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Harold Arlen

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Real name
Hyman Arluck
Born
February 15, 1905
Died
April 23, 1986
Country
United States
IPI
00001307353 115 works
1307353 2 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Composer of music for popular songs, many of which have become standards, and scores for movies. Arlen also played piano and recorded as a big band vocalist, usually of his own songs.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971 where he gained a Johnny Mercer Award in 1982. In 1997, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
Member of
The Buffalodians
Family
Sam Arlen Son
Jerry Arlen Brother
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Songs written by Harold Arlen

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD October 4, 1944 Covered by (127 artists)
A Game of Poker Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Howard Keel & Carol Lawrence PRF, Barbara Evans REL December 7, 1959 Covered by (2 artists)
Ain't It de Truth Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Lena Horne PRF,REC,BRD,REL September 16, 1957 Covered by (5 artists)
Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Ruby Hill with "St. Louis Woman" Choral Group and Orchestra under the direction of Leon Leonardi March 30, 1946 Covered by (74 artists)
A Sleepin' Bee Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Diahann Carroll, Dolores Harper, Ada Moore and Enid Mosier PRF,REL December 30, 1954 Covered by (188 artists)
As Long as I Live Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Lena Horne and Avon Long PRF, Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt REC March 24, 1934 Covered by (198 artists)
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL March 1931 Covered by (235 artists)
Blues in the Night Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL, William Gillespie BRD September 2, 1941 Covered by (289 artists)
Buds Won't Bud Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen Forrest May 23, 1940 Covered by (11 artists)
Cocoanut Sweet Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Adelaide Hall & Lena Horne PRF, Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL September 16, 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Come Rain or Come Shine Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC March 30, 1946 Covered by (712 artists)
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men Covered by (76 artists)
Dissertation On The State Of Bliss (Love And Learn) Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen Bing Crosby And Patty Andrews (Patty Andrews, Bing Crosby) 1954 Unverified
Don't Like Goodbyes Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Pearl Bailey PRF,REL December 30, 1954 Covered by (23 artists)
Down with Love Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Jack Whiting, June Clyde and Vivian Vance PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC,REL 1937 Covered by (66 artists)
Evelina Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg David Brooks and Celeste Holm October 5, 1944 Covered by (5 artists)
For Every Man There's a Woman Harold Arlen, Leo Robin Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra Covered by (30 artists)
Fun to Be Fooled Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg Frances Williams PRF, Leo Reisman & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Harold Arlen REL August 27, 1934 Covered by (32 artists)
Get Happy Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Ruth Etting PRF, Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) REC February 11, 1930 Covered by (240 artists)
Gettin' a Man Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Odette Myrtil & Carol Brice December 7, 1959 Covered by Pearl Bailey
Get Yourself a New Broom (And Sweep the Blues Away) Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ivie Anderson May 9, 1933 Covered by (4 artists)
Goose Never Be a Peacock Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Carol Brice PRF,REL December 7, 1959 Covered by (4 artists)
Gotta Have Me Go with You Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Judy Garland BRD,REL September 1954 Covered by (6 artists)
Halloween Harold Arlen, Ralph Blane Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians August 25, 1950 Missing information
Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Woody Herman and His Orchestra - Vocal by Frances Wayne REC,REL, Ethel Waters BRD September 5, 1944 Covered by (105 artists)
Happy as the Day Is Long Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Ramona and Her Grand Piano April 19, 1933 Covered by (17 artists)
Happy with the Blues Peggy Lee, Harold Arlen Peggy Lee with Keith Ingham and His Octet 1988 Covered by (3 artists)
Harlem Holiday Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Covered by (3 artists)
Here's What I'm Here For Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Judy Garland September 1954 Unverified
Hit the Road to Dreamland Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Mary Martin, Dick Powell and The Golden Gate Quartette Covered by (59 artists)
Hittin' the Bottle Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Ted Wallace & His Campus Boys (Ed Kirkeby) July 10, 1930 Covered by (7 artists)
Hooray for Love Harold Arlen, Leo Robin Tony Martin & Yvonne DeCarlo Covered by (39 artists)
House of Flowers Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Diahann Carroll and Rawn Spearman PRF,REL, Tony Bennett arranged and conducted by Glenn Osser REC December 30, 1954 Covered by (9 artists)
