Cafe Songbook The Great American Songbook

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Internet home of the songs, songwriters, and performers of The Great American Songbook.

The scene out the cafe window: Madison Square Park
The scene out the cafe window: Madison Square Park, etching by Ernest Fiene, 1932/1940.
Song of the week Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year Words and music by Frank Loesser

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Irving BerlinIrving BerlinSongwriter Harold ArlenHarold ArlenSongwriter George GershwinGeorge GershwinSongwriter Hoagy CarmichaelHoagy CarmichaelSongwriter Eubie BlakeEubie BlakeSongwriter Sheet music for a Fred Astaire filmNice Work If You Can Get ItFrom Damsel in Distress