Modern-Age songwriters
The lyricists and composers who were the architects of the American songbook
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]
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)
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]