page_title: Great American Songbook
section_title: Songwriters and songs
hierarchical_section_title: Great American Songbook / Songwriters and songs
caption_attribution_description: Irving Berlin, from a larger photo of him with Rodgers and Hammerstein and Helen Tamiris, watching auditions on stage of the St. James Theatre
context_page_description: The Great American Songbook is the canon of significant early-20th-century American jazz standards and popular songs.
context_section_description: The following writers and songs are often included in the Great American Songbook:
  Harold Arlen (with E.Y. Harburg): "Over the Rainbow", "It's Only a Paper Moon"; with Ted Koehler: "Stormy Weather", "I've Got the World on a String", "I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues", "Let's Fall in Love"; with Johnny Mercer "Blues in the Night", "That Old Black Magic", "One for My Baby", "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"; and "The Man that Got Away" (with Ira Gershwin);
  Irving Berlin: "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "When I Lost You", "How Deep Is the Ocean", "God Bless America", "White Christmas", "Always", "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody", "Blue Skies", "Cheek to Cheek", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "Let's Face the Music and Dance", "There's No Business Like Show Business", and "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm";
  Nacio Herb Brown with lyricist Arthur Freed: "All I Do Is Dream of You", "Pagan Love Song", "Paradise", "Singin' in the Rain", "Temptation", "You Stepped Out of a Dream", "You Were Meant for Me", and "Good Morning";
  Hoagy Carmichael: "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "Lazy River", "The Nearness of You", "Heart and Soul", and "Skylark";
  Cy Coleman (with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh): "Witchcraft", "The Best Is Yet to Come", "Hey, Look Me Over", and "I've Got Your Number"; with lyrics by Dorothy Fields: "If My Friends Could See Me Now" and "Big Spender";
  J. Fred Coots: "Love Letters in the Sand", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town", "For All We Know", and "You Go to My Head";
  Walter Donaldson, mostly with lyrics by Gus Kahn: "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "My Blue Heaven", "Love Me or Leave Me", "Carolina in the Morning", "My Mammy", "What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry?", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby", "Makin' Whoopee", "You're Driving Me Crazy", and "Little White Lies"";
  Vernon Duke: "April In Paris", "Autumn In New York", "I Can't Get Started", and "Taking a Chance on Love";
  Duke Ellington: "In a Sentimental Mood", "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)", "Satin Doll" (with Billy Strayhorn and Johnny Mercer), "Mood Indigo", "Sophisticated Lady", "Take the 'A' Train", "I'm Beginning to See the Light", "Don't Get Around Much Anymore";
  Sammy Fain: "I'll Be Seeing You", "That Old Feeling", "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", "April Love", and "Tender is the Night";
  Dorothy Fields: "I Can't Give You Anything But Love", "Exactly Like You", "On the Sunny Side of the Street", "A Fine Romance", "Pick Yourself Up", "The Way You Look Tonight", "Big Spender", and "If My Friends Could See Me Now";
  George and Ira Gershwin: "Someone to Watch Over Me", "'S Wonderful", "Summertime", "A Foggy Day", "But Not for Me", "Embraceable You", "I Got Rhythm", "Fascinating Rhythm", "The Man I Love", "They Can't Take That Away from Me", "Love Is Here to Stay", and "Strike Up the Band";
  Ray Henderson: "Alabamy Bound", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", "The Birth of the Blues", "The Best Things in Life Are Free", "Sonny Boy", "You're the Cream in My Coffee";
  Isham Jones with lyrics by Gus Kahn: "It Had to Be You", and "I'll See You in My Dreams";
  Jerome Kern: "A Fine Romance", "Pick Yourself Up", "The Way You Look Tonight"; with lyrics by Ira Gershwin "Long Ago (and Far Away)"; with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II "All the Things You Are", "The Folks Who Live On the Hill", "Ol' Man River", "The Song Is You"; with lyrics by Otto Harbach "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", and "Yesterdays";
  Lerner and Loewe: "Almost Like Being in Love", "On the Street Where You Live", "I Could Have Danced All Night", "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face", and "Thank Heaven for Little Girls";
  Frank Loesser: "If I Were a Bell", "Slow Boat to China", "Standing on the Corner", "Baby, It's Cold Outside", and "Luck Be a Lady";
  Jimmy McHugh: "Don't Blame Me",  "Exactly Like You", "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby", "I'm in the Mood for Love", and "On the Sunny Side of the Street";
  Johnny Mercer: "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe", "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening", "Moon River" with Henry Mancini, "Fools Rush In", and "Days of Wine and 
caption: Irving Berlin, one of the most prolific composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook
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