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Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become standards. He wrote the music for the classic film The Wizard of Oz, including the song "Over the Rainbow," which was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also wrote the music for the Broadway musicals Bloomer Girl and Jamaica. Arlen was born in Buffalo, New York, to a Jewish family. He began playing the piano at the age of five and was soon composing his own music. He studied music at the University of Michigan and then moved to New York City, where he worked as a pianist and arranger for various bands and orchestras. In the 1930s, Arlen began writing songs for Broadway musicals and films. He wrote the music for the classic film The Wizard of Oz, including the song "Over the Rainbow," which was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. He also wrote the music for the Broadway musicals Bloomer Girl and Jamaica. Arlen was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971 and received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987. He died in 1986 at the age of 81.

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Occupation soundtrack,music_department,composer
Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 15 February, 1905
Birthday 15 February
Birthplace Buffalo, New York, USA
Date of death 23 April, 1986
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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His wife is Anya Taranda (8 January 1937 - 9 March 1970) ( her death)

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1999

His musical, "The Wizard of Oz" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 1999 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.

1996

Pictured on one of a set of four 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, issued 11 September 1996, celebrating American songwriters. Others honored in this issue are Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, and Hoagy Carmichael.

1986

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 27-29. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.

1971

Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1971.

1958

Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award, his music with lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, as part of Best Musical nomination for "Jamaica."

1950

He was one of the members of the Ken Darby Vocal Trio. His voice can be heard as the Scarecrow in the Decca Records single of the Harburg-Arlen song "The Jitterbug", which was cut from the final release print of "The Wizard of Oz". This Decca Records single, with "Over the Rainbow" (as sung by Judy Garland)on the reverse side, was not recorded from the soundtrack of the film, but was part of a studio cast 78 RPM 5-record album of the songs featuring Judy Garland and the Ken Darby Singers, with Victor Young and his orchestra. The album was the first album ever made of songs from "The Wizard of Oz"; it was eventually released on LP and remained in print well into the 1950's.

1939

No American has written more first-rate songs than Arlen. He grew up in a musical family (his father was a cantor), and disappointed but didn't surprise his parents by dropping out of high school to become a musician. A stint as pianist and singer with a dance band, the Buffalodians, allowed him to escape Buffalo for New York City. Arlen stayed on after the band's demise; after some mostly unsuccessful attempts to conquer vaudeville or Broadway, Arlen stumbled onto a tune that, with lyrics by Ted Koehler, became "Get Happy", his first hit. With Koehler as lyricist, Arlen became the staff composer for Harlem's Cotton Club, a premiere showcase for African-American entertainers such as Cab Calloway and Ethel Waters. They wrote "I've Got the World on a String" and "Ill Wind", among dozens of others. Arlen's second important collaborator was E. Y. Harburg, with whom he composed the score for _Wizard of Oz, The (1939)_, celebrated specialty numbers for Bert Lahr and Groucho Marx, and two Broadway musicals.

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