[lbo-talk] A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz

Chuck Grimes cagrimes42 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 18:36:01 PST 2012


I have a CD of his songs, sung by different people. Couldn't find it listed on Amazon. Best cuts are Groucho Marx doing "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" and Bing Crosby of all people singing a bitter "Brother Can You Spare a Dime." Max

the Broadway lyricist who wrote such hits as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" and who put the music into The Wizard of Oz. Born into poverty on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Harburg always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism and poverty. Charles -----------------

Give the link. Here is the Brother can you spare a dime...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih67rlGNhU

check out the one second shot of an painter drawing from life, the life of work, an obvious WPA photo ad.



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