Harry Arlen (1905-1986)
Last updated: 12.09.24
According to the Internet source given below, Harry Arlen, born Hyman Arluck born in Buffalo, New York is today (2015) mosty known for composing songs for the film "The Wizard of Oz" - most especially Over the Rainbow. The songwriter of some 400 songs his output includes favourites such as It's Only A Paper Moon, Stormy Weather, I've Got the World on A String, and Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive..
He died in New York aged 81.
He died in New York aged 81.
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Harold Arlen | Composer's official home page. |
Harry Arlen (1905-1986) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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Wizard of Oz, The Music by: Harry Arlen.
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| Title (Release Year) | Co-Author(s) | Performers | Issue |
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I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1932) | Bee Palmer D. Rose |
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Over the Rainbow (1942) | H. Arlen | King Sisters | Victor: BS-075551 |
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Two Blind Loves (1939) | H. Arlen | Helen Forrest | Victor: BS-042607 |
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| Brass Music CDs: | |||
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South Shore Circus Concert Band | Sounds of the Circus - Volume 21 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)      |
| Jazz Music CDs: | |||
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Pee Wee Russell | Swingin' With Pee Wee |   |
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Jack Teagarden | Jack Teagarden - Big T: A Hundred Years from Today | |
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Boswell Sisters | Shout Sister Shout | |
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Boswell Sisters | That's How Rhythm Was Born | |
| Ragtime Music CDs: | |||
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Mark Birnbaum | Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum | |
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Budapest Ragtime Band | Grace and Beauty | |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 94 works by Harry Arlen (1905-1986).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Get Happy | 1930 | Ruth Etting (perf.)
Arr. by Burke |
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| Hittin' the Bottle | 1930 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| I Came to Life (w&m) | 1930 | Ted Koehler (co-author) | |
| March of Time, The | 1930 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| One Love | 1930 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| Out of a Clear Blue Sky | 1930 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| Sweet and Hot | 1930 | Jack Yellen (words) | |
| Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | 1931 | Ted Koehler (words) Boswell Sisters (perf.) |
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| I Love a Parade | 1931 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| If He Really Loves Me | 1931 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Tell Me With a Love Song | 1931 | Ted Koehler (words) Kate Smith (perf.) |
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| ⇑ You Said It | 1931 | Jack Yellen (words) | Pub. |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | 1932 | E.Y. Harburg (words) Jay Gorney (words) |
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| I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues | 1932 | Ted Koehler (words) Bee Palmer (perf.) David Rose (perf.) |
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| I've Got the World on a String | 1932 | Ted Koehler (words) Cab Calloway (perf.) Rose Marie (perf.) Aida Ward (perf.) |
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| Minnie the Moocher's Weddin' Day | 1932 | ||
| Music Music Everywhere | 1932 | Ted Koehler (words) Ethel Merman (perf.) |
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| Get Yourself a New Broom (w&m) | 1933 | ||
| Happy As the Day Is Long | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| It's Only a Paper Moon | 1933 | Billy Rose (words) E.Y. Harburg (words) Robert Hutton (perf.) June Knight (perf.) Joan Leslie (perf.) Buddy Rogers (perf.) |
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Let's Fall in Love | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Love Is Love Anywhere | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| Shame on You | 1933 | Edward Heyman (words) | |
| Stormy Weather | 1933 | Ted Koehler (words) Duke Ellington (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) George Dewey Washington (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| As Long As I Live | 1934 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| Fun to Be Fooled | 1934 | E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.) |
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| Ill Wind | 1934 | Ted Koehler (words) | Pub. |
| Let's Take a Walk Around the Block | 1934 | Ira Gershwin (words) E. Y. Harburg (words) |
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| Shoein' the Mare | 1934 | E. Y Harburg (words) Ira Gershwin (words) |
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| What Can You Say in a Love Song? | 1934 | E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.) |
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| You're a Builder Upper | 1934 | Ira Gershwin (words) E. Y. Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Luella Gear (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frances Williams (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Hooray For Love | 1935 | Leo Robin (words) | |
| In Your Own Quiet Way | 1936 | E.Y Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| Last Night When We Were Young | 1936 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| Speaking of the Weather (w&m) | 1936 | Pub. | |
