Apr. 2 (1941) Leon Russell Music & Lyrics: A Song For You, Delta Lady, This Masquerade, Rainbow In Your Eyes.

Apr. 3 (1919) Ervin Drake Music: It Was a Very Good Year, I Believe. Lyrics: Good Morning Heartache, Perdido.

Apr. 6 (1900) Leo Robin Lyrics: Easy Living, If I Should Lose You, With Every Breath I Take, My Ideal, Thanks For The Memory

Apr. 7 (1912) Jack Lawrence Lyrics: Tenderly, A Handful of Stars, Beyond The Sea, What Will I Tell My Heart. Music: All Or Nothing At All.

Apr. 8 (1880) Victor Schertzinger Music: One Night of Love, I Remember You, I'll Never Let a Day Pass By, Kiss The Boys Goodbye

Apr. 8 (1896) Yip Harburg Lyrics: April In Paris, Over The Rainbow, What Is There To Say, It Is Only A Paper Moon, Then I'll Be Tired Of You, Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe.

Apr. 8 (1933) Fred Ebb Lyrics: Theme From New York New York, Maybe This Time, All That Jazz, My Coloring Book.

Apr. 9 (1912) Carl Fischer Music: We'll Be Together Again, You're Just The Kind, You've Changed, It Started All Over Again.

Apr. 9 (1921) George D. Weiss Music & Lyrics: Too Close For Comfort, That Sunday That Summer, Mr. Wonderful, Rumors Are Flying. Lyrics: Lullaby Of Birdland.

Apr. 16 (1924) Henry Mancini Music: The Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River, Mr. Lucky, Peter Gunn.

Apr. 19 (1897) Kay Swift Music: Fine and Dandy, Can This Be Love?, Can We Be Friends?

Apr. 24 (1902) Rube Bloom Music: Fools Rush In, Give Me The Simple Life, Don't Worry 'Bout Me, Day In-Day Out.

Apr. 25 (1914) Bob Russell Lyrics: Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Ballerina, Crazy He Calls Me, Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me, You Came A Long Way From St. Louis, Time Was.

Apr. 25 (1933) Jerry Leiber Music & Lyrics: Is That All There Is, Kansas City, I'm a Woman, On Broadway, Spanish Harlem.

Apr. 26 (1902) Edward Eliscu Lyrics: More Than You Know, Something To Live For, Without a Song, You Forgot Your Gloves.

Apr. 28 (1921) Karl Suessdorf Lyrics: Moonlight In Vermont, I Wish I Knew.

Apr. 29 (1899) Duke Ellington Music: Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady, I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good, Satin Doll, In a Mellotone, Solitude, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Rockin' In Rhythm, I'm Beginning To See The Light, Caravan, Just A-Sittin' And A-Rockin', Cotton Tail.

Apr. 29 (1934) Jack Reardon Music & Lyrics: The Good Life, A Worried Guy, When, La Strada Del' Amore.

Apr. 30 (1924) Sheldon Harnick Music: Fiddler On the Roof, If I was a Rich Man. Lyrics: Matchmaker Matchmaker, Sunrise Sunset.

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - MARCH
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Mar. 1 (1903) Sid Lippman Music: Too Young, My Sugar Is So Refined, Through The Eyes of Love, That's The Chance You Take.

Mar. 2 (1900) Kurt Weill Music: September Song, Lost In The Stars, My Ship, Mack The Knife, It Never Was You, Speak Low.

Mar. 5 (1903) Irving Kahal Lyrics: I'll Be Seeing You, You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me, When I Take My Sugar to Tea, I Can Dream Can't I

Mar. 8 (1908) Will Hudson Music: Organ Grinder's Swing, Moonglow, Deep in a Dream, You're Not The Kind, Sophisticated Swing.

Mar. 8 (1927) John Kander Music: Cabaret, Maybe This Time, All That Jazz, Theme from New York New York, My Coloring Book.

Mar. 8 (1946) Carol Bayer Sager Lyrics: Looking Through the Eyes of Love, Nobody Does it Better, That's What Friends Are For, It's My Turn, Don't Cry Out Loud

Mar. 9 (1926) Jerry Ross Music & Lyrics: Whatever Lola Wants, Hey There, Rags To Riches, Hernando's Hideaway, Heart.

