Originally published in 1962 as portions of the author's larger "Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present," this paperback edition profiles 20 of the great composers of the Great American Songbook, including Harold Arlen, Irving Berlin, Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne, and Jimmy Van Heusen. Learn about the lives and the great songs of these musical luminaries.