Standard of the Day

By Dana Suesse and Edward Heyman 1934 An iconic anthem of show business in the same vein as "Hooray for Hollywood" , this song ...

By Jule Styne and Leo Robin 1949 Although today connected permanently with Marilyn Monroe thanks to her performance in the 1953 film vers...

By Vernon Duke and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg 1932 Once referred to by renowned composer and music scholar Alec Wilder as the "...

By Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster 1965 One of the last of the great Academy Award winning movie songs of the traditional "s...

By Andre Previn and Paul Francis Webster 1959 Last Thursday, February 28, we lost the brilliant Andre Previn, celebrated classical and ja...

Harry Warren and his Oscar By Harry Warren and Al Dubin 1935 In light of last night's Academy Awards, today we're taking a lo...

By Johnny Noble, Bill Cogswell and Tommy Harrison 1933 A classic example of the hapa haole  song genre that combines American jazz style ...

By Pinky Tomlin 1937 A somewhat obscure chestnut of the late 1930s, it nonetheless enjoyed a brief moment in the sun soon after being w...

By Harry Warren and Al Dubin 1933 What became an anthem of the Great Depression was written as a song of hope by the legendary team of Wa...

By Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marylin Bergman 1982 In honor of the recent passing of both composer Michel Legrand and vocalist (an...

By George and Ira Gershwin 1926 For this, the momentous 500th post here at Standard of the Day, let's fondly recall one of the absolu...

By Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman 1968 In honor of the great composer Michel Legrand, who passed away last Saturday at ...

By Ballard MacDonald and Harry Carroll 1913 Having now seen the excellent Stan and Ollie for the second time, I'm in a Laurel and Ha...

By Irving Berlin 1935 For the fifth time here at Standard of the Day, I'm spotlighting a song from Irving Berlin's Top Hat --and ...