Alley Index

Here's an alphabetical list of some musical/pop tune/related composers with the lyricists they often worked with and few example tunes.

Ager, Milton

• Yellen, Jack: Ain't She Sweet

Akst, Harry

• Drake, Grant: Am I Blue?

Altman, Arthur

• Lawrence, Jack: All Or Nothing At All

Arlen, Harold

• Arlen, Harold & Capote, Truman: A Sleepin' Bee
• Harburg, E.Y.: Over The Rainbow
• Koehler, Ted: Get Happy, I've Got The World On A String
• Mercer, Johnny: Blues In The Night, My Shining Hour, One For My Baby, Out Of This World
• Rose, Billy & Harburg, E.Y.: It's Only A Paper Moon
• Stormy Weather

Bassman, George

• Washington, Ned: I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Blake, Eubie

• Razaf, Andy: Memories Of You

Bloom, Rube

• Mercer, Johnny: Fools Rush In

Bricusse, Leslie & Newley, Anthony

• Feelin' Good, Gonna Build A Mountain, The Joker, Once In A Lifetime, Who Can I Turn To?, A Wonderful Day Like Today

Brown, Nacio Herb

• Kahn, Gus: You Stepped Out Of A Dream

Burns, Ralph & Herman, Woody

• Mercer, Johnny: Early Autumn

Carmichael, Hoagy

• Mercer, Johnny: Skylark

Coleman, Cy

• Fields, Dorothy: Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, It's A Nice Face, It's Not Where You Start, I'm A Brass Band, Sweet Charity

Coots, J. Fred

• Gillespie, Haven: You Go To My Head

Churchill, Frank

• Morey, Larry: Someday My Prince Will Come

Dennis, Matt

• Adair, Tom: Everything Happens To Me, Will You Still Be Mine?
• Brent, Earl: Angel Eyes

DePaul, Gene

• Mercer, Johnny: (I Wish It Could Be) Otherwise

Ellington, Duke

• Gaines, Lee: Just Squeeze Me
• Russell, Bob: Do Nothing 'Til You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore
• Webster, Paul Francis: I Got It Bad

Ellington, Duke & Strayhorn, Billy

• LaTouche, John: Day Dream

Ellington, Duke & Tizol, Juan

• Mills, Irving: Caravan

Edwards, Michael

• Green, Bud: Once In A While

DeRose, Peter

• Galop, Sammy: Autumn Serenade

Duke, Vernon

• Autumn In New York
• Gerswhin, Ira: I Can't Get Started
• Harburg, E.Y.: April In Paris
• LaTouche, John & Fetter, Ted: Taking A Chance On Love

Fain, Sammy

• Webster, Paul Francis: Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing, Secret Love

Fischer, Carl

• Carey, Bill: You've Changed
• Laine, Frankie: We'll Be Together Again

Fragos, George & Baker, Jack & Gasparre, Dick

• I Hear A Rhapsody

Garner, Erroll

• Burke, Johnny: Misty

Gershwin, George

• DeSylva, Buddy: Do It Again
• Gerswhin, Ira: But Not For Me, Embraceable You, Fascinating Rhythm, A Foggy Day, How Long Has This Been Going On?, I Got Rhythm, I've Got A Crush On You, The Man I Love, Oh, Lady Be Good!, 'S Wonderful, Soon, Strike Up The Band!

Green, John

• Heyman, Edward: I Cover The Waterfront
• Heyman, Edward & Sour, Robert & Eyton, Frank: Body And Soul

Greer, Jesse

• Klages, Raymond: Just You, Just Me

Gross, Walter

• Lawrence, Jack: Tenderly

Grouya, Ted

• Anderson, Ed: Flamingo

Haggart, Bob

• Burke, Johnny: What's New?

van Heusen, James "Jimmy"

• Burke, Johnny: But Beautiful, Here's That Rainy Day, Imagination, Like Someone In Love, Polkadots & Moonbeams
• Cahn, Sammy: All My Tomorrows, All The Way, High Hopes, It's Nice To Go Trav'ling, The Second Time Around
• DeLange, Eddie: Darn That Dream
• Mercer, Johnny: I Thought About You

Hudson, Will

• DeLange, Eddie & Mills, Irving: Moonglow

Jones, Isham

• Symes, Marty: There Is No Greater Love

Kaper, Bronislau

• Washington, Ned: On Green Dolphin Street
• Webster, Paul Francis: Invitation

Kern, Jerome

• You Are, Long Ago And Far Away
• Hammerstein II, Oscar: All The Things You Are, Ol' Man River
• Harbach, Otto: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Yesterdays

Kosma, Joseph

• Mercer, Johnny: Autumn Leaves

Lane, Burton

• Adamson, Harold: Everything I Have Is Yours
• Harburg, E.Y.: How Are Things In Glocca Morra, Old Devil Moon

