by Ben Yagoda
“I’m Glad I Raised My Boy to Be a Soldier,” 35
“I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right outa My Hair,” 105
“I’m Hip,” 239
“I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover,” 123, 131
“I’m Looking Through You,” 262
“I’m Your Puppet,” 245
“I’m Yours,” 123
“I’m Yours Tonight,” 57
“Imagination,” 74
Impressions, 247
“In a Sentimental Mood,” 75
“In My Life,” 243n, 262
In My Life (Collins), 258
“In My Own Little Corner,” 200
“In the Arms of Love,” 207
“In the Good Old Summer Time,” 32
“In the Still of the Night,” 223
In the Wee Small Hours (Sinatra), 228
Ink Spots, 64, 94, 96, 101, 223, 230
Inside U.S.A. (Broadway show), 16, 17
“Isn’t This a Lovely Day (to Be Caught in the Rain)?,” 5
“It Amazes Me,” 237
“It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing),” 66, 75
“It Goes Like It Goes,” 208
“It Happened in Monterey,” 188
“It Might as Well Be Spring,” 205
“It Only Happens When I Dance with You,” 56
“It Was a Very Good Year,” 211
“It Was Worth It,” 225
“It’s a Small World,” 209
It’s All Over but the Swingin’ (Davis), 228
“It’s Been a Long Time,” 75
“It’s My Mother’s Birthday Today,” 63
“It’s Not for Me to Say,” 205
“It’s Only a Paper Moon,” 188
“It’s Only Love,” 262
“It’s Raining,” 242
“It’s the Same Old Song,” 249
“I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” 244
“I’ve Cried My Last Tear,” 242
“I’ve Got the World on a String,” 73, 227
“I’ve Gotta Crow,” 169
“I’ve Heard That Song Before,” 75
“I’ve Just Seen a Face,” 262
“I’ve Never Been in Love Before,” 233
Ives, Burl, 121
Jamaica (Broadway show), 216
“Jambalaya,” 11
James, Harry, 64, 66, 69, 112
James, Joni, 153
“Japanese Sandman, The,” 39
Jarrett, Keith, 1–2
“Java,” 242
“Java Jive,” 96
jazz: bossa nova, 237–39; Dixieland, 120; harmonies and improvisations, 52–53; hot, sweet, and swing styles, 65–69, 71–72, 115–16; versions of standards, 224–34; smooth ballads, 125; swing versions of standards, 224–29; traditional and bebop, 112–15; vocalese, 236
Jazz Singer, The (movie), 4
“Jean,” 208
“Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair,” 83, 85
“Jeepers Creepers,” 74
Jenkins, Gordon, 120
Jessel, George, 194
“Jingle Jangle Jingle (I Got Spurs),” 93
Jobim, Antônio Carlos, 238
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, 235
John Murray Anderson’s Almanac (Broadway show), 161, 163
“Johnny B. Goode,” 11
Johnny’s Greatest Hits (Mathis), 205
Johnson, Bunk, 113
Johnson, Robert, 11, 246
“Johnson Rag,” 119–20
Jolson, Al, 53
Jones, Isham, 67, 72
Jones, Jack, 204
Jones, Quincy, 207
Joplin, Janis, 219
Jordan, Louis, 176, 230
“Jukebox Saturday Night,” 59, 70
jukeboxes, 69–70, 94, 177
“June Is Bustin’ Out All Over,” 105
“Just Because You’re You,” 163–64
“Just in Time,” 3
Kahn, Gus, 41
Kander, John, 151, 152, 154n
Karas, Anton, 136
Kaye, Buddy, 150
Kaye, Sammy, 67, 87
K-Doe, Ernie, 242
Kelly, Grace, 215
Kenney, Beverly, 232
Kenton, Stan, 28, 94, 113, 115
Kern, Jerome: Broadway work, 47; death, 15n, 106; first hit, 194; among great writers, 3–4, 36; Hollywood work, 5, 15n; introverted personality, 38; musical training, 37; wartime song, 87; work as song plugger, 45
