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”

A House Is Not A Home­page

[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”

[wikipedia]

Vernon Duke

(1903–1969)

“April in Paris”
“Autumn in New York”

[wikipedia]
[google]

Maury Laws

[home page]

Johnny Mercer

(1909–1976)

“Moon Riv­er”
“Fools Rush In”
“Blues in the Night”
“Lau­ra”
“Cha­rade”

[wikipedia]

Mitchell Parish

(1900–1993)

“Sleigh Ride”
“Sweet Lor­raine”
“Volare” (Eng­lish)

[google][wikipedia]

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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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The Jim­my Van Heusen Col­lec­tion of Musi­cal Works and Papers, 1920–1991 [search]