Mar. 10 (1900) Peter DeRose Music: Deep Purple, The Lamp is Low, On a Little Street in Singapore, Lilacs in the Rain, Autumn Serenade.

Mar. 12 (1894) Joseph Meyer Music: Crazy Rhythm, Idle Gossip, Isn't It Heavenly, How Long Will It Last?

Mar. 12 (1905) Allan Roberts Music & Lyrics: That Old Devil Called Love, Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall, You Always Hurt the One You Love, You Can't See The Sun When You're Crying, Tampico.

Mar. 13 (1914) Bob Haggart Music: What's New, South Rampart Street Parade, Big Noise From Winnetka.

Mar. 13 (1933) Mike Stoller Music & Lyrics: Is That All There Is, I'm a Woman, Kansas City, Bernie's Tune, On Broadway, Ruby Baby

Mar. 14 (1907) Edward Heyman Lyrics: You're Mine You, When I Fall in Love, Body and Soul, Blame It on My Youth, I Cover the Waterfront, Love Letters, Out of Nowhere.

Mar. 16 (1909) Don Raye Lyrics: Irresistible You, I'll Remember April, You Don't Know What Love Is, Star Eyes, He's My Guy

Mar. 16 (1915) Sammy Gallop Lyrics: Count Every Star, Vagabond Shoes, Night Lights, Forgive My Heart Music & Lyrics: There Must Be a Way

Mar. 17 (1901) Alfred Newman Music: Through a Long and Sleepless Night, The Best of Everything, Moon of Manakoora.

Mar. 17 (1943) Jim Weatherly Music & Lyrics: The Need To Be, Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, Midnight Train to Georgia.

Mar. 20 (1892) Mort Dixon Lyrics: The Lady in Red, You're My Everything, Bye Bye Blackbird, I Found a Million Dollar-Baby.

Mar. 22 (1930) Stephen Sondheim Music & Lyrics: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "Sweeney Todd", "Company", "A Little Night Music" Lyrics: "West Side Story", "Gypsy"

Mar. 23 (1933) Dave Frishberg Music & Lyrics: Let's Eat Home, I'm Hip, Peel Me A Grape, My Attorney Bernie, Another Song About Paris

Mar. 25 (1903) Don George Lyrics: I'm Beginning to See the Light, It Shouldn't Happen to a Dream, Everything But You, Tulip or Turnip

Mar. 25 (1947) Elton John Music: Your Song, Candle in the Wind, Don't Go Breaking My Heart, Sad Songs (Say So Much), Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Bennie And The Jets, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me.

Mar. 27 (1916) Albert Frisch Music:I Won't Cry Anymore, Two Different Worlds, Congratulations to Someone, This is No Laughing Matter

Mar. 28 (1915) Jay Livingston Music: Buttons and Bows, Mona Lisa, Que Sera Sera, To Each His Own, Golden Earrings, The Ruby and The Pearl, Marshmallow Moon.

Feb. 1 (1894) Herman Hupfeld Music & Lyrics: As Time Goes By, Sing Something Sinple, Let's Turn Out The Lights and Go To Sleep.

Feb. 2 (1912) Burton Lane Music: If This Isn't Love, Old Devil Moon, I Hear Music, On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever), You're My Thrill, Everything I Have Is Yours, Come Back To Me, How About You?.

Feb. 4 (1915) Ray Evans Lyrics: Mona Lisa, Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera Sera), To Each His Own, Golden Earrings, Never Let Me Go.

Feb. 5 (1902) Bronislaw Kaper Music: Hi-Lilli Hi-Lo, Invitation, On Green Dolphin Street, All God's Chillun Got Rhythm.

Feb. 5 (1928) Robert Allen Music No Not Much, Chances Are, Moments To Remember, It's Not For Me To Say.

Feb. 6 (1888) Haven Gillespie Lyrics That Lucky Old Sun, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, You Go to My Head, Breezin' Along With the Breeze.

Feb. 10 (1944) Peter Allen Music & Lyrics: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do), I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love, I Honestly Love You, Don't Cry Out Loud.

Feb. 11 (1914) Matt Dennis Music: Violets For Your Furs, Will You Still Be Mine, Everything Happens To Me, Angel Eyes, Let's Get Away From It All, The Night We Called It A Day.

Feb. 12 (1952) Michael McDonald Music & Lyrics: Takin' It To The Streets, What a Fool Believes, Minute by Minute, It Keeps You Running.

