Harry Arlen (1905-1986)

Overview

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.

Websites:
	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.

Wizard of Oz, The
Music by: Harry Arlen.

Publisher:	Leo Feist
Suppliers:
Printed: 1968.	Sheet Music 40 pages. Limited availability.

Vocal selections ... Musical arrangements by David Nelson

MIDIs

	Title	Co-Author(s)	Sequencer


Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (1944)		Unknown
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (1946)		James Pitt-Payne
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1931)		James Pitt-Payne
Blues in the Night (1941)		James Pitt-Payne
Captain of the Clouds (1942)		James Pitt-Payne
Come Rain or Come Shine (1946)		James Pitt-Payne
Ding - Dong! the Witch Is Dead (1939)		James Pitt-Payne
Dissertation on the State of Bliss (1954)		James Pitt-Payne
For Every Man There's a Woman (1948)		James Pitt-Payne
Get Happy (1930)	T. Koehler	James Pitt-Payne
Gotta Have Me Go With You (1954)		James Pitt-Payne
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (1942)		James Pitt-Payne
Here's What I'm Here For (1954)		James Pitt-Payne
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1932)		James Pitt-Payne
I Love a Parade (1931)		James Pitt-Payne
⇑I've Got the World on a String (1932)		James Pitt-Payne
If He Really Loves Me (1931)		James Pitt-Payne
If I Only Had a Brain (1939)		James Pitt-Payne
If I Were King of the Forest (1938)		James Pitt-Payne
It's a New World (1954)		James Pitt-Payne
It's Deductible (1950)		Unknown
It's Only a Paper Moon (1933)		Unknown
Jitterbug (1938), The		James Pitt-Payne
Learn to Croon (1930)		James Pitt-Payne
Out of This World (1945)		James Pitt-Payne
Search Is Through (1954), The		James Pitt-Payne
Sweet and Hot (1930)		James Pitt-Payne

MP3s

	Title (Release Year)	Co-Author(s)	Performers	Issue


	I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1932)		Bee Palmer D. Rose

Records

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1935)	H. Arlen	Helen Ward	Victor: BS-92548
Ding - Dong! the Witch Is Dead (1939)	H. Arlen	Marion Hutton	Victor: BS-038261
Over the Rainbow (1942)	H. Arlen	King Sisters	Victor: BS-075551
Two Blind Loves (1939)	H. Arlen	Helen Forrest	Victor: BS-042607

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


Brass Music CDs:
South Shore Circus Concert Band	Sounds of the Circus - Volume 21	CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
Jazz Music CDs:
Pee Wee Russell	Swingin' With Pee Wee
Jack Teagarden	Jack Teagarden - Big T: A Hundred Years from Today
Boswell Sisters	Shout Sister Shout
Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born
Ragtime Music CDs:
Mark Birnbaum	Hot Piano! Ragtime Blues Jazz Classical Mark Birnbaum
Budapest Ragtime Band	Grace and Beauty

