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Harold Arlen

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Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen (Bullfrog Films clip)

 

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Harold Arlen sing a medley of his hits 1954

 

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1933 Harold Arlen - Let’s Fall In Love

 

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(Somewhere) Over The Rainbow - Harold Arlen

 

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Harold Arlen, Paramount Pictorial, circa 1933

Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including the classic "Over the Rainbow", Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).
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