While the chorus overtly evokes Garland’s original (written in 1939 by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg), the lyrics subtly wink at it too, with Wilson singing about chasing a “neon rainbow.” ...

Concert selections will include “Last Train from Overbrook” by James Moody; “Blues in the Night” by Harold Arlen; and “9:20 Special” by Earle Warren, Bill Engvick and Jack Palmer.

As the evening progressed, Krall continued to be a very generous bandleader, providing space for a luxurious run from bassist Clayton on “Let’s Fall in Love” (written by Harold Arlen and Ted ...

It was at the Cotton Club that she was first introduced to the music of Harold Arlen, a composer whose music would help define her career. 1941 was the year of Lena Horne's life that would define ...

The flight attendant-turned-fiddler performed a jaunty rendition of Harold Arlen’s ‘Over the Rainbow’ from The Wizard of Oz to a captive audience on the San Francisco airport tarmac. A flight ...

Frank Baum’s 1900 children’s novel. In fact, in Defying Gravity Schwartz quotes The Wizard of Oz composer Harold Arlen’s melody in a motif set to the word “unlimited”, which can be heard ...

Of course they were. After a lively rendition of Harold Arlen’s “Get Happy,” DeSare turned to “I’ve Got the World On a String,” the first song that Nelson Riddle arranged for Sinatra.

Written by L. Frank Baum and featuring legendary songs by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, the familiar story of farmgirl Dorothy Gale retains its engaging, emotional allure under the firm artistic ...

The music is by and/or associated with Elton John, Cher, Mumford & Sons, Billy Preston, The Band, Tom Waits, Leonard Bernstein, Harold Arlen, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, The Spinners, Guns N’ Roses, ...

Harold Arlen’s formative years read like the story of The Jazz Singer. Born Hyman Arluck in 1905, he hailed from Buffalo, New York, where his father was the community’s most prominent cantor.

The similarities between Lund’s “Opus 38” and composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg’s “Over the Rainbow” cannot be dismissed. Though there are notable variations ...

Bluebirds, blue skies, deep blue seas, rain, rainbows, rent, love and luck, in any and all of them, Harold Arlen found inspiration for a song. You might not immediately recognize his name ...