Popular American composers : From revolutionary times to the present: first supplement.
A biographical and critical guide
A biographical and critical guide
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
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| Adler, Richard (b. 1921) | composer, lyricist |
| Alter, Louis (b. 1902 d. 1980) | composer |
| Anderson, Leroy (b. 1908 d. 1975) | composer, conductor |
| Anka, Paul (b. 1941) | composer, lyricist |
| Arlen, Harold (b. 1905 d. 1986) | cast, composer |
| Bacharach, Burt F. (b. 1928) | composer |
| Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) | cast, composer |
| Bernstein, Elmer (b. 1922) | composer, incidental music |
| Bernstein, Leonard (b. 1918 d. 1990) | composer, conductor |
| Bock, Jerry (Lewis) (b. 1928) | composer, librettist |
| Brown, Nacio Herb (b. 1896 d. 1964) | composer, lyricist |
| Bryant, Boudleaux (b. 1920 d. 1987) | composer, country music song writer |
| Carmichael, Hoagy [Hoagland Howard] (b. 1899 d. 1981) | composer, cornet |
| Cash, Johnny (b. 1932) | guitar, country music singer |
| Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) | author, cast |
| Coleman, Cy (b. 1929) | composer, dance arranger |
| Darin, Bobby (b. 1936 d. 1973) | arranger, singer |
| De Rose, Peter (b. 1900 d. 1953) | composer |
| Domino, Fats (b. 1928) | composer, lyricist |
| Drake, Ervin Maurice (b. 1919) | composer, librettist |
| Duke, Vernon (b. 1903 d. 1969) | composer, lyricist |
| Dylan, Bob (b. 1941) | composer, folksinger |
| Ellington (b. 1899 d. 1974) | composer, direttore d'orchestra |
| Fain, Sammy (b. 1902 d. 1989) | author, cast |
| Forrest, George (b. 1915) | author, composer |
| Friml, Rudolf [Charles Rudolph] (b. 1879 d. 1972) | composer, librettist |
| Gentry, Bobbie (b. 1944) | singer, vocals |
| Gershwin, George (b. 1898) | author, cast |
| Gold, Ernest (b. 1921) | arranger, composer |
| Gould, Morton (b. 1913) | composer, conductor |
| Green, Johnny [John William] (b. 1908 d. 1989) | composer, music director |
| Hague, Albert (b. 1920) | composer, dance arranger |
| Handy, W.C. [William Christopher] (b. 1873 d. 1958) | additional Music, cast |
| Henderson, Ray (b. 1896 d. 1970) | cast, composer |
| Herman, Jerry [Gerald] (b. 1933) | composer, director |
| Kander, John (Harold) (b. 1927) | composer, dance arranger |
| Kern, Jerome (David) (b. 1885 d. 1945) | cast, composer |
| Lane, Burton (b. 1912) | composer, lyricist |
| Leigh, Mitch (b. 1928) | composer, producer |
| Livingston, Jay Harold (b. 1915) | composer, lyricist |
| Livingston, Jerry (b. 1909 d. 1987) | composer, lyricist |
| Loesser, Frank (Henry) (b. 1910 d. 1969) | songwriter, playwright |
| Loewe, Frederick (b. 1901 d. 1988) | composer, lyricist |
| Loudermilk, John D. (b. 1934) | guitar, writer |
| Mancini, Henry (b. 1924) | arranger, composer |
| Martin, Hugh (b. 1914) | arranger, cast |
| McHugh, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1894 d. 1969) | cast, composer |
| McKuen, Rod (b. 1933) | author, cast |
| Merrill, Robert (b. 1921) | baritone, bass |
| Miller, Roger (b. 1936 d. 1992) | singer, instrumentalist |
| Muir, Lewis F. (b. 1883 d. 1915) | composer, lyricist |
| Newman, Alfred (b. 1901 d. 1970) | composer, conductor |
| Orbison, Roy (Kelton) (b. 1936 d. 1988) | composer, guitar |
| Pockriss, Lee J. (b. 1927) | composer |
| Porter, Cole (Albert) (b. 1891 d. 1964) | cast, composer |
| Previn, Andre (George) (b. 1929) | composer, conductor |
| Robbins, Marty (b. 1925 d. 1982) | country music singer, vocals |
| Rodgers, Richard (Charles) (b. 1902 d. 1979) | cast, composer |
| Rome, Harold (Jacob) (b. 1908 d. 1993) | composer, incidental music |
| Schmidt, Harvey (Lester) (b. 1929) | composer |
| Schwartz, Arthur (b. 1900 d. 1984) | cast, composer |
| Simon, Paul (b. 1942) | composer, lyricist |
| Snyder, Ted (b. 1881 d. 1965) | cast, composer |
| Sondheim, Stephen (Joshua) (b. 1930) | composer, incidental music |
| Strouse, Charles (Louis) (b. 1928) | composer, librettist |
| Styne, Jule (b. 1905) | composer, director |
| Tiomkin, Dimitri (b. 1894 d. 1979) | composer, Klavier |
| Van Heusen, Jimmy (b. 1913 d. 1990) | composer, lyricist |
| Warren, Harry (b. 1893 d. 1981) | songwriter |
| Webb, Jimmy [James Layne] (b. 1946) | arranger, composer |
| Weill, Kurt (Julian) (b. 1900 d. 1950) | author, composer |
| Williams, Hank (b. 1923 d. 1953) | country music singer, guitar |
| Willson, Meredith (b. 1902 d. 1984) | author, composer |
| Woods, Harry MacGregor (b. 1896 d. 1970) | composer |
| Wright, Robert Craig (b. 1914) | author, cast |
| Youmans, Vincent (Millie) (b. 1898 d. 1946) | composer, musicisti |