| 1939 || "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" || {{sort|Arlen|[[Harold Arlen]]}} || {{sort|Harburg|[[Yip Harburg]]}} ||
| 1939 || "[[If I Only Had a Brain]]" || {{sort|Arlen|[[Harold Arlen]]}} || {{sort|Harburg|[[Yip Harburg]]}} ||
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| 1926 || "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]" || {{sort|Gershwin|[[George Gershwin]]}} || {{sort|Gershwin|[[Ira Gershwin]]}} ||
| 1926 || "[[Someone to Watch Over Me (song)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]" || {{sort|Gershwin|[[George Gershwin]]}} || {{sort|Gershwin|[[Ira Gershwin]]}} ||
| 1947 || "[[You'll Never Walk Alone (song)|You'll Never Walk Alone]]" || {{sort|Rodgers|[[Richard Rodgers]]}} || {{sort|Hammerstein|[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]}} ||
| 1945 || "[[You'll Never Walk Alone (song)|You'll Never Walk Alone]]" || {{sort|Rodgers|[[Richard Rodgers]]}} || {{sort|Hammerstein|[[Oscar Hammerstein II]]}} ||
Other pop singers who established themselves in the 1960s or later followed with albums reviving songs from the Great American Songbook, beginning with [[Harry Nilsson]]'s ''[[A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night]]'' in 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-little-touch-of-schmilsson-in-the-night-mw0002010426 |website=[[AllMusic]] |title=A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}}</ref> and continuing into the 21st century.{{Cref2|A}} [[Linda Ronstadt]] (1983 though 1986), [[Rod Stewart]] (2002 through 2005), [[Bob Dylan]] (2015 through 2017) and [[Lady Gaga]] (2014 and 2021) made several such albums. Of Ronstadt's 1983 album, ''[[What's New (Linda Ronstadt album)|What's New]]'', her first in a trilogy of standards albums recorded with arranger/conductor [[Nelson Riddle]], Stephen Holden of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote:
Other pop singers who established themselves in the 1960s or later followed with albums reviving songs from the Great American Songbook, beginning with [[Harry Nilsson]]'s ''[[A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night]]'' in 1973<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-little-touch-of-schmilsson-in-the-night-mw0002010426 |website=[[AllMusic]] |title=A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night |last=Ruhlmann |first=William}}</ref> and continuing into the 21st century.{{Cref2|A}} [[Linda Ronstadt]] (1983 though 1986), [[Rod Stewart]] (2002 through 2005), [[Bob Dylan]] (2015 through 2017) and [[Lady Gaga]] (2014 and 2021) made several such albums. Of Ronstadt's 1983 album, ''[[What's New (Linda Ronstadt album)|What's New]]'', her first in a trilogy of standards albums recorded with arranger/conductor [[Nelson Riddle]], Stephen Holden of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote:
{{blockquote|''What's New'' isn't the first album by a rock singer to pay tribute to the golden age of pop, but is ... the best and most serious attempt to rehabilitate an idea of pop that [[Beatlemania]] and the mass marketing of rock [[LP record|LPs]] for teen-agers undid in the mid-'60s. During the decade prior to Beatlemania, most of the great band singers and [[crooner]]s of the '40s and '50s codified a half-century of American pop standards on dozens of albums, many of them now long out-of-print.<ref name="whats new">{{cite news |title=Linda Ronstadt Celebrates The Golden Age of Pop |author=Stephen Holden |date=September 4, 1983 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9D06E3DC1538F937A3575AC0A965948260 |access-date=2007-05-10 |first2=Manohla |last2=Dargis}}{{Subscription required}}</ref>}}
{{blockquote|''What's New'' isn't the first album by a rock singer to pay tribute to the golden age of pop, but is ... the best and most serious attempt to rehabilitate an idea of pop that [[Beatlemania]] and the mass marketing of rock [[LP record|LPs]] for teen-agers undid in the mid-'60s. During the decade prior to Beatlemania, most of the great band singers and [[crooner]]s of the '40s and '50s codified a half-century of American pop standards on dozens of albums, many of them now long out-of-print.<ref name="whats new">{{cite news |title=Linda Ronstadt Celebrates The Golden Age of Pop |author=Stephen Holden |date=September 4, 1983 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9D06E3DC1538F937A3575AC0A965948260 |access-date=2007-05-10 |first2=Manohla |last2=Dargis |archive-date=December 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214212806/http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9D06E3DC1538F937A3575AC0A965948260 |url-status=dead }}{{Subscription required}}</ref>}}
==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Jazz|1920s|1930s|1940s|1950s|1960s}}
{{Portal|Jazz|1920s|1930s|1940s|1950s|1960s}}
* [[Brill Building]]
* [[Great American Songbook Foundation]]
* [[Great American Songbook Foundation]]
* [[Lounge music]]
* [[Lounge music]]