I Could Go On Singing Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Judy Garland March 15, 1963 Covered by (2 artists)
I Don't Think I'll End It All Today Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Lena Horne and Ricardo Montalbán PRF,REL September 16, 1957 Covered by (5 artists)
If I Only Had a Brain Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD July 29, 1939 Covered by (130 artists)
If I Were King of the Forest Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Bert Lahr Covered by (7 artists)
If You Believed in Me [It's Only a Paper Moon] Harold Arlen, Billy Rose, E.Y. Harburg Claire Carleton December 2, 1932 Covered by (374 artists)
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Lillian Shade PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC September 27, 1932 Covered by (173 artists)
I Had Myself a True Love Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen June Hawkins March 30, 1946 Covered by (22 artists)
Ill Wind (You're Blowing Me No Good) Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Harold Arlen - Piano Accompaniment by Arthur Schutt February 6, 1934 Covered by (209 artists)
I Love a Parade Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler [Unknown Studio Artists] PRF, Victor Arden–Phil Ohman and Their Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Luther REC,REL March 1931 Covered by (4 artists)
I Love to Sing-a Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC,REL, Al Jolson and Cab Calloway BRD January 12, 1936 Covered by (3 artists)
I Never Has Seen Snow Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Diahann Carroll December 30, 1954 Covered by (15 artists)
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen November 16, 1937 Covered by (5 artists)
In the Shade of the New Apple Tree Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Leo Reisman & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Harold Arlen December 8, 1937 Unverified
I Promise You Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton BRD October 4, 1944 Covered by (7 artists)
It's a New World Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Judy Garland BRD,REL September 1954 Covered by (10 artists)
It's a Woman's Prerogative Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Pearl Bailey PRF, Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REL March 30, 1946 Covered by (9 artists)
It Was Written in the Stars Harold Arlen, Leo Robin Tony Martin [US1] Covered by (25 artists)
I've Got the World on a String Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC Covered by (408 artists)
I Wonder What Became of Me Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Ruby Hill March 30, 1946 Covered by (28 artists)
June Comes Around Every Year Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra December 11, 1944 Covered by (4 artists)
Kickin' the Gong Around Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Cab Calloway and His Orchestra October 21, 1931 Covered by (12 artists)
Last Night When We Were Young Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Lawrence Tibbett with Orchestra – Nathaniel Shilkret, Director October 10, 1935 Covered by (141 artists)
Legalize My Name Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Pearl Bailey with "St. Louis Woman" Orchestra under the Direction of Leon Leonardi PRF, Pearl Bailey - Orchestra under the direction of Mitchell Ayres REC,REL March 30, 1946 Covered by (9 artists)
Let's Fall in Love Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Harold Arlen with Orchestral Acc. Dir. by Ray Sinatra REC, Art Jarrett BRD November 1, 1933 Covered by (291 artists)
Let's Take a Walk Around the Block Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg Dixie Dunbar and Earl Oxford PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC August 27, 1934 Covered by (21 artists)
Let's Take the Long Way Home Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD October 4, 1944 Covered by (22 artists)
Love Is Love Anywhere Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Covered by (5 artists)
Love's a Necessary Thing Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Covered by (4 artists)
Lydia the Tattooed Lady Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Groucho Marx REC,BRD, Rudy Vallée REL May 22, 1939 Covered by (20 artists)
Minnie the Moocher's Wedding Day Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Cab Calloway and His Orchestra April 20, 1932 Covered by (19 artists)
Moanin' in the Mornin' Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Vivian Vance PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Edythe Wright REC,REL 1937 Covered by (11 artists)
Munchkinland Medley Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg The Ken Darby Singers - The King's Men BRD, Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REL July 1939 Covered by Boston Gay Men's Chorus
My Love an' My Mule Harold Arlen, Dorothy Fields Mary Mayo with Orchestra conducted by Al Ham March 1951 Covered by (2 artists)
My Shining Hour Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Eugenie Baird REC, Joan Leslie with Freddie Slack and his Orchestra BRD October 1, 1943 Covered by (294 artists)
Napoleon Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Lena Horne PRF,REL September 16, 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Now I Know Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Dinah Shore February 1944 Covered by (7 artists)
