Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen was born in New York, United States on February 15th, 1905 and is the Composer. At the age of 81, Harold Arlen biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide.
In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook.
"Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
Life and career
Arlen was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of a Jewish cantor. The next day, his twin brother died. He learned to play the piano as a child and formed a youth band. He achieved some local success as a pianist and singer before he migrated to New York City in his early twenties, where he spent as an accompanist in vaindeville and changed his name to Harold Arlen. Arlen appeared on records by The Buffalodogs, Red Nichols, Joe Venuti, Leo Reisman, and Eddie Duchin from 1926 to 1934, mostly performing his own compositions.
Arlen's first well-known song, "Get Happier," was released in 1929 (with lyrics by Ted Koehler). Arlen and Koehler produced shows for the Cotton Club, a famous Harlem night club, as well as Broadway musicals and Hollywood films throughout the 1930s and 1980s. The collaboration between Arlen and Koehler resulted in a variety of hit songs, including "Let's Fall in Love" and "Stormy Weather." Arlen continued to perform as a pianist and vocalist with some success, most notably on records with Leo Reisman's society dance orchestra.
Arlen married in the 1930s and spent more time in California writing for film musicals. He began working with lyricist E. Y. around this time. Harburg's "yip" Harburg. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer had the team produce songs for The Wizard of Oz in 1938, the most famous of which is "Over the Rainbow" was awarded the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song. They also wrote "Down with Love," which was included in the 1937 Broadway show Hooray for What! "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" for Groucho Marx in At the Circus in 1939, and "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" for Ethel Waters in the 1943 film Cabin in the Sky.
Arlen was a longtime friend and one-time roommate of actor Ray Bolger, who appeared in The Wizard of Oz.
He collaborated with lyricist Johnny Mercer in the 1940s and began to write hit songs such as "Blues in the Night", "Ac-Cent-Wonder," "Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and "One for My Baby" (and One More for the Road).
"Over the Rainbow" and "The Man That Got Away" were two of Judy Garland's best songs: the last two were written for the 1954 version of the film A Star Is Born. Garland acknowledged Arlen in the audience and invited him to receive an ovation at his 1961 Carnegie Hall performance after completing a set of his songs.
Harold Sings Arlen, a vocalist who performed on his debut album "With Friend," was released in 1966. Barbra Streisand was accompanied on two songs by him.