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Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music who wrote over 500 songs, including "Over the Rainbow" and "Stormy Weather". He won an Oscar for his work on The Wizard of Oz and collaborated with lyricists such as Yip Harburg and Johnny Mercer.
Harold Arlen was a prolific American composer of popular songs for Hollywood and Broadway, such as "Over the Rainbow" and "Stormy Weather". He won an Academy Award in 1939 and collaborated with lyricists like Ted Koehler, Johnny Mercer, and Ira Gershwin.
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Nov 7, 2015 · Harold 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 household name. On the 110th anniversary of ...
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HAROLD ARLEN. (Born Hyman Arluck) February 15, 1905 - April 23, 1986. His music is everywhere! You have probably heard, and maybe even hummed, a Harold Arlen song today and didn't even know it! Though he is most noted for composing the songs for the film "The Wizard of Oz," particularly Over the Rainbow, which was recently named the Number One ...
Feb 15, 2015 · Learn about the life and career of Harold Arlen, who composed classics like "Over the Rainbow", "Stormy Weather" and "Come Rain or Come Shine". Discover how he broke the mold of Tin Pan Alley with his original and inventive melodies and harmonies.
INTRODUCTION. Harold Arlen wrote some of the greatest hits from the 30's and 40's, including the entire score to the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. Songs such as Over the Rainbow, Get Happy, Stormy Weather, It's Only a Paper Moon, I've Got the World on a String, and Last Night When We Were Young are just some of the standards that live on ...
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Mar 1, 2016 · If the average music fan recognizes the name Harold Arlen at all, likely he remembers Arlen as composer of “Over the Rainbow” and other great songs from the movie Wizard of Oz. The author of this succinct biography, Walter Rimler, has given us insight into Arlen’s life and times in a mere 177 pages of text.
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