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Including Willie Nelson with ''[[Stardust (Willie Nelson album)|Stardust]]'' (1978),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/reviews/albums/12091-stardust-legacy-edition/|title=Willie Nelson Stardust: Legacy Edition|author=Deusner, Stephen|date=August 15, 2008|access-date=November21, 2011|work=Pitchfork Media|publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.}}</ref> Dr. John with ''[[In a Sentimental Mood (Dr. John album)|In a Sentimental Mood]]'' (1989),<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. John: In a Sentimental Mood|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-a-sentimental-mood-mw0000203927|website=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Brian Wilson with ''[[Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin]]'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/brian-wilson-reimagines-gershwin/brian-wilson|title=Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin by Brian Wilson|website=Metacritic.com}}</ref> Paul McCartney with ''[[Kisses on the Bottom]]'' (2012),<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Will|last= Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kisses-on-the-bottom-20120207 |title=Kisses on the Bottom | Album Reviews |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 February 2012 |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> [[Bob Dylan]] with ''[[Shadows in the Night]]'' (2015),<ref name =secret>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-dylan-sinatra-covers-20150123-story.html#page=1 |title=The secret Sinatra past of Bob Dylan's new album |author=Turner, Gustavo |date=January 24, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=ShadowsPetridis>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/bob-dylan-shadows-in-the-night-review |title=''Shadows in the Night'' review – an unalloyed pleasure |last=Petridis|first= Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ''[[Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan album)|Fallen Angels]]'' (2016),<ref name =Ward>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/bob-dylan-fallen-angels-review--inhabiting-classics-with-weather/ |title=Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels, review -'inhabiting classics with weathered ease' |author=Brown, Helen |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> and ''[[Triplicate (Bob Dylan album)|Triplicate]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bobdylan.com/news/bob-dylans-first-three-disc-album-triplicate-set-for-march-31-release/ |title=Bob Dylan's First Three-Disc Album — Triplicate — Set For March 31 Release |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |publisher=bobdylan.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201013730/http://bobdylan.com/news/bob-dylans-first-three-disc-album-triplicate-set-for-march-31-release/ |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and James Taylor with ''[[American Standard (James Taylor album)|American Standard]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web |last=Monger |first=Timothy |title=James Taylor – ''American Standard'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-standard-mw0003347224 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>}}
Including Willie Nelson with ''[[Stardust (Willie Nelson album)|Stardust]]'' (1978),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12091-stardust-legacy-edition |title=Willie Nelson Stardust: Legacy Edition|author=Deusner, Stephen|date=August 15, 2008|access-date=June 25, 2024 |work=Pitchfork Media|publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc.}}</ref> Dr. John with ''[[In a Sentimental Mood (Dr. John album)|In a Sentimental Mood]]'' (1989),<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. John: In a Sentimental Mood|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/in-a-sentimental-mood-mw0000203927|website=[[Allmusic]]|publisher=allmusic.com|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Brian Wilson with ''[[Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin]]'' (2010),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/brian-wilson-reimagines-gershwin/brian-wilson|title=Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin by Brian Wilson|website=Metacritic.com}}</ref> Paul McCartney with ''[[Kisses on the Bottom]]'' (2012),<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Will|last= Hermes |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/kisses-on-the-bottom-20120207 |title=Kisses on the Bottom | Album Reviews |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=7 February 2012 |access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> [[Bob Dylan]] with ''[[Shadows in the Night]]'' (2015),<ref name =secret>{{cite web |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-dylan-sinatra-covers-20150123-story.html#page=1 |title=The secret Sinatra past of Bob Dylan's new album |author=Turner, Gustavo |date=January 24, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name=ShadowsPetridis>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/bob-dylan-shadows-in-the-night-review |title=''Shadows in the Night'' review – an unalloyed pleasure |last=Petridis|first= Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis|date=January 29, 2015 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> ''[[Fallen Angels (Bob Dylan album)|Fallen Angels]]'' (2016),<ref name =Ward>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/bob-dylan-fallen-angels-review--inhabiting-classics-with-weather/ |title=Bob Dylan, Fallen Angels, review -'inhabiting classics with weathered ease' |author=Brown, Helen |date=May 13, 2016 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> and ''[[Triplicate (Bob Dylan album)|Triplicate]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bobdylan.com/news/bob-dylans-first-three-disc-album-triplicate-set-for-march-31-release/ |title=Bob Dylan's First Three-Disc Album — Triplicate — Set For March 31 Release |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=February 20, 2017 |publisher=bobdylan.