Modern-Age songwriters
The lyricists and composers who were the architects of the American songbook
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Burt Bacharach
(b. 1928)
“Alfie”
“Magic Moments” (Perry Como’s best?)
“Promises, Promises”
“Walk on By”
[video] [google] [wikipedia] [discography]
John Blackburn
(1913–2006)
“Lonesome Blues”
“Moonlight in Vermont”
(each verse is a haiku) [more]
“Need You”
“It Never Entered My Mind”
“Susquehanna”
[google] [wikipedia][photo and obit]
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Sammy Cahn
(1913–1933)
“A Pocketful of Miracles”
“The Tender Trap”
[bio] [oscars article]
Hoagy Carmichael
(1899–1981)
“Star Dust”
Vernon Duke
(1903–1969)
“April in Paris”
“Autumn in New York”
Maury Laws
Johnny Mercer
(1909–1976)
“Moon River”
“Fools Rush In”
“Blues in the Night”
“Laura”
“Charade”
Mitchell Parish
(1900–1993)
“Sleigh Ride”
“Sweet Lorraine”
“Volare” (English)
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Jimmy Van Heusen
(1913–1990)
“The Tender Trap”
“I Thought About You”
“Polka Dots and Moonbeams”
“It Could Happen To You”
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[chords] [home page] [wikipedia] [topic/622708/Jimmy-Van-Heusen”>britannica] [google]
The Jimmy Van Heusen Collection of Musical Works and Papers, 1920–1991 [search]