Great men of American popular song
Revised and enlarged edition
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| Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Bacharach, Burt F. (b. 1928) | composer |
| Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) | cast, composer |
| Billings, William (b. 1746 d. 1800) | composer |
| Bland, James Allen (b. 1854 d. 1911) | minstrel show musician, professor |
| Brown, Lew (b. 1893 d. 1958) | cast, composer |
| Cahn, Sammy (b. 1913 d. 1993) | cast, composer |
| Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) | guitar, country music singer |
| Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) | author, cast |
| David, Hal (b. 1921) | composer, lyricist |
| De Sylva, Buddy [George Card] (b. 1895 d. 1950) | lyricist, librettist |
| Dietz, Howard (b. 1896 d. 1983) | director, librettist |
| Dresser, Paul [John Paul] (b. 1857 d. 1906) | composer, author |
| Dubin, Al [Alfred] (b. 1891 d. 1945) | lyricist |
| Dylan, Bob (b. 1941) | composer, folksinger |
| Edwards, Gus (b. 1879 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| Emmett, Daniel Decatur (b. 1815 d. 1904) | composer, lyricist |
| Foster, Stephen Collins (b. 1826 d. 1864) | bass guitar, composer |
| Gershwin, George (b. 1898) | author, cast |
| Gershwin, Ira (b. 1896 d. 1983) | author, composer |
| Hammerstein, Oscar (Greeley Clendenning) (b. 1895 d. 1960) | cast, composer |
| Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) | additional Music, cast |
| Harbach, Otto Abels (b. 1878 d. 1963) | author, composer |
| Harburg, E.Y. [Edgar Yip] (b. 1898 d. 1981) | author, composer |
| Hart, Lorenz (Milton) (b. 1895 d. 1943) | cast, director |
| Henderson, Ray (b. 1896 d. 1970) | cast, composer |
| Herbert, Victor (August) (b. 1859 d. 1924) | composer, conductor |
| Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| Lerner, Alan Jay (b. 1918 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Loesser, Frank (Henry) (b. 1910 d. 1969) | songwriter, playwright |
| Loewe, Frederick (b. 1901 d. 1988) | composer, lyricist |
| Mancini, Henry (b. 1924) | arranger, composer |
| Mercer, Johnny [John Herndon] (b. 1909 d. 1976) | lyricist, composer |
| Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964) | cast, composer |
| Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) | cast, composer |
| Rome, Harold (Jacob) (b. 1908 d. 1993) | composer, incidental music |
| Root, George Frederick (b. 1820 d. 1895) | composer, music educator |
| Russell, Henry (b. 1812 d. 1900) | composer, piano |
| Schwartz, Arthur (b. 1900 d. 1984) | cast, composer |
| Van Heusen, Jimmy (b. 1913 d. 1990) | composer, lyricist |
| Von Tilzer, Harry (b. 1872 d. 1946) | cast, composer |
| Warren, Harry (b. 1893 d. 1981) | songwriter |
| Wodehouse, P.G. [Pelham Grenville] (b. 1881 d. 1975) | author, librettist |
| Work, Henry Clay (b. 1832 d. 1884) | composer of popular songs, composer |
| Youmans, Vincent (Millie) (b. 1898 d. 1946) | composer, musicisti |