| Down With Love | 1937 | E.Y. Harburg (words) Kay Thompson (perf.) Hannah Williams (perf.) Ed Wynn (perf.) |
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| Life's a Dance | 1937 | ||
| Moanin' in the Mornin' | 1937 | E W Harburg (words) Kay Thompson (perf.) Hannah Williams (perf.) Ed Wynn (perf.) |
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| God's Country | 1938 | E. Y. Harburg (words) Judy Garland (perf.) Rooney Mickey (perf.) |
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| In the Shade of the New Apple Tree | 1938 | June Clyde (perf.) Paul Haakon (perf.) Jack Whitng (perf.) Ed Wynn (perf.) |
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| Ding - Dong! the Witch Is Dead | 1939 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | |
| I Promise You | 1939 | Johnny Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Sonny Tufts (perf.) |
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| If I Only Had a Brain | 1939 | E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frank Morgan (perf.) |
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| Over the Rainbow | 1939 | E.Y. Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Billie Burke (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) King Sisters (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frank Morgan (perf.) |
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| Sing My Heart | 1939 | Ted Koehler (words) Charles Boyer (perf.) Irene Dunne (perf.) |
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| Two Blind Loves | 1939 | E. Y. Harburg (words) Helen Forrest (perf.) |
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| We're Off to See the Wizard | 1939 | E W Harburg (words) Ray Bolger (perf.) Judy Garland (perf.) Jack Haley (perf.) Bert Lahr (perf.) Frank Morgan (perf.) |
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| Blues in the Night | 1941 | Johnny Mercer (words) Betty Field (perf.) Priscilla Lane (perf.) Richard Whorf (perf.) |
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| Hang on to Your Lids, Kids | 1941 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| This Time the Dream's on Me | 1941 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| Captain of the Clouds | 1942 | Johnny Mercer (words) James Cagney (perf.) |
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| ⇑ Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe | 1942 | E. Y. Harburg (words) Ethel Waters (perf.) |
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| Hit the Road to Dreamland | 1942 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| That Old Black Magic | 1942 | Pub. | |
| Harvey, the Victory Garden Man | 1943 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| Lot in Common With You, A (w&m) | 1943 | ||
| My Shining Hour | 1943 | Johnny Mercer (words) Fred Astaire (perf.) Joan Leslie (perf.) |
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| Now I Know | 1943 | Ted Koehler (words) Dinah Shore (perf.) |
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| One For My Baby | 1943 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| Tess's Torch Song (I Had a Man) | 1943 | Ted Koehler (words) Dinah Shore (perf.) |
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| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive | 1944 | Johnny Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Sonny Tufts (perf.) |
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| Eagle and Me, The | 1944 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| Evelina | 1944 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| I Got a Song | 1944 | ||
| Let's Take the Long Way Home | 1944 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| Right As the Rain | 1944 | E W Harburg (words) | Pub. |
| T'morra', T'morra' | 1944 | ||
| There's a Fella Waitin' in Poughkeepsie | 1944 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| When the Boys Come Home | 1944 | ||
| Out of This World | 1945 | Johnny Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) |
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| Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home | 1946 | |
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| ⇑ Cakewalk Your Lady | 1946 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Come Rain or Come Shine | 1946 | Johnny Mercer (words) | Pub. |
| I Had Myself a True Love | 1946 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Legalize My Name | 1946 | ||
| Linda | 1947 | Ted Koehler (words) | |
| For Every Man There's a Woman | 1948 | Leon Robin (words) | |
| It Was Written in the Stars | 1948 | Leo Robin (words) Yvonne DeCarlo (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.) |
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| What's Good About Goodbye? | 1948 | Leo Robin (words) | Pub. |
| Don't Rock the Boat Dear | 1950 | Ralph Blane (words) |
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Fancy Free | 1950 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Friendly Islands, The | 1950 | Ralph Blane (words) | |
| God's Country | 1950 | E.Y. Harburg (words) | |
| Today, I Love Ev'rybody | 1953 | Dorothy Fields (words) | |
| With the Sun Warm Upon Me | 1953 | Dorothy Fields (words) | Pub. |
| House of Flowers | 1954 | ||
| I Never Has Seen Snow | 1954 | ||
| Man That Got Away, The | 1954 | Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) |
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| Sleepin' Bee, A | 1954 | ||
| Two Ladies in De Shade of De Banana Tree | 1954 | ||
| Smellin' of Vanilla | 1955 | ||
| ⇑ Cocoanut Sweet | 1957 | E. Y. Harburg (words) | |
| Game of Poker, A | 1959 | Johnny Mercer (words) | |
| Wizard of Oz, The | 1968 | Johnn Mercer (words) |  |
| Composer | Title | Performer |
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H. Arlen | Stormy Weather (3:06) | E. Waters |