Today is the anniversary of the birth of lyricist E.Y. ‘Yip’ Harburg(1896; d.1981), who penned the words to ‘Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?’ (1932) and ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ (1939), among others…

“Cabin in the Sky” with Harold Arlen (1943)
“Bloomer Girl” with Harold Arlen (1944)
“April in Paris”
“It’s Only a Paper Moon”
“Lydia the Tattooed Lady”
“How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”
“Old Devil Moon”
“Then I’ll Be Tired of You”
“When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich”
“Down with Love”
“Free and Equal Blues”