Category: The Melody Makers

ANOTHER selection of wonderful songs by writers whose names many not be so familiar in our series celebrating the Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. Al Dubin … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 9: Broadway Medley Part III

IN THIS celebration of the immense Jewish contribution to the music of the last century or so, here is another section of songs which have become standards even though the … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 8: Broadway Medley Part II

SO FAR in this series on the immense Jewish contribution to popular music we have covered the major names of the early 20th century: Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Jerome Kern. But … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 7: Broadway Medley Part I

This is the sixth in a weekly series celebrating the immense Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. BY now we have covered most of the successful musicals of the … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 6: The Wizard of Oz

This is the fifth in a weekly series celebrating the immense Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. RICHARD Rodgers and Lorenz Hart returned from Hollywood to a triumph with … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 5: Rodgers and Hart, Part II

This is the fourth in a weekly series celebrating the immense Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were introduced by a mutual friend in … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 4: Rodgers and Hart, Part I

This is the third in a weekly series celebrating the immense Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. ACCORDING to a joint resolution passed by Congress, Jerome Kern … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 3: Jerome Kern

AS well as writing some of the 20th century’s most-loved songs, many with his brother Ira as lyricist, George Gershwin was the only popular composer of the period to make … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 2: George Gershwin

This is the first in a new weekly series, introduced yesterday, celebrating the immense Jewish contribution to popular music over the last century. GEORGE Gershwin called him ‘the greatest songwriter that … Continue readingThe Melody Makers 1: Irving Berlin

THERE is a small church in the Kent village of Tudeley. It dates from before the Norman Conquest but most of it was built in the 18th century. There is … Continue readingThe Melody Makers: A new series on A&M