American Popular Song Lyricists: Oral Histories, 1920s-1960s

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments     
• Preface     
• Introduction     
• 1 Lee Adams 1924–     
• 2 Stanley Adams 1907–1994     
• 3 Harold Adamson 1906–1980     
• 4 Alan Bergman 1925– and Marilyn Bergman 1929–     
• 5 Johnny Burke 1908–1964     
• 6 Irving Caesar 1895–1996     
• 7 Sammy Cahn 1913–1993     
• 8 Betty Comden 1919–2006 and Adolph Green 1915–2002     
• 9 Joe Darion 1917–2001     
• 10 Hal David 1921–     
• 11 Mack David 1912–1993     
• 12 Ervin Drake 1919–     
• 13 Milton Drake 1912–2006     
• 14 Edward (Eddie) Eliscu 1902–1998     
• 15 Ray Evans 1915–2007 and Jay Livingston 1915–2001     
• 16 L. Wolfe Gilbert 1886–1970     
• 17 Bud Green 1897–1981     
• 18 Oscar Hammerstein II 1895–1960     
• 19 E. Y. (“Yip”) Harburg 1898–1981     
• 20 Tom Jones 1928– and Harvey Schmidt 1929–     
• 21 Irving Kahal 1903–1942     
• 22 Gus Kahn 1886–1941     
• 23 Carolyn Leigh 1926–1983     
• 24 Sammy Lerner 1903–1989     
• 25 Herb Magidson 1906–1986     
• 26 Johnny Mercer 1909–1976     
• 27 Irving Mills 1894–1985     
• 28 Mitchell Parish 1900–1993     
• 29 Don Raye 1909–1985 and Gene De Paul 1919–1985     
• 30 Leo Robin 1900–1984     
• 31 The Tobias Brothers: Harry 1895–1994, Charles 1898–1970 and Henry 1905–1997     
• 32 Paul Francis Webster 1907–1984     
• Epilogue—The Old Ones Are Still Being Played: Golden Age Songs in Films and Television, 1998–2010     
• Bibliography     
• Index