Feb. 14 (1915) Irving Gordon Music & Lyrics: Unforgettable, What Will I Tell My Heart. Lyrics: Prelude to a Kiss.

Feb. 15 (1893) Walter Donaldson Music: Makin' Whoopee, Love Me or Leave Me, My Buddy, After I Say I'm Sorry, My Blue Heaven, You're Driving Me Crazy, My Baby Just Cares For Me.

Feb. 15 (1905) Harold Arlen Music: Stormy Weather, Over The Rainbow, I've Got the World On a String, Come Rain or Come Shine, Blues In the Night, Down With Love, My Shining Hour, The Man That Got Away, It's Only a Paper Moon, Last Night When We Were Young, Ill Wind.

Feb. 16 (1884) Bert Kalmar Lyrics: Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You), A Kiss to Build a Dream On, Who's Sorry Now, Three Little Words.

Feb. 17 (1907) Alec Wilder Music: While We're Young, I'll Be Around, The Long Night, Who Can I Turn To.

Feb. 20 (1950) Walter Becker Music & Lyrics: Aja, I've Got The News, Rikki Don't Lose That Number, Do It Again, Kid Charlemagne, My Old School, Peg, Green Earrings.

Feb. 22 (1896) Herb Nacio Brown Music: Singing In The Rain, Paradise, You Stepped Out of a Dream, Should I?.

Feb. 24 (1932) Michel Legrand Music: How Do You Keep the Music Playing, The Windmills of Your Mind, Once Upon a Summertime, Watch What Happens.

Feb. 26 (1932) Johnny Cash Music & Lyrics: Folsom Prison Blues, See Ruby Fall, Don't Take Your Guns to Town, I Walk The Line.

Feb. 28 (1910) Josef Myrow Music: Somewhere in the Night, You Make Me Feel So Young, Autumn Nocturne, It Happens Every Spring.

SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - JANUARY

Jan. 7 (1906) Herb Magidson Lyrics: The Masquerade is Over, I'll Buy That Dream, Music Maestro Please, The Continental, Gone With the Wind

Jan. 9 (1922) Vic Mizzy Music: There's a Faraway Look In Your Eyes, My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time, Take It Easy

Jan. 10 (1898) Arthur Johnston Music: Pennies From Heaven, Just One More Chance, My Old Flame, Cocktails For Two

Jan. 10 (1948) Donald Fagen Music & Lyrics: Deacon Blues, Walk Between Raindrops, Hey Nineteen, Third World Man, FM (No Static At All), Black Friday, Century's End, Snowbound, Aja, My Old School.

Jan. 12 (1904) Edgar DeLange Lyrics: Lost April, Darn That Dream, Solitude, Moonglow, Deep In a Dream

Jan. 13 (1885) James Monaco Music: There Will Never Be Another You, This Is My Night to Dream, You Made Me Love You, I'm Making Believe, I Can't Begin To Tell You

Jan. 14 (1896) Seymour Simons Music: All Of Me Lyrics: Breezin' Along With The Breeze, Honey

Jan. 15 (1905) Allie Wrubel Music: The Masquerade is Over, I'll Buy That Dream, Music Maestro Please, As You Desire Me, Gone With The Wind

Jan. 22 (1895) Buddy DeSylva Lyrics: The Best Things in Life Are Free, Sunny Side Up, Birth of the Blues, Somebody Loves Me, It All Depends On You

Jan. 25 (1896) Harry Link Music: These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You), I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, By My Side.

Jan. 25 (1927) Antonio Carlos Jobim Music: Desifinado, Meditation, Girl From Ipanema. Music & Lyrics (Port.): Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars, One Note Samba, Waters of March.

Jan. 25 (1929) Benny Golson Music: Killer Joe, I Remember Clifford, Stablemates, Along Came Betty, Whisper Not.

Jan. 26 (1913) James Van Heusen Music: Here's That Rainy Day, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Like Someone In Love, Walking Happy, It Could Happen To You, Darn That Dream, Imagination, Aren't You Glad You're You?

