Harold Arlen has written 28 shows including Cotton Club Parade (Composer), The Wizard of Oz (Composer), Rhyth-Mania (Composer), Blackberries of 1931 (Composer), Earl Carroll's Vanities [1930] ...

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 ...