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (1944)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Sonny Tufts (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (1946)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (1931)	H. Arlen (music) T. Koehler (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Blues in the Night (1941)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words) Betty Field (perf.) Priscilla Lane (perf.) Richard Whorf (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Captain of the Clouds (1942)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words) James Cagney (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Come Rain or Come Shine (1946)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Ding - Dong! the Witch Is Dead (1939)	H. Arlen (music) E. Y. Harburg (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
⇑Dissertation on the State of Bliss (1954)	H. Arlen (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Grace Kelly (perf.) William Holden (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
For Every Man There's a Woman (1948)	H. Arlen (music) Leon Robin (words) Yvonne DeCarlo (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.) Peter Lorre (perf.) Marta Toren (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Get Happy (1930)	H. Arlen (music) T. Koehler (coauth.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Gotta Have Me Go With You (1954)	H. Arlen (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe (1942)	H. Arlen (music) E. Y. Harburg (words) Susan Hayward (perf.) Richard Conte (perf.) Eddie Albert (perf.) Jo Van Fleet (perf.) Don Taylor (perf.) Ray Danton (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Here's What I'm Here For (1954)	H. Arlen (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues (1932)	H. Arlen (music) T. Koehler (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
I Love a Parade (1931)	H. Arlen (music) T. Koehler (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑I've Got the World on a String (1932)	H. Arlen (music) T. Koehler (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
If He Really Loves Me (1931)	H. Arlen (music) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
If I Only Had a Brain (1939)	H. Arlen (music) E W Harburg (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
If I Were King of the Forest (1938)	H. Arlen (music) E. Y. Harburg (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
It's a New World (1954)	H. Arlen (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer
It's Deductible (1950)	H. Arlen (music) Ralph Blane (words) Harold Arlen (words) Betty Grable (perf.) Dan Dailey (perf.) David Wayne (perf.) Jane Wyatt (perf.) Mitzi Gaynor (perf.) Una Merkel (perf.) Louise Beavers (perf.) Laura Pierpont (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
It's Only a Paper Moon (1933)	H. Arlen (music) B. Rose (words) E.Y. Harburg (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Jitterbug (1938), The	H. Arlen (music) E. Y. Harburg (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
⇑Learn to Croon (1930)	H. Arlen (music) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Out of This World (1945)	H. Arlen (music) J. Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Eddie Bracken (perf.) Diana Lynn (perf.) Veronica Lake (perf.) Cass Dayley (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Search Is Through (1954), The	H. Arlen (music) Ira Gershwin (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Grace Kelly (perf.) William Holden (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.
Sweet and Hot (1930)	H. Arlen (music) J. Yellen (words)	Piano, Voice	Sheet Music Singer	Pub.

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 102 works by Harry Arlen (1905-1986). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys:

(w&m)

1930-1933

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Get Happy	1930	Ted Koehler (co-author) Ruth Etting (perf.) Arr. by Burke
Hittin' the Bottle	1930	Ted Koehler (words)	Pub.
I Came to Life (w&m)	1930	Ted Koehler (co-author)
Learn to Croon	1930	Jack Yellen (words)
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)	Pub.
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	1931	Ted Koehler (words) Boswell Sisters (perf.) Helen Ward (perf.)
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.)	Pub.
You Said It	1931	Jack Yellen (words)	Pub.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	1932	E.Y. Harburg (words) Jay Gorney (words)
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues	1932	Ted Koehler (words) Bee Palmer (perf.) David Rose (perf.)	Pub.
I've Got the World on a String	1932	Ted Koehler (words) Cab Calloway (perf.) Rose Marie (perf.) Aida Ward (perf.)
Minnie the Moocher's Weddin' Day	1932
Music Music Everywhere	1932	Ted Koehler (words) Ethel Merman (perf.)
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.)	Pub.
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)	Pub.
Stormy Weather	1933	Ted Koehler (words) Duke Ellington (perf.) Lena Horne (perf.) George Dewey Washington (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.)	Pub.

1934-1939

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


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.)
Ill Wind	1934	Ted Koehler (words)
Let's Take a Walk Around the Block	1934	Ira Gershwin (words) E. Y. Harburg (words)
Shoein' the Mare	1934	E. Y Harburg (words) Ira Gershwin (words)	Pub.
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.)	Pub.
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.)	Pub.
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.)
Life's a Dance	1937
Moanin' in the Mornin'	1937	E W Harburg (words) Kay Thompson (perf.) Hannah Williams (perf.) Ed Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
God's Country	1938	E. Y. Harburg (words) Judy Garland (perf.) Rooney Mickey (perf.)	Pub.
If I Were King of the Forest	1938	E. Y. Harburg (words)
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree	1938	June Clyde (perf.) Paul Haakon (perf.) Jack Whitng (perf.) Ed Wynn (perf.)	Pub.
Jitterbug, The	1938	E. Y. Harburg (words)	Pub.
Ding - Dong! the Witch Is Dead	1939	E. Y. Harburg (words) Marion Hutton (perf.)
I Promise You	1939	Johnny Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Sonny Tufts (perf.)
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.)	Pub.
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.)	Pub.
Sing My Heart	1939	Ted Koehler (words) Charles Boyer (perf.) Irene Dunne (perf.)
⇑ Two Blind Loves	1939	E. Y. Harburg (words) Helen Forrest (perf.)
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.)	Pub.

