Index of the songwriters that signed the songs compiled in this selection of a hundred and fifty standards in alphabetical order by surname. Their years of birth and decease are showed below.
Most of them performed alone but some worked together with another or other songwriters. Likewise, some composed the music and the lyrics. This information is clearly explained in each song’s index card.
In each songwriter, the titles compiled in this selection of which they are the author, and the year when they composed them, are detailed – also in alphabetical order. This solution has been preferred rather than the chronological order so as to ease the search.
Click on the title of the song to access the corresponding index card.
A
Thomas Adair (1913-1988)
• Everything Happens To Me (1941)
Harold Adamson (1906-1980)
Eden Ahbez (Alexander Aberle) (1908-1995)
Fred Ahlert (1892-1953)
Edmund Anderson (1913-2002)
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959)
B
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
• How Deep Is The Ocean? (1932)
John M. Blackburn (1913-2006)
Brooks Bowman (1913-1937)
Johnny Burke (1908-1964)
• It Could Happen To You (1944)
• Polka Dots And Moonbeams (1940)
C
Irving Caesar (1895-1996)
Sammy Cahn (1913-1993)
James Campbell (1903-1967)
Kenneth Casey (1899-1965)
Gordon Clifford (1902-1968)
Reginald Connelly (1895 ó 1898-1963)
Sam Coslow (1902-1982)
Henry Creamer (1879-1930)
• If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) (1926)
Bing Crosby (1903-1977)
D
James Edward Davis (1915-1997)
Eddie DeLange (1904-1949)
Gene De Paul (1919-1988)
Howard Dietz (1896-1983)
Mort Dixon (1892-1956)
Ervin Drake (1919-2015)
Al Dubin (1891-1945)
• I Only Have Eyes For You (1934)
Eddie DeLange (1904-1949)
Gene De Paul (1919-1988)
Howard Dietz (1896-1983)
Mort Dixon (1892-1956)
Ervin Drake (1919-2015)
Al Dubin (1891-1945)
• I Only Have Eyes For You (1934)
Vernon Duke (1903-1969)
E
Edward Eliscu (1902-1998)
Frank Eyton (1894-1962)
F
Dorothy Fields (1905-1974)
• I Can't Give You Anything But Love (1928)
• I'm In The Mood For Love (1935)
• On The Sunny Side Of The Street (1930)
• The Way You Look Tonight (1936)
G
Clarence Gaskill (1892-1947)
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)
• I've Got A Crush On You (1930)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (1937)
• Someone To Watch Over Me (1926)
• They Can't Take That Away From Me (1937)
Haven Gillespie (1888-1975)
Irving Gordon (1915-1996)
Mack Gordon (1904-1959)
• There Will Never Be Another You (1942)
Stuart Gorrell (1901-1963)
H
Nancy Hamilton (1908-1985)
Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960)
• All The Things You Are (1939)
• It Might As Well Be Spring (1945)
• Lover Come Back To Me (1928)
• Softly As In A Morning Sunrise (1928)
William Christopher Handy (1873-1958)
Otto Harbach (1873-1963)
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (1933)
Edward Heyman (1907-1981)
• I Cover The Waterfront (1933)
DuBose Heyward (1885-1940)
Will Hudson (1908-1981)
J
Arthur Johnston (1898-1954)
Patricia Johnston (¿?-¿?)
K
Gus Kahn (1886-1941)
• You Stepped Out Of A Dream (1940)
Bert Kalmar (1884-1947)
Raymond Klages (1888-1947)
Ted Koehler (1894-1973)
• Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (1931)
Manny Kurtz (1911-1984)
• In A Sentimental Mood (1935)
L
Jack Lawrence (1912-2009)
Turner Layton (1894-1978)
Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959)
Hans Jan Lengsfelder (1903-1979)
M
Herb Magidson (1906-1986)
Gerald Marks (1900-1997)
Eric Maschwitz (1901-1969)
Robert Mellin (1902-1994)
Irving Mills (1894-1995)
• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1938)
• In A Sentimental Mood (1935)
• It Don't Mean A Thing (1932)
N
Henry Nemo (1909-1999)
• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1938)
Ray Noble (1903-1978)
• The Very Thought Of You (1934)
George A. Norton (1880-1923)
P
Mitchell Parish (1900-1993)
Cole Porter (1891-1964)
• Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye (1944)
• I Get A Kick Out Of You (1934)
• I've Got You Under My Skin (1936)
• Just One Of Those Things (1935)
• What Is This Thing Called Love? (1929)
Jacques Prévert (1900-1977)
R
Ram Ramírez (1913-1994)
Don Raye (1909-1985)
Andy Razaf (1895-1973)
• Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (1929)
• Stompin' At The Savoy (1934)
John Redmond (1906-1947)
• I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (1938)
Leo Robin (1900-1984)
Sid Robin (1912-1986)
Ann Ronell (1908-1993)
Billy Rose (1899-1966)
• It's Only A Paper Moon (1933)
Bob Russell (1914-1970)
• Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me (1943)
• Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1942)
S
Ted Shapiro (1899-1980)
Jimmy Sherman (1908-1975)
Seymour Simons (1896-1949)
Robert Sour (1906-1985)
Axel Stordahl (1913-1963)
Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967)
Marty Symes (1904-1953)
• There Is No Greater Love (1936)
T
Roy Turk (1892-1934)
W
Ned Washington (1901-1976)
• I'm Getting Sentimental Over You (1933)
• On Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984)
• I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) (1941)
Paul Weston (1912-1996)
Spencer Williams (1889-1965)
Guy Wood (1911-2001)
Y
Joseph Young (1889-1939)