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Morning Open Thread: Jerome Kern's Greatest Hits [1]
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Date: 2025-07-30
Jerome Kern wrote the music for many shows, and a lot of them became standards in the Great American Songbook.
Jerome Kern is often called the father of American musical theater. Kern is remembered for the hundreds of songs he wrote for musical plays and movies. Music historians say that Kern gave artistic importance to American popular music for the first time. And, they say, he led the development of the first truly American theater music. simple.wikipedia.org/...
“Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” Dinah Washington
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“Ol’ Man River,” Paul Robeson
“A Fine Romance,” Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
“They Didn’t Believe Me,” Dinah Washington
“I Won’t Dance,” Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers
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