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The work of Cole Porter, the world famous lyricist and composer  known for his witty and urbane lyrics and sinuous melodies, opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about great songwriters (including "Night And Day," "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," "So In Love," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Oscar Hammerstein ("Many A New Day," "Happy Talk"); Nacio Herb Brown ("Singin' In The Rain," "You Stepped Out Of A Dream"); and Antonio Carlos Jobim ("Desafinado," "No More Blues").  Ella Fitzgerald, Eartha Kitt, k.d. lang, Karrin Allyson, Tierney Sutton, John Pizzarelli, Joe Williams, Joao Gilberto and Stan Getz, and Jane Monheit are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter" was produced at, and premiered March 15, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #287: Cole Porter

This week's edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters, opens with works by Alan Jay Lerner, one of the most important lyricists of 20th century stage and screen musicals (including "Show Me," "They Call The Wind Maria," "Too Late Now," and more).  Also on the show, tunes written by Johnny Mercer ("One For My Baby And One More For The Road," "Moon River"); Charles Carpenter ("You Can Depend On Me," "Frenesi"); and Joni Mitchell ("Edith And The Kingpin," "Chelsea Morning").  Tierney Sutton, Jane Monheit, Frank Sinatra, Nancy LaMott, Nicki Parrott, Joe Williams, Charles Brown, Joseph Leo Bwarie, Eliane Elias, Tina Turner and Herbie Hancock, Jessica Molaskey, and Joni Mitchell are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Alan Jay Lerner" was produced at, and premiered March 22, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #288: Alan Jay Lerner

Time Magazine has written that Jimmy Webb -- the only artist to ever receive Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration -- has a "gift for strong, varied rhythms, inventive structures, and rich, sometimes surprising harmonies."  His work opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "By The Time I Get To Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "All I Know," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by David Shire ("It Goes Like It Goes," "With You I'm Born Again"); and Harry M. Woods ("Try A Little Tenderness," "What A Little Moonlight Can Do").  Joshua Redman and Gabrielle Cavassa, Glen Campbell, Patti Austin, Jimmy Webb and Linda Ronstadt, Vanessa Rubin, Dianne Reeves, and Dee Dee Bridgewater are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Jimmy Webb" was produced at, and premiered April 5, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #289: Jimmy Webb

Lyricist Sammy Cahn was one of the leading craftsman of Tin Pan Alley, New York's famed songwriting district of the early 20th century, but enjoyed his biggest successes in Hollywood where he received 31 Academy Award nominations for his music.  Cahn's work opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "The Second Time Around," "Pocketful Of Miracles," "The September Of My Years," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Lester Lee ("Blue Gardenia"); Janis Ian ("Jesse," "Silly Habits"); Victor Young ("Stella By Starlight," "Love Letters"); and Leo Robin ("Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend," "Blue Hawaii").  John Pizzarelli, Steve Tyrell, Dionne Warwick, Frank Sinatra, Kurt Elling and Branford Marsalis, Karrin Allyson, Janis Ian and Mel Torme, the late Tony Bennett, Bill Evans, Diana Krall, Susannah McCorkle, Tierney Sutton, and Willie Nelson are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Sammy Cahn" was produced at, and premiered April 12, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music And Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #290: Sammy Cahn

With his two primary musical partners, Lorenz Hart and Oscar Hammerstein, composer Richard Rodgers wrote the scores to 43 Broadway shows, including some of the biggest hits in theater history; his music opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "Blue Moon," "A Cockeyed Optimist," "Climb Ev'ry Mountain," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Johnny Burke ("What's New?" "Polkadots And Moonbeams"); Carla Cook ("Simply Natural"); and Jule Styne ("I Fall In Love Too Easily," "Just In Time").  Cheryl Bentyne and John Pizzarelli, Ella Fitzgerald, the late Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Rosemary Clooney, and Bill Evans are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Richard Rodgers" was produced at, and premiered April 19, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #291: Richard Rodgers