1941-1946

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Blues in the Night	1941	Johnny Mercer (words) Betty Field (perf.) Priscilla Lane (perf.) Richard Whorf (perf.)
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.)	Pub.
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	1942	E. Y. Harburg (words) Eddie Albert (perf.) Richard Conte (perf.) Ray Danton (perf.) Jo Van Fleet (perf.) Susan Hayward (perf.) Don Taylor (perf.) Ethel Waters (perf.)
Hit the Road to Dreamland	1942	Johnny Mercer (words)
That Old Black Magic	1942		Pub.
Harvey, the Victory Garden Man	1943	Johnny Mercer (words)
Lot in Common With You, A (w&m)	1943
My Shining Hour	1943	Johnny Mercer (words) Fred Astaire (perf.) Joan Leslie (perf.)	Pub.
Now I Know	1943	Ted Koehler (words) Dinah Shore (perf.)
⇑ One For My Baby	1943	Johnny Mercer (words)	Pub.
Tess's Torch Song (I Had a Man)	1943	Ted Koehler (words) Dinah Shore (perf.)	Pub.
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive	1944	Johnny Mercer (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) Betty Hutton (perf.) Sonny Tufts (perf.)	Pub.
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) Eddie Bracken (perf.) Bing Crosby (perf.) Cass Dayley (perf.) Veronica Lake (perf.) Diana Lynn (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home	1946	Johnny Mercer (words)
Cakewalk Your Lady	1946	Johnny Mercer (words)

1946-1957

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Come Rain or Come Shine	1946	Johnny Mercer (words)
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) Yvonne DeCarlo (perf.) Peter Lorre (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.) Marta Toren (perf.)
It Was Written in the Stars	1948	Leo Robin (words) Yvonne DeCarlo (perf.) Tony Martin (perf.)
What's Good About Goodbye?	1948	Leo Robin (words)	Pub.
Don't Rock the Boat Dear	1950	Ralph Blane (words)
Fancy Free	1950	Johnny Mercer (words)	Pub.
Friendly Islands, The	1950	Ralph Blane (words)
It's Deductible	1950	Ralph Blane (words) Harold Arlen (words) Louise Beavers (perf.) Dan Dailey (perf.) Mitzi Gaynor (perf.) Betty Grable (perf.) Una Merkel (perf.) Laura Pierpont (perf.) David Wayne (perf.) Jane Wyatt (perf.)	Pub.
⇑ Today, I Love Ev'rybody	1953	Dorothy Fields (words)
With the Sun Warm Upon Me	1953	Dorothy Fields (words)	Pub.
Dissertation on the State of Bliss	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) William Holden (perf.) Grace Kelly (perf.)	Pub.
Gotta Have Me Go With You	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)
Here's What I'm Here For	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)	Pub.
House of Flowers	1954
I Never Has Seen Snow	1954
It's a New World	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.) James Mason (perf.)
Man That Got Away, The	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Judy Garland (perf.)	Pub.
Search Is Through, The	1954	Ira Gershwin (words) Bing Crosby (perf.) William Holden (perf.) Grace Kelly (perf.)	Pub.
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)

1959-1968

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Game of Poker, A	1959	Johnny Mercer (words)
Wizard of Oz, The	1968	Johnn Mercer (words)

Videos

	Composer	Title	Performer


	H. Arlen	Stormy Weather (3:06)	E. Waters