Loesser, Frank

• A Bushel And A Peck, Adelaide, Anywhere I Wander, Big D, Brotherhood Of Man, Don't Cry, Fugue For Tinhorns, Guys And Dolls, Happy To Keep His Dinner Warm, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, I Believe In You, If I Were A Bell, The Inch Worm, I'll Know, I've Never Been In Love Before, A Woman In Love

Loewe, Frederick

• Camelot
• Lerner, Alan Jay: Almost Like Being In Love, Gigi, How To Handle A Woman, I Could Have Danced All Night, I Remember It Well, If Ever I Would Leave You, I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face, The Night They Invented Champagne, On The Street Where You Live, Thank Heaven For Little Girls, With A Little Bit Of Luck, Wouldn't It Be Loverly

Malneck, Matt & Livingston, Fud

• Kahn, Gus: I'm Through With Love

Malneck, Matt & Signorelli, Frank

• Parish, Mitchell: Stairway To The Stars

Mancini, Henry

• Mercer, Johnny: Days Of Wine And Roses

Mandel, Johnny

• Mercer, Johnny: Emily
• Webster, Paul Francis: A Time For Love

McHugh, Jimmy

• Adamson, Harold: I Just Want To Be A Song And Dance Man
• Fields, Dorothy: Don't Blame Me, Exactly Like You, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, On The Sunny Side Of The Street
• Malvin, Arthur: In Lou'siana, I'm Keepin' Myself Available For You, Sally

Miller, Glenn

• Parish, Mitchell: Moonlight Serenade

Oakland, Ben

• Hammerstein III, Oscar: I'll Take Romance

Petkere, Bernice

• Close Your Eyes

Porter, Cole

• All Of You, Everything I Love, Get Out Of Town, I Love You, I've Got You Under My Skin, What Is This Thing Called Love etc.

Raksin, David

• Mercer, Johnny: Laura

Raye, Don & DePaul, Gene

• Star Eyes, You Don't Know What Love Is
• Johnston, Arthur: I'll Remember April

Redman, Don

• Redman, Don & Razaf, Andy: Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

Rodgers, Richard

• Hammerstein II, Oscar: It Might As Well Be Spring
• Hart, Lorenz: Blue Moon, Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, Thou Swell, You Are Too Beautiful, You Took Advantage Of Me, With A Song In My Heart

Roemheld, Heinz

• Parish, Mitchell: Ruby

Romberg, Sigmund

• Hammerstein II, Oscar: Lover, Come Back To Me!; Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise

Rose, Vincent

• Jolson, Al & DeSylva, B.G.: Avalon

Schertzinger, Victor

• Mercer, Johnny: Tangerine

Schwartz, Arthur

• Dietz, Howard: Alone Together, Dancing In The Dark, Something To Remember You By, You And The Night And The Music

Simon, Nat

• Bernier, Buddy: Poinciana

Strachey, Jack & Link, Harry

• Marvell, Holt: These Foolish Things

Strayhorn, Billy

• Gaines, Lee: Take The "A" Train

Styne, Jule

• Cahn, Sammy: I Fall In Love Too Easily, Time After Time
• Comden, Betty & Green, Adolph: Just In Time, The Party's Over
• Merrill, Bob: Don't Rain On My Parade, People
• Robin, Leo: Bye Bye Baby, Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend, A Little Girl From Little Rock
• Sondheim, Stephen: Everything's Coming Up Roses

Suessford, Karl

• Blackburn, John: Moonlight In Vermont

Swift, Kay

• James, Paul: Can't We Be Friends?, Fine And Dandy

Tizol, Juan

• Langsfelder, H.J. & Drake, Ervin: Perdido

Warren, Harry

• Dubin, Al: I Only Have Eyes For You, Lulu's Back In Town, September In The Rain, You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me
• Gordon, Mack: At Last, There Will Never Be Another You
• Mercer, Johnny: Jeepers Creepers

Weill, Kurt

• Blitzstein, Marc: Mack The Knife
• Nash, Odgen: Speak Low

Wilder, Alec & Palitz, Morty

• Engvick, William: Moon And Sand, While We're Young

Wolf, Tommy

• Landesman, Fran: Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most

Wright, Robert & Forrest, George

• And This Is My Beloved; Baubles, Bangles And Beads; Strangers In Paradise

Wrubel, Allie

• Madigson, Herb: Gone With The Wind, The Masquerade Is Over

Youmans, Vincent

• Caesar, Irving: I Want To Be Happy, Sometimes I'm Happy, Tea For Two
• Caldwell, Anne: I Know That You Know
• Robin, Leo & Grey, Clifford: Hallelujah!
• Rose, William & Eliscu, Edward: Without A Song

Young, Victor

• Elliott, Jack: A Weaver Of Dreams
• Crosby, Bing & Washington, Ned: A Ghost Of A Chance
• Washington, Ned: Can't We Talk It Over, Stella By Starlight

Young, Victor & King, W. & Van Alstyne, E.

• Gillespie, Haven: Beautiful Love