Isham Jones -composer-

song title: You've Got Me Crying Again

lyric by Charles Newman
song title: There Is No Greater Love
lyric by Marty Symes
song title: The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)

lyric by Gus Kahn

song title: Swingin' Down The Lane

lyric by Gus Kahn

song title: On The Alamo

lyric by Gus Kahn

song title: It Had To Be You

lyric by Gus Kahn

song title: I'll SeeYou In My Dreams

lyric by Gus Kahn
song title: I Wouldn't Change You For The World
lyric by Charles Newman

James P. Johnson -composer-

song title: You Can't Lose A Broken Heart

lyric by Fluornoy Miller

song title: Swinga Della Street

music by James P. Johnson & Abner Silver

lyric by Andy Razaf

song title: Snowy Morning Blues

song title: Old Fashioned Love

lyric by Cecil Mack

song title: My Sweet Hunk O' Trash

lyric by Fluornoy Miller

song title: If I Could Be With You

lyric by Henry Creamer

song title: Don't Cry, Baby (Click Here for YouTube video clip: Madeline Peyroux)

music by James P. Johnson, Saul Bernice

lyric by Stella Unger

Gordon Jenkins -composer-

song title: When A Woman Loves A Man

music by Gordon Jenkins, Bernie Hanighen

lyric by Johnny Mercer

song title: This Is All I Ask

song title: Skyscraper Blues

lyric by Tom Adair

song title: San Fernando Valley

song title: P.S. I Love You

lyric by Johnny Mercer

song title: New York's My Home

song title: Homesick That's All (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)

song title: How Old Am I?

song title: Goodbye

song title: Blue Evening

music by Joe Bishop

lyric by Gordon Jenkins

song title: Blue Prelude

music by Joe Bishop

lyric by Gordon Jenkins

Bart Howard -composer-

song title: You Are Not My First Love

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: The Man In The Looking Glass

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: On The First Warm Day

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: One Love Affair

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: Let Me Love You

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)

music and lyric by Bart Howard

song title: Be My All (Or Be My Nothing)

music and lyric by Bart Howard

Arnold Horwitt -lyricist-

song title: Young And Foolish

music by Albert Hague

Harold S. Hopper -composer-

song title: There's No You

lyric by Tom Adair

Mann Holiner -composer-

(photo l-r: Frank Sinatra, Mann Holiner, Dinah Shore, Bing Crosby, pianist-unknown)

song title: It Will Have To Do (Until The Real Thing Comes Along)

music and lyric by Mann Holiner, Saul Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Alberta Nichols, Sammy Cahn

song title: Why Shouldn't It Happen To Us

music & lyric by Mann Holiner & Alberta Nichols

Edward Heyman -lyricist-

song title: When I Fall In Love
music by Victor Young

song title: You're Mine,You!
music by Johnny Green

song title: Through The Years
music by Vincent Youmans

song title: This Is Romance
music by Vernon Duke

song title: (I Offer YouThe Moon) Senorita
music by Nacio Herb Brown

song title: Out Of Nowhere

music by Johnny Green

song title: My Love For You

music by Harry Jacobson

song title: Melancholy Lullaby

music by Benny Carter

song title: Love Letters

music by Victor Young

song title: I Cover The Waterfront

music by Johnny Green

song title: I Want To Be Loved

music by Johnny Green

lyric by Edward Heyman, Billy Rose

song title: If I Steal A Kiss

music by Nacio Herb Brown

song title: Easy Come Easy Go

music by Johnny Green

song title: Body And Soul

music by Johnny Green

lyric by Edward Heyman, Frank Eyton, Robert Sour

song title: Blame It On My Youth

music by Oscar Levant

song title: Boo Hoo

music by Carmen Lombardo, J.J. Loeb

Ray Henderson -composer-

Ray Henderson -composer-

Pop and show tunes composing pianist Ray Henderson is best known for his years in the Henderson-DeSylva-Brown team, who were without equal as songwriters of the Roaring Twenties. Born in Buffalo, New York, on December 1, 1896, Henderson later studied at the Chicago Conservatory and performed in vaudeville and dance bands while he was there. He eventually worked as an arranger and songplugger for New York publishing houses, in addition to collaborating with many lyricists, including Lew Brown, starting in 1922. The duo's early hits included "Alabamy Bound," "Bye, Bye Blackbird," and "I'm Sitting On Top Of The World." In 1925, lyricist Buddy DeSylva joined them and the trio successfully established itself with a second Broadway score, George White's Scandals of 1920. They then scored the 1927 stage productions Good News and Manhattan Mary, followed the next year by Hold Everything, more George White's Scandals in the late '20s, and Flying High in 1930. Off the stage, the songwriting trio had several hit songs in addition to movie credits for songs in early Al Jolson films (including Sonny Boy and It All Depends On You) and the popular 1929 film Sunny Side Up, which the trio went to Hollywood to work on. A movie based on Henderson-DeSylva-Brown, entitled Best Things In Life Are Free, came out in 1956. After DeSylva left in 1931, Brown and Henderson continued scoring Broadway shows, including Hot-Cha (1932) and Strike Me Pink (1933). Some of the other lyricists Henderson worked with over the years include Mort Dixon, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Jack Yellen, Tedf Koehler, Billy Rose and Irving Caesar. Toward the end of his career, Henderson co-wrote for films, scored a 1936 Ruth Etting show in London, and enjoyed the success of another hit song ("Don't Cry, Cherie") in 1941. Henderson's final stage show was the Ziegfeld Follies of 1943, after which he faded away from the public eye, re-emerging only once to conduct on TV around 1950. Ray Henderson died on New Year's Eve 1970.--Jocelyn Layne-Amm Music Guide

song title: Alabamy Bound

lyric by Bud Green & B.G. Buddy DeSylva

song title: Black Bottom

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Broadway

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Button Up Your Overcoat

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Bye, Bye Baby

lyric by Mort Dixon

song title: Bye, Bye Blackbird

lyric by Mort Dixon

song title: Don't Bring Lulu

lyric by Lew Brown & Billy Rose

song title: Don't Cry, Cherie

lyric by Lew Brown

song title: Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue

lyric by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young

song title: Good News

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: I'm A Dreamer, Aren't We All

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: If I Had A Talking Picture Of You

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva
song title: I'm Flying High

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: I'm Sitting On Top Of The World

lyric by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young

song title: It All Depends On You

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Just Imagine

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries

lyric by Lew Brown

song title: Lucky In Love

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Sonnyboy

lyric by Lew Brown, B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva & Al Jolson

song title: Sunnyside Up

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: The Best Things In Life Are Free

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. Buddy DeSylva

song title: The Birth Of The Blues

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylv

song title: The Thrill Is Gone

lyric by Lew Brown

song title: To Know You Is To Love You

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: Varsity Drag

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva

song title: You're The Cream In My Coffee

lyric by Lew Brown & B.G. "Buddy" DeSylva