Kerr, Walter, 170
Kessel, Barney, 230
King, B.B., 176
King, Ben E., 254–55
King, Carole, 252–54
King, Pee Wee, 21, 120, 195
King, Wayne, 67
King Cole Trio, 124
Kingston Trio, 211, 213, 260
Kirk, Andy, 64, 66
Kirshner, Don, 253
Kismet (Broadway show), 157, 159
Kiss Me, Kate (Broadway show), 106, 107
Koehler, Ted, 52, 73
Kohn, Roy, 130
“Ko-Ko,” 234
Kostelanetz, Andre, 201, 202
Kral, Irene, 239–40
Kral, Roy, 235–36, 239
Kristofferson, Kris, 263
Krupa, Gene, 69
Kyser, Kay, 67, 93
La Rosa, Julius, 126, 204
Lady, Be Good! (Broadway show), 48
Lady and the Tramp (movie), 106
Laine, Frankie, 24, 25, 126, 137–38, 204, 257
Lambert, Hendricks, and Ross, 236
Landesman, Fran, 236
Lane, Burton, 4, 15, 75, 106
Lanza, Joseph, 201–2
Lanza, Mario, 126
Lardner, Ring, 57
“Last Time I Saw Paris, The,” 85–86, 87
Lawrence, Elliot, 116–17, 140–41
Lawrence, Jack, 19–20, 61–64, 119, 189, 223
Lawrence, Steve, 204, 253
“Lazybones,” 72, 73
Ledbetter, Huddie “Lead Belly,” 21, 120
Lee, Brenda, 210, 253
Lee, Gene, 100
Lee, Peggy, 68, 89, 92, 94, 206, 225
Legrand, Christiane, 236
Legrand, Michel, 208, 236, 238
Leiber, Jerry, 176, 243, 248, 254–55
Leigh, Carolyn: ASCAP affiliation, 171–72; Broadway collaborations, 168–70, 217; education, 54; frustration with songwriting opportunities, 172–74; songs, 13, 154n, 163–64, 165, 166–67, 233, 237; start of career, 163–71; television writing, 172, 199
Lemon Drop Kid, The (movie), 124
Lennon, John, 11–12, 213, 262, 263
Lennox, Annie, 9–10
Leonard, Jack, 91
Lerner, Alan Jay, 22, 54, 106, 214
Let It Ride (Broadway show), 209
“Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” 32
“Let Me Love You,” 225
“Let Yourself Go,” 249
“Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off,” 5
“Let’s Do It,” 180
“Let’s Do It Over,” 245
“Let’s Dream This One Out,” 85
“Let’s Face the Music and Dance,” 56
“Let’s Fall in Love,” 73
“Let’s Get Lost,” 75
“Let’s Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep,” 57
“Letter That Never Came, The,” 32
Levy, Lou, 238
Lewis, Jerry Lee, 179, 210
Lewis, John, 205
Liberace, 203
Lieberson, Goddard, 24, 139
Liebling, A. J., 149
Liebman, Max, 162,
172, 199
Light, Enoch, 97
light music, 201
“Like a Rolling Stone,” 11
“Like Someone in Love,” 74, 227
Lilley, George, 85
Limelighters, 213
Lippman, Sidney, 150
“Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette),” 242
Lipstone, Louis, 100
LiPuma, Tommy, 257
“Little Girl Blue,” 225
Little Me (Broadway show), 217, 237
Little Night Music, A (Broadway show), 152
“Little on the Lonely Side, A,” 90
Little Richard, 179, 181, 210
“Little White Lies,” 60
Livingston, Alan, 226
Livingston, Jay, and Ray Evans: ASCAP membership, 100; on blending of musical genres, 119–20; Broadway and television work, 209–10; entry into songwriting, 78–86; hits and Academy Awards, 103, 126–27, 151, 183, 223; Hollywood work, 98–103, 124, 181–83, 206–7; on old-fashioned sound of songs, 119–20; on rock and roll, 183
Livingston, Jerry, 151, 171
Loeb, John Jacob, 150
Loesser, Frank: Broadway work, 107, 156–57, 214, 216; education, 54; Frank Music Corp., 158–60; among great writers, 4; Hollywood work, 15, 93, 155; mentoring of writers, 157–58, 165; wartime songs, 75, 87, 88, 94
