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Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
With collaborator Jay Gorney wrote lyrics for film hits in 1930s and 40s. E.Y. "Yip" Harburg was born Isidore Hochberg to Jewish immigrant parents on the lower east side of New York City on April 8, 1898. He was nicknamed "Yipsel" (Yiddish for squirrel) for his constant clowning and unbounded energy. Faithful Orthodox Jews, his parents immersed ...
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VIEW ALL. E. Y. (Yip) Harburg (1896-1981), in a career spanning over fifty years, was known as “Broadway’s social conscience.”. A master lyricist, poet and book writer, Yip was always dedicated to social justice. He wrote the words to over 600 songs, most notably all the lyrics in the 1939 motion picture classic “The Wizard of Oz ...
Jan 31, 1997 · For the 100-year anniversary of E.Y. “Yip” Harburg’s birth, Democracy Now! spoke with Ernie Harburg, Yip’s son and co-author of Yip’s biography, Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz ...
Apr 18, 2012 · April 18, 20123:20 PM ET. From. By. Nick Morrison. Enlarge this image. E.Y. "Yip" Harburg. Courtesy of the Yip Harburg estate. During his 84 years on the planet, Yip Harburg...
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San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2004. Washington Post, March 7, 1981; November 16, 1993. Encyclopedia of World Biography. E. Y. HarburgPopular song lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896–1981) was quoted as saying by Clyde Haberman of the New York Times that "songs are the pulse of a nation's heart, a fever chart of its health."
A lyricist and author best known for his Academy Award-winning song “Over the Rainbow,” Yip Harburg began songwriting after his electric appliance business failed at the start of the Great...
