They're Playing Our Song : Conversations With America's Classic Songwriters

Author's Note, November, 2007 xi Author's Note 1973 xiii Preface by Jule Styne xix Foreword by Margaret Whiting xxiii Introduction xxv "All the Things You Are" JEROME KERN 1 "Three Little Words" KALMAR AND RUBY 17 "Tea for Two" VINCENT YOUMANS 26 "I'm in the Mood for Love" DOROTHY FIELDS 35 "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" LORENZ HART 47 "The Sound of. Music" RICHARD RODGERS 58 "This Was a Real Nice Clambake" OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II 67 "Of Thee ! Sing, Baby!" IRA GERSHWIN 85 "MY Ideal" RICHARD WHITING 95 "Thanks for the Memory' LEO ROBIN 101 "Make Someone Happy" BETTY COMDEN 117 "Lullaby of Broadway" HARRY WARREN 125 "Moon River" JOHNNY MERCER 144 "Over the Rainbow" HAROLD ARLEN 161 "People Who Need People" JULE STYNE 179 "Bei Mir Bist Du Sch n" SAMMY CAHN 200 "Tradition" BOCK AND HARNICK 224 "Taking a Chance On Love" VERNON DUKE 238 "Wish You Were Here" HAROLD ROME 244 "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" BURTON LANE 255 "Put On a Happy Face" LEE ADAMS 267 "Oh, How We Danced" SAUL CHAPLIN 275 "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" E.Y. HARBURG 288 "Everything's Coming Up Roses" STEPHEN SONDHEIM 305 "Guys and Dolls" FRANK LOESSER 316 "Always" IRVING BERLIN 337 Coda 374 Notes 377 Credits 387