Loewe, Frederick, 106, 214
Lomax, John and Alan, 121
Lombardo, Guy, 67, 69, 136
“Long Ago (and Far Away),” 15n
“Look for the Silver Lining,” 233
“Looking Back,” 204
Lord, Walter, 136
“Lotta Livin’ to Do, A,” 218
Loudermilk, John D., 246
“Love and Marriage,” 199–200
“Love Came on Stealthy Fingers,” 239–40
“Love Is Blind,” 257
“Love Is Here to Stay,” 77
“Love Me, Love Me,” 153
“Love Me Tonight,” 57
“Love Nest, The,” 59
Lovin’ Spoonful, 260
Lucas, Nick, 60
“Luck Be a Lady,” 156
Lyman, Arthur, 203
“Mack the Knife,” 228
“Magic Moments,” 250
“Mairzy Doats,” 149
“Make It Easy on Yourself,” 250
“Make Yourself Comfortable,” 23
“Mama Will Bark,” 25, 143
“Mambo Italiano,” 19, 154
“Mam’selle,” 118
“Man from the South (with a Big Cigar in His Mouth),” 60
“Man I Love, The,” 48
“Man That Got Away, The,” 108
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (movie), 181
Mancini, Henry, 207
Mandel, Johnny, 67–68, 70–71, 84, 112, 140, 141, 207, 240
Mann, Barry, 254, 255
Mannes, Marya, 187
Manning, Dick, 144, 150
Mantovani, 202, 263
Marcels, 223
“Marie from Sunny Italy,” 7, 8
Marks, Edward B., 33, 35, 63, 84
Marks, Johnny, 8, 123, 150
Marks, Robert, 164, 171
Marlo, George, 62
“Marry the Man Today,” 156
Martha and the Vandellas, 249
Martin, Dean, 108, 126, 204, 256
Martin, Ernest H., 156
Martin, Freddy, 67, 101
Martin, Hugh, 84, 89
Martin, Mary, 167–68, 216
Martino, Al, 126, 204
Marx, Groucho and Harpo, 194
Mary Poppins (movie), 209
Mathis, Johnny, 185, 205, 211
May, Billy, 229
Mayfield, Curtis, 247
McCartney, Paul, 12, 213, 243, 262, 263
McGrane, Paul, 59
McGuinn, Jim (Roger), 260
McHugh, Jimmy, 3, 75, 87, 108
McKuen, Rod, 208
McLean, Don, 210
McLendon, Gordon, 186
McPhatter, Clyde, 180
McRae, Carmen, 239
Me and Juliet (Broadway show), 216
“Me and My Shadow,” 188
“Meditation,” 238
Meet Me in St. Louis (movie), 89
“Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland,” 35
Meet the Beatles, 179
Melly, George, 113
Mel-Tones, 95
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 22
Mercer, Johnny: band standards, 69, 72, 73; Broadway work, 216; among great writers, 4; Hollywood work, 15, 50, 73–74, 207; radio show, 99. See also Capitol Records
Mercer, Mabel, 224–25, 226, 235
Mercury Records, 24, 134, 135, 137, 155, 180
Merrill, Bob, 18–19, 149, 150, 154, 218
Merrill, Virginia, 79
Merrily We Roll Along (Broadway show), 152
Merry Macs, 95
“Mexican Divorce,” 251
Meyer, Hazel, 53
MGM, 15, 16, 73, 89, 99, 105–6, 108, 155n, 229
“Michelle,” 262
“Mighty Pretty Waltz, A,” 150
Milk and Honey (Broadway show), 218
Miller, Glenn, 69, 71–72
Miller, Mitch: A&R position at Columbia, 16–17, 24, 26–27; background, 23, 139–40; contempt for popular music, 140; at Mercury, 23–24, 134, 135, 137, 155; musical aesthetic and selections, 141–46; payola, 23; personal recordings and television show, 133, 146; on rock and roll, 183–86, 211; Sinatra feud, 25–26, 142–46, 147; sound effects and gimmicks, 25, 133–36, 138, 142, 144, 185; work in later years, 146–47
Miller, Roger, 246
Millinder, Lucky, 164