The works of Joni Mitchell, a living legend and one of the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960's folk music scene, open this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American popular composers and lyricists (including "Both Sides, Now," "Chelsea Morning," "A Case Of You," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Vernon Duke ("Not A Care In The World," "I Can't Get Started"); Billy Rose ("It Happened In Monterey," "It's Only A Paper Moon"); and Nacio Herb Brown ("You're An Old Smoothie," "Singin' In The Rain").  Joni Mitchell, Judy Collins, k.d. lang, Sara Gazarek, Karrin Allyson, Bill Charlap, Jack Sheldon, Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, and Joe Williams are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Joni Mitchell" was produced at, and premiered April 26, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #292: Joni Mitchell

Composer Louis Alter's began his career playing piano to accompany silent films, then performing for the troops during WWII; he later wrote scores to feature films in Hollywood.  Several of his memorable compositions open this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?" "My Kinda Love," "You Turned The Tables On Me," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Irving Berlin ("Now It Can Be Told," "Moonshine Lullaby"); Edgar Leslie ("Me And The Man In The Moon," "Getting Some Fun Out Of Life"); and Mack Gordon ("At Last," "You Make Me Feel So Young").  Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Catherine Russell, the late Tony Bennett, Madeleine Peyroux, Etta James, Diana Krall, and Frank Sinatra are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Louis Alter" was produced at, and premiered May 3, 2024, on, WQCS-HD-2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #293:  Louis Alter

Frank Loesser waa considered a Tin Pan Alley legend for the many popular standards he wrote, and the most versatile of all Broadway composers because each of his show scores was unique.  His work opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about great songwriters (including "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year," "Once In Love With Amy," "Sit Down You're Rockin' The Boat," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Toots Thielemans ("Bluesette"); Richard Rodgers ("You Took Advantage Of Me," "Younger Than Springtime"); and Harry Warren ("September In The Rain," "The More I See You").  Johnny Hartman, Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine, Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass, Frank Sinatra, Oscar Peterson, Karrin Allyson, Nancy LaMott, and Nina Simone are amiong the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Frank Loesser" was produced at, and premiered May 10, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Trasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #294: Frank Loesser

Lew Brown's cheerful lyrics made him one of the country's leading songwriters in the Roaring '20s, through the Depression years, and World War II.  His work opens this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me," "If I Had a Talking Picture Of You," "Comes Love," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Gus Kahn ("Pretty Baby," "My Buddy"); Josef Myrow ("Autumn Nocturne," "You Make Me Feel So Young"); and Betty Comden ("I Can Cook Too," "Dance Only With Me").  Bobby Short, Ella Fitzgerald, Norah Jones and Seth MacFarlane, Billie Holiday, Leon Redbone, Chet Baker, Sophie Milman, Carol Sloane, Frank Sinatra, Tommy Flanagan, Johnny Hartman, Patti Austin, Blossom Dearie, and Donna Murphy are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Lew Brown" was produced at, and premiered May 24, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org , public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #296: Lew Brown

Walter Donaldson was a prolific writer of popular songs whose many hits, written from the 1910s-1940s, became staples in the Great American Songbook catalog.  His compositions open this edition of "Music & Lyrics," the public radio series about American songwriters (including "You're Driving Me Crazy," "My Buddy," "Yes Sir, That's My Baby," and more).  Also on the program, tunes written by Duke Ellington {"Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me," "Come Sunday"); Arnold Horwitt ("Gentleman Friend," "Young And Foolish"); and John Kander ("A Quiet Thing," "Nowadays").  Chet Baker, Etta Jones, Oscar Peterson, the late Tony Bennett, Houston Person, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Carol Sloane, Joel Grey, Art Blakey, and the late Chita Rivera are among the performers featured.  "Music & Lyrics: Walter Donaldson" was produced at, and premiered May 31, 2024, on, WQCS-HD2 and WQCS.org, public radio for Florida's Treasure Coast.

Music & Lyrics with Ellis Bromberg #296: Lew Brown

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