Great American Songbook

The Great American Songbook was a collection of historically significant American songs originating in the 20th century. Many of the songs were originally composed for Broadway musicals.
In 2259, after Commander Pelia suggested transmitting a song into a subspace fold, Ensign Nyota Uhura mused if subspace would appreciate the Great American Songbook, and selected "Anything Goes". ()
Vic Fontaine, a hologram modeled off of mid-20th century singers like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, had a musical repertoire of various jazz-styled covers of the Great American Songbook. ()
In 2376, Harry Kim and his jazz band, the Kimtones, performed "That Old Black Magic" for the Qomar aboard the , with the The Doctor singing lyrics. ()
In 2379, Data sang Irving Berlin's composition "Blue Skies" at the wedding of William T. Riker and Deanna Troi — much to the displeasure of Worf, who disliked Berlin's work. () The Bing Crosby version of "Blue Skies" was familiar to Jean-Luc Picard, who imagined it while dreaming of playing poker with Data on the . ()
In 3190, Zora sang "Stormy Weather" to Michael Burnham as a way to distract her from her EV suit overheating. ()
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