Standard of the Day

By Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart 1936 According to lyricist Lorenz Hart's autobiography, this song was inspired by a visit to the hi...

By Jerome Kern 1927 A profoundly moving duet ballad from Kern's Show Boat, usually credited as the first modern Broadway musical. It was...

She was considered by many to be among the greatest rhythm and blues singers of all time. Her career was marked by dramatic highs and lows, ...

By Fats Waller & Andy Razaf 1932 One of the signature tunes of Thomas "Fats" Waller, although this one was actually introduced...

By Arthur Schwartz & Howard Dietz 1952 Along with "Hooray for Hollywood" and "There's No Business Like Show Business,...

By Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane 1944 One of the most popular and performed Christmas songs of all time, this beauty was written for Judy Ga...

By Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe 1956 One of the signature songs from Lerner & Loewe's great musical, My Fair Lady. It was i...

By Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish 1927 In honor of my grandfather, who passed away on December 4, I give you the single most popular...

About a month ago, I got to thinking a lot about WNEW-AM, the legendary New York radio station that in many ways spawned my love for the gre...

By Jimmy McHugh & Harold Adamson 1936 A delightfully moving composition from the McHugh/Adamson team that also gave us such songs as ...

By James F. Hanley 1934 From the Broadway revue Thumbs Up! comes this irresistible tune originally introduced by Hal Le Roy and Eunice Heale...

By Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II 1949 One of the most recognized of all Rodgers & Hammerstein compositions, it was introduc...

By Johnny Green & E.Y. "Yip" Harburg 1930 For the 400th post here at Standard of the Day, I give you this warm and innocent...

By Cole Porter 1929 A mournful dirge by the great Porter for the musical Wake Up and Dream, in which it was introduced in London by Elsie Ca...