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Nov 7, 2015 · Another hit came less easily. In 1938, Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg were working on an MGM film called The Wizard of Oz. For 14 weeks — and $25,000 — they turned out one terrific song...
- Harold Arlen
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Jan 20, 2020 · Yip at work. Though “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” is his most famous song, and one of the most famous songs ever written (declared the “Number One Song of the 20 th Century” by the NEA and ...
Panned on its 1939 opening by The New Yorker as “…a stinkeroo…which displays no trace of imagination,” Oz has evolved into a cherished trademark of popular culture. Videos by American ...
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In 1940 Harburg won an Oscar, shared with Harold Arlen, for Best Music, Original Song for The Wizard of Oz (1939). In addition, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Original Song, along with Arlen, for Cabin in the Sky , (1943) and Best Music, Original Song for Can't Help Singing , shared with Jerome Kern in (1944).
He wrote the words to over 600 songs, most notably all the lyrics in the 1939 motion picture classic “The Wizard of Oz,” including “Over the Rainbow” which was voted the Number 1 recording of the 20th century in a 2001 poll conducted by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Recording Industry Association of America.
History 1. Show Details. The Wizard of Oz (38) Music. Harold Arlen (576) Lyrics. E.Y. Harburg (354) Book. Noel Langley (5), Florence Ryerson (2), Edgar Allan Woolf (5) Recording Details. Date. June 29, 1939. Type. Audio / Radio Cast. Language. English. Producer. Edward Burke. Liner Notes. Edward Jablonski (48) Performer.
A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz. This interview of Ernie Harburg by Amy Goodman of Democracy Now (heard on Pacifica Radio and seen on independent TV stations) was first broadcast in 1996.
