One of the best and most prolific of Broadway and motion picture composers, Harold Arlen could boast a true "Jazz Singer" background. His father was a cantor in a synagogue, and Arlen made his performing debut singing with his dad during the High Holy Days. Any plans to follow in father's footsteps were forgotten when Arlen went into professional show business at 15, playing the piano for a vaudeville musical trio. The years of barnstorming paid off in 1928 when Arlen's song "Get Happy," first performed in The 9:15 Revue, scored a hit. Among Arlen's best-known collaborators during his busiest movie years were Johnny Mercer (Star-Spangled Rhythm), Ira Gershwin (the 1954 version of A Star is Born) and E. Y. Harburg (The Wizard of Oz). Harold Arlen's string of hits for both Broadway and Hollywood include "Stormy Weather," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "Blues in the Night," "That Old Black Magic," "One for My Baby," "Accen-tu-ate the Positive," and of course the Academy Award-winning "Over the Rainbow."
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Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen
Featured Music |
2003 | |||
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Sophisticated Lady
Featured Music |
1989 | |||
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Hot to Trot!
Featured Music |
1988 | |||
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Shoot to Kill
Featured Music |
1988 | |||
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Ishtar
Featured Music |
1987 | |||
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'Round Midnight
Featured Music |
1986 | |||
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City Heat
Featured Music |
1984 | |||
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Downhill Racer
Songwriter |
1969 | |||
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The Swinger
Songwriter |
1966 | |||
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Harold Arlen: An All-Star Tribute
Performance |
1965 | |||
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Sylvia
Songwriter |
1965 | |||
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Judy Garland: Judy Garland & Friends
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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The Judy Garland Show, Episode 15: The Christmas Show
Composer (Music Score) |
1963 | |||
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Bloomer Girl
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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A Star Is Born
Composer (Music Score) |
1954 | |||
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It Should Happen to You
Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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The Country Girl
Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1953 | |||
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
Composer (Music Score) |
1953 | |||
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Mr. Imperium
Composer (Music Score) |
1951 | |||
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The Colgate Comedy Hour: November 29, 1953
TV Guest Appearance |
1951 | |||
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My Blue Heaven
Composer (Music Score) |
1950 | |||
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Summer Stock
Songwriter |
1950 | |||
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Casbah
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1948 | |||
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Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Songwriter |
1946 | |||
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Here Come the Waves
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1944 | |||
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Kismet
Songwriter |
1944 | |||
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Up in Arms
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
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Cabin in the Sky
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1943 | |||
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The Sky's the Limit
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1943 | |||
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Cairo
Songwriter |
1942 | |||
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Star Spangled Rhythm
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1942 | |||
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They Got Me Covered
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
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Blues in the Night
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1941 | |||
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At the Circus
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
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Babes in Arms
Songwriter |
1939 | |||
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Love Affair
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
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The Wizard of Oz
Composer (Music Score) |
1939 | |||
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Strike Me Pink
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1936 |