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Lena Horne with Orchestra conducted by Horace Henderson REC,REL, Fred Astaire BRD November 21, 1944 Covered by (329 artists)
One Man (Ain't Quite Enough) Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Pearl Bailey PRF,REL December 30, 1954 Covered by (3 artists)
Optimistic Voices Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, E.Y. Harburg MGM Studio Chorus, The Debutantes and The Rhythmettes Covered by (7 artists)
Out of This World Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Eddie Bracken [dubbed by Bing Crosby] BRD September 13, 1944 Covered by (236 artists)
Over the Rainbow Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Judy Garland October 7, 1938 Covered by (1603 artists)
Paris Is a Lonely Town Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Judy Garland September 1962 Covered by (4 artists)
Push de Button Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Lena Horne PRF, Lena Horne with Neal Hefti's Orchestra and Chorus REL September 16, 1957 Covered by (7 artists)
Right as the Rain Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Celeste Holm & David Brooks PRF,REL October 5, 1944 Covered by (35 artists)
Savanna Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Dick Duane with Orchestra under the direction of Frank Hunter September 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
Shakin' the African Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Don Redman and His Orchestra October 15, 1931 Covered by (2 artists)
Shoein' the Mare Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin, E.Y. Harburg Leo Reisman & His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Harold Arlen July 27, 1934 Covered by Tammy Grimes
Sing, My Heart Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Will Osborne and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Lynn Davis REC,REL, Irene Dunne BRD February 15, 1939 Covered by (7 artists)
So Long, Big Time! Harold Arlen, Dory Previn Tony Bennett September 17, 1963 Covered by (8 artists)
Someone at Last Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Judy Garland REC,BRD, Maddy Russell REL November 23, 1953 Covered by (3 artists)
Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Ethel Waters with Duke Ellington & His Orchestra PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Harold Arlen REC April 6, 1933 Covered by (487 artists)
Sweet and Hot Harold Arlen, Jack Yellen Hattie Hudson and Ensemble January 19, 1931 Covered by Boston Gay Men's Chorus
Tell Me with a Love Song Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Covered by (2 artists)
Tess's Torch Song Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Dinah Shore Covered by (12 artists)
That Old Black Magic Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Glenn Miller and His Orchestra July 15, 1942 Covered by (377 artists)
That's a Fine Kind o' Freedom Harold Arlen, Martin Charnin Harold Arlen March 1966 Covered by (3 artists)
The Eagle and Me Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Dooley Wilson October 5, 1944 Covered by (18 artists)
The Friendly Islands Harold Arlen, Ralph Blane Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians August 25, 1950 Missing information
The Jitterbug Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Judy Garland with Victor Young and His Orchestra 1939 Covered by (9 artists)
The Man That Got Away Harold Arlen, Ira Gershwin Judy Garland REC,BRD, Jeri Southern with Orchestra conducted by Sonny Burke REL March 1954 Covered by (144 artists)
The Merry Old Land of Oz Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Frank Morgan, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Chorus BRD July 29, 1939 Covered by (9 artists)
The Morning After Harold Arlen, Dory Previn André Previn His Piano and Orchestra January 1963 Covered by (8 artists)
This Time the Dream's on Me Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen Priscilla Lane June 1941 Covered by (136 artists)
Trickeration Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Cab Calloway and His Orchestra October 21, 1931 Covered by (3 artists)
Two Blind Loves Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra August 23, 1939 Covered by (5 artists)
Two Ladies in de Shade of de Banana Tree Harold Arlen, Truman Capote Ada Moore & Enid Mosier PRF, The Four Lads REL December 30, 1954 Covered by (17 artists)
We're Off to See the Wizard Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Victor Young and His Orchestra - Vocals under the direction of Ken Darby REC, Judy Garland & Ray Bolger BRD July 29, 1939 Covered by (19 artists)
What Good Does It Do Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Dick Duane with Orchestra under the direction of Frank Hunter September 1957 Covered by (2 artists)
What's Good About Goodbye Harold Arlen, Leo Robin Tony Martin with Earle Hagan and His Orchestra Covered by (19 artists)
When the Sun Comes Out Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Helen O'Connell February 3, 1941 Covered by (143 artists)
Where Is Dis Road a' Leadin' Me to? Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Covered by (2 artists)
Willow in the Wind Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg Joy Page [dubbed by Doreen Tryden] Covered by Amanda Thorpe
You Gave Me Ev'rything but Love Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler Leo Reisman and His Orchestra May 4, 1932 Covered by (9 artists)
You Said It Harold Arlen, Jack Yellen Mary Lawlor and Stanley Smith PRF, Loring "Red" Nichols and His Orchestra REC January 19, 1931 Covered by (6 artists)