Travel & Experiences
“Sing! Sing! Sing!
July 9, 1993
Entertainment & Arts
Mixed bill of performers try out their talents on Harold Arlen’s songs at the Ford Amphitheatre.
June 3, 2006
Some of the giants of American music gathered here this week to honor one of their own, the late Harold Arlen.
Nov. 22, 1986
Actor Fonda and composer Arlen, born a century ago, will be honored with career retrospectives.
May 15, 2005
Music
“I don’t think there was any songwriter closer to jazz,” Orange County singer-bassist Jack Prather said Monday night before he and his Great American Music Co. proved their point with “An Evening of Harold Arlen.”
Aug. 26, 1998
Hymen Arluck, a cantor’s son who grew up to become Harold Arlen, the composer who took the world “Over the Rainbow,” died Wednesday at his home in New York City Arlen, 81, who had suffered from cancer, died at his Manhattan home shortly after 4 p.m., and his body was found in bed by his son, Sam, a police spokesman said.
April 24, 1986
Sports
Bill Lyon of the Philadelphia Inquirer, recalling the promotions of former Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Pat Williams, said his favorite featured a performer called Little Arlene.
July 14, 1986
A successful musical revue is often one that rediscovers a great talent.
Oct. 1, 1993
IN his defense of Robert Hilburn’s opinion that Bob Dylan is “the most important songwriter of the 20th century,” reader Fred Lucero states [Letters, Nov. 25] that he has “heard of” Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen and Duke Ellington.
Dec. 2, 2006
Dance Theatre of Harlem refashions a short-lived 1946 Harold Arlen-Johnny Mercer musical into a bluesy ballet.
Dec. 28, 2003