Jan. 27 (1885) Jerome Kern Music: In Love in Vain, Nobody Else But Me, All The Things You Are, Pick Yourself Up, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, The Way You Look Tonight, A Fine Romance, The Song is You

Jan. 27 (1895) Harry Ruby Music: Nevertheless (I'm in Love With You), Give Me the Simple Life, Who's Sorry Now, Three Little Words

Jan. 28 (1918) Bob Hilliard Lyrics: In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning, How Do You Speak to An Angel, Dear Hearts and Gentle People, Our Day Will Come

Jan. 29 (1937) Leslie Bricusse Music & Lyrics: What Kind of Fool Am I?, A Wonderful Day Like Today, Gonna Build a Mountain, Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)? Lyrics: If I Ruled the World

Jan. 31 (1894) Isham Jones Music: It Had To Be You, There Is No Greater Love, You've Got Me Crying Again, I'll See You in My Dreams, The One I Love (Belongs to Somebody Else).

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Oct. 3 (1908) Johnny Burke Lyrics: Here's That Rainy Day, Misty, Like Someone In Love, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, It Could Happen To You.

Oct. 3 (1916) David Mann Music: In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning, There I've Said It Again, Don't Go To Strangers, No Moon At All.

Oct. 6 (1893) Milton Ager Music: Happy Days Are Here Again, What Good Am I Without You, Hard-Hearted Hannah, I'm Nobody's Baby

Oct. 7 (1900) Ralph Rainger Music: If I Should Lose You, With Every Breath I Take, Ebb Tide, June In January, Easy Living.

Oct. 9 (1940) John Lennon Music & Lyrics: Imagine, Fool On The Hill, Eleanor Rigby, Michelle, Penny Lane.

Oct. 9 (1948) Jackson Browne Music & Lyrics: That Girl Could Sing, Doctor My Eyes, Running On Empty, The Pretender

Oct. 10 (1903) Vernon Duke Music: April In Paris, I Can't Get Started, What Is There To Say, Taking A Chance On Love. Music & Lyrics: Autumn In New York.

Oct. 10 (1908) Johnny Green Music: Body and Soul, I Cover The Waterfront, Out of Nowhere, You're Mine You, Coquette.

Oct. 10 (1917) Thelonious Monk Music: 'Round Midnight, Straight No Chaser, Ruby My Dear, Well You Needn't, Off Minor.

Oct. 11 (1913) Sunny Skylar Music & Lyrics: You're Breaking My Heart, Waitin' For The Train To Come In, Are These Really Mine?, Gotta Be This Or That.

Oct. 13 (1920) Albert Hague Music: Young And Foolish, Just For Once.

Oct. 13 (1941) Paul Simon Music & Lyrics: Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover, The Sound of Silence, Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Mrs. Robinson, Still Crazy After All These Years

Oct. 14 (1889) Spencer Williams Music: Squeeze Me, I Found A New Baby, Basin Street Blues, I Ain't Got Nobody.

Oct. 15 (1922) Robert Wells Music: When Joanna Loved Me, Here's to the Losers. Lyrics: The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), Born to be Blue, From Here to Eternity.

Oct. 18 (1918) Bobby Troup Music & Lyrics: Route 66, Baby Baby All The Time, You're Lookin' At Me, The Meaning of The Blues. Lyrics: Girl Talk.

Oct. 18 (1948) Laura Nyro Music & Lyrics: Stoney End, And When I Die, Wedding Bell Blues, Eli's Coming.

Oct. 19 (1918) Jack Segal Lyrics: When Sunny Gets Blue, Scarlet Ribbons, When Joanna Loved Me, Here's To The Losers. Music & Lyrics: More Love.

Oct. 21 (1927) Fran Landesman Lyrics: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Ballad Of The Sad Young Men, There Are Days When I Don't Think of You At All, This Life We've Led, Nothing Like You.

Oct. 22 (1914) Sylvia Dee Lyrics: My Sugar Is So Refined, Too Young, A House With Love In It.

Oct. 25 (1885) Sammy Lewis Lyrics: Gloomy Sunday, For All We Know, Just Friends, I'm Sitting On Top of The World.

Oct. 28 (1912) Arthur Altman Music: All Or Nothing At All, The Green Years, American Beauty Rose.

