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Harold Arlen
United States · 1905-02-15 – 1986-04-23
Harold Arlen is credited on 19,332 releases across 5,627 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
19,332
Pressings credited
5,627
Albums
8
Decades active
921
In collections
Biography
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz (lyrics by Yip Harburg), including "Over the Rainbow", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a contributor to the Great American Songbook. "Over the Rainbow" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA.
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Credited work
19,332 releases · 5,627 albums · active 1950–2026
- Performance · 22,281
- Other credits · 1,171
Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Carnegie Hall · Capitol Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Face Value
1981
Stardust
1978
Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
1959
In The Wee Small Hours
1955
At Last!
1960
Portrait In Jazz
1960
Sinatra At The Sands
1966
A Little Touch Of Schmilsson In The Night
1973
September Of My Years
1965
Frank Sinatra Sings For Only The Lonely
1958
Ultimate Sinatra
2015
Cornbread
1967
The Big Beat
1960
Soulville
1958
Nine Lives
1997
Mack The Knife - Ella In Berlin
1960
On Stage
1977
Trio '65
1965
Trio 64
1964
One For The Road
1979
Coltrane
1962
Somewhere Over The Rainbow
1981
This Is Sinatra!
1956
Riding With The King
2000
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