oz.

  4. Apr 13, 2020 · As he sings, Light, his co-star on The Politician, tells the story of Edgar Yipsel “Yip” Harburg, who was born Isidore Hochberg, and Harold Arlen, born Chaim Arluck — the sons of Jewish immigrants from Europe who escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe to “a land they only imagined in their dreams.”

  5. Jun 19, 2024 · What inspired E.Y. Harburg to write Over the Rainbow? Harburg drew inspiration from his own experiences and the universal yearning for a better life. Growing up in poverty, he used the song as a means to express his hope for a brighter future and a sanctuary where dreams could come true.

  6. Jun 6, 2017 · And that's partly because the duo who wrote it - composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg - had known some fairly hard times themselves.

  7. Nov 15, 2017 · It can’t hurt.” More than 75 years later, the film and the song by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg are cultural touchstones. In 2001, “Over the Rainbow” was voted the greatest song of the 20th century in a joint survey by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America.

  8. Mar 15, 2006 · When he did that, Harburg added, Yip said " yes - that's it." Garland's song. Yip Harburg had an "enormous capacity" to grasp the basic emotions of the characters he wrote, said John...

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