Mills Brothers, 94, 95, 230
Miracles, 248, 249
Mister Ed (TV show), 210
“Mister Sandman,” 183
Mitchell, Guy, 19, 144
Mitchell, Joni, 263
Modernaires, 95
“Mona Lisa,” 126–27, 151
“Monday Mourning on Saturday Night,” 79
Monroe, Bill, 11, 150
Monroe, Vaughn, 67, 119
Monsieur Beaucaire (movie), 100
“Mood Indigo,” 75
mood music, 139, 201–4
“Moon River,” 207
Mooney, Art, 131
“Moonlight Bay,” 223
“Moonlight Becomes You,” 5, 74
“More Love Than Your Love,” 28–29
Morgan, Russ, 84
Morris, Edwin, 172
Morse, Ella Mae, 94
Most Happy Fella, The (Broadway show), 214
Moten, Bennie, 65
“Mother-in-Law,” 242
Motown Records, 213, 248–49, 253, 258
movies. See Hollywood
“Mr. Cole Won’t Rock and Roll,” 175
“Mule Train,” 24, 25, 134
Mulligan, Gerry, 6, 116
Murray, Richard F., 191–92
Muscle Shoals, Ala., 244–45, 248
“Music! Music! Music!,” 119, 133
Music for albums (Weston), 139, 201
Music for Lovers Only (Gleason), 202
Music Man, The (Broadway show), 157, 214
Music out of the Moon (Baxter), 203
“My Attorney Bernie,” 240
“My Blue Heaven,” 222
“My Buddy,” 233
“My Christmas Tree,” 258
“My Elusive Dreams,” 245
My Fair Lady (Broadway show), 200, 214
“My Favorite Things,” 235
“My Foolish Heart,” 122
“My Funny Valentine,” 225
> “My Generation,” 11
“My Girl,” 249
“My Heart Cries for You,” 123, 143–44
“My Little Dream Girl,” 35
“My Love, My Love,” 153
“My Melancholy Baby,” 223
“My Time of Day,” 156
“My Yiddishe Momme,” 79
Nash, Ted, 92
“Nature Boy,” 9, 126, 234
“Near You,” 117–18
Neil, Fred, 260
Nelson, Ozzie, 67
Nelson, Ricky, 210
Nelson, Willie, 9, 12, 245–46
Nero, Peter, 203
Nervous Set, The (musical), 236
Neville, Aaron, 242
Nevins, Al, 253
New Faces revues, 161
Newman, Randy, 256–58
“Nice Work If You Can Get It,” 249
Night and Day (movie), 15
“Night Life,” 246
Niles, Abbe, 60, 65
“No Lonely Nights,” 2
No One Cares (Sinatra), 228
“No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven),” 97
No Strings (Broadway show), 216
Noble, Ray, 67
Norma Rae (movie), 208
Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers, 247
“Norwegian Wood,” 262, 263
“Not a Day Goes By,” 152
“Nothing Like You,” 235, 236
“Nowhere Man,” 262
“Nowhere to Run,” 249
“Now’s the Time to Fall in Love,” 209
“Object of My Affection, The,” 6
“Oh, Boy!,” 246
Oh, Kay! (Broadway show), 55
“(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely,” 183–84
Oh Captain! (Broadway show), 209
O’Hara, John, 77
“Oklahoma!,” 105
Oklahoma! (Broadway show), 48, 104, 121
Oldham, Spooner, 245
Olsen, Ole, 81–82
“On Broadway,” 254
Once Upon a Mattress (musical), 162
“One Last Kiss,” 218
“Only Love Can Break a Heart,” 250
Only the Lonely (Sinatra), 228
“Ooh Bang Jiggilly Jang,” 19
“Ooo Baby Baby,” 249
Orioles, 176
“Ornithology,” 234
Our Town (TV show), 200, 229
“Over the Rainbow,” 18, 46, 73, 77, 243n
“Over There,” 35
“Over You,” 242
Packard, Vance, 193–94
Page, Jimmy, 257
Page, Patti, 18, 21, 118, 120, 121–22, 135, 167
Pajama Game (Broadway show), 163, 167
Pal Joey (Broadway show), 48
Paleface, The (movie), 103
“Papa Loves Mambo,” 123
“Paper Doll,” 94
“Pardon Came Too Late, The,” 32
Pareles, Jon, 136–37
Parish, Mitchell, 72