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SONGWRITERS BIRTHDAYS - SEPTEMBER

Sept. 2 (1928) Horace Silver Music & Lyrics: Song For My Father, Doodlin', The Preacher, Senor Blues, Sister Sadie.
Sept. 4 (1897) Gus Arnheim Music: Sweet and Lovely, I Cried For You
Sept. 4 (1925) Tommy Wolf Music: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most, Ballad of The Sad Young Men, Laugh I Thought I'd Die, I've Never Been Anything, Say Cheese.
Sept. 7 (1956) Diane Warren Music & Lyrics: Nothing Broken But My Heart, All I Want Is Forever, I'll Be Your Shelter, Blame It On The Rain.
Sept. 8 (1897) Howard Dietz Lyrics: Dancing In The Dark, You And The Night And The Music, Alone Together, I See Your Face Before Me, That's Entertainment, By Myself.
Sept. 9 (1894) Arthur Freed Lyrics: This Heart Of Mine, I Cried For You, Singin' In The Rain, Should I?
Sept. 11 (1925) Alan Bergman Lyrics: Like a Lover, The Way We Were, I'm a Stranger To Myself, Nice 'n' Easy, How Do You Keep the Music Playing.
Sept. 13 (1925) Mel Torme Music & Lyrics: Born To Be Blue, Lament To Love, A Stranger In Town, Welcome To The Club, The California Suite (Entire Score). Music: The Christmas Song.
Sept. 15 (1912) Ray Gilbert Lyrics: Dindi, Once I Loved, Without You, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah.
Sept. 16 (1921) Jon Hendricks Lyrics: One Note Samba, Sermonette, Bijou, Four Brothers. Music & Lyrics: Gimme That Wine.
Sept. 17 (1923) Hank Williams Music & Lyrics: Cold Cold Heart, Hey Good Lookin', Jambalaya, Your Cheatin' Heart, Honky Tonk Blues.
Sept. 18 (1894) Willard Robison Music: A Cottage For Sale, Old Folks, Now We Know. Music & Lyrics: Don't Smoke In Bed
Sept. 18 (1897) Sam Stept Music: Comes Love, Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, It Seems Like Old Times.
Sept. 19 (1892) Fred Ahlert Music: Walkin' My Baby Back Home, Mean To Me, I'll Get By, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, I Don't Know Why.
Sept. 19 (1940) Paul Williams Music & Lyrics: We've Only Just Begun, I Won't Last a Day Without You, Rainy Days and Mondays, Watch What Happens, Evergreen (Love Theme from "A Star Is Born").
Sept. 20 (1892) Roy Turk Lyrics: Walkin' My Baby Back Home, Mean To Me, I'll Get By, I Don't Know Why.
Sept. 21 (1934) Leonard Cohen Music & Lyrics: Bird on the Wire, Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye, I'm Your Man, First We Take Manhattan, Dance Me to the End of Love.
Sept. 23 (1949) Bruce Springsteen Music & Lyrics: The River, Born In The U.S.A., Fire, Blinded By the Light, My Hometown.
Sept. 24 (1907) Ben Oakland Music: A Pink Cocktail For a Blue Lady, If I Love Again, I'll Take Romance.
Sept. 24 (1909) Carl Sigman Music: Crazy He Calls Me, Ballerina. Lyrics: What Now My Love, Ebb Tide, It's All In The Game.
Sept. 24 (1931) Anthony Newley Music & Lyrics: What Kind of Fool Am I?, Gonna Build a Mountain, Sweet Beginning, Look At That Face, Who Can I Turn To?
Sept. 25 (1902) Al Hoffman Music: I Saw Stars, I Apologize, The Story Of A Starry Night, There's No Tomorrow.
Sept. 26 (1898) George Gershwin Music: The Man I Love, S' Wonderful, But Not For Me, A Foggy Day, Embraceable You, I Got Rhythm, Somebody Loves Me, Who Cares?, Love Is Here To Stay, I've Got a Crush On You.
Sept. 26 (1916) Marvin Fisher Music: When Sunny Gets Blue, Strange, Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You, I Keep Going Back To Joe's, Love Is A Serious Thing.
Sept. 27 (1885) Joseph McCarthy Lyrics: You Made Me Love You, I'm Always Chasing Rainbows, You've Got Me Out On a Limb.
Sept. 27 (1898) Vincent Youmans Music: Tea For Two, Sometimes I'm Happy, More Than You Know, Without A Song, Time On My Hands.
Sept. 29 (1921) Loonis McGlohon Music: A Long Night, Blueberry Winter, South To a Warmer Place, Songbird.
Sept. 30 (1875) Fred Fisher Music: & Lyrics: Chicago, Peg O' My Heart, Whispering Grass, Dardanella.