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201013730/http://bobdylan.com/news/bob-dylans-first-three-disc-album-triplicate-set-for-march-31-release/ |archive-date=February 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and James Taylor with ''[[American Standard (James Taylor album)|American Standard]]'' (2020).<ref>{{cite web |last=Monger |first=Timothy |title=James Taylor – ''American Standard'' |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-standard-mw0003347224 |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>}}
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Canon of American jazz standards, popular songs and show tunes
The "Great American Songbook" is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century that have stood the test of time in their life and legacy. Often referred to as "American Standards", the songs published during the Golden Age of this genre include those popular and enduring tunes from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywoodmusical film.[1]
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the period that "stretched roughly from 1920 to 1960".[2]
In Alec Wilder's 1972 study, American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950, the songwriter and critic lists and ranks the artists he believes belong to the Great American Songbook canon. A composer, Wilder emphasized analysis of composers and their creative efforts in this work.[8]
Radio personality Jonathan Schwartz and singer Tony Bennett, both Songbook devotees, have both described this genre as "America's classical music".[9][10]
In 1970, rock musician Ringo Starr surprised the public by releasing an album of Songbook songs from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, Sentimental Journey. Reviews were mostly poor or even disdainful,[25] but the album reached number 22 on the US Billboard 200[26] and number 7 in the UK Albums Chart,[27] with sales of 500,000.[28]
It's a lot of songs that were my initiation to music. It's all the tracks that, when my mother and my father came home from the pub out [of] their heads, they'd sing all these songs.
Other pop singers who established themselves in the 1960s or later followed with albums reviving songs from the Great American Songbook, beginning with Harry Nilsson's A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night in 1973[30] and continuing into the 21st century.[A]Linda Ronstadt (1983 though 1986), Rod Stewart (2002 through 2005), Bob Dylan (2015 through 2017) and Lady Gaga (2014 and 2021) made several such albums. Of Ronstadt's 1983 album, What's New, her first in a trilogy of standards albums recorded with arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle, Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote:
What's New isn't the first album by a rock singer to pay tribute to the golden age of pop, but is ... the best and most serious attempt to rehabilitate an idea of pop that Beatlemania and the mass marketing of rock LPs for teen-agers undid in the mid-'60s. During the decade prior to Beatlemania, most of the great band singers and crooners of the '40s and '50s codified a half-century of American pop standards on dozens of albums, many of them now long out-of-print.[31]
Shaffner, Nicholas (1980). The Boys From Liverpool. New York: Methuan. p. 162. ISBN9780416306613. Retrieved July 22, 2020. Casting himself as the sort of Frank Sinatra-style singer his mother had always adored, Ringo recorded Sentimental Journey, an album of songs from the twenties, thirties, and forties. This was the last thing Beatlemaniacs wished to hear...
Greil Marcus (May 14, 1970). "Ringo Starr". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved July 22, 2020. Sentimental Journey may be horrendous, but at least it's classy. Or is it?
Georgiy Starostin. "Ringo Starr". The Tower of Babel. Retrieved July 22, 2020. A horrendous bunch of Hollywood tunes - the biggest imaginable blow to a Beatles' reputation. What an odd record to represent the very first true post-Beatles collection of material by any solo Beatle... the record is so grotesquely ridiculous that it isn't even pukey.
Furia, Philip (2006). (with Michael Lasser) America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. Routledge. ISBN0415990521.
Furia, Philip (2015). (with Laurie Patterson) The American Song Book: The Tin Pan Alley Era. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0199391882.
Yagoda, Ben (2015). The B-Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song. New York: Riverhead Books. ISBN978-1-594-48849-8.
