List of songs composed by Jerome Kern

This is an alphabetical list of Jerome Kern's songs. Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music and, according to a joint resolution passed by Congress, "the father of American musical theater".^[1] He wrote around 700 songs, including such classics as "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "A Fine Romance", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "All the Things You Are", "The Way You Look Tonight", and "Who?". His career spanned dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films from 1902 until his death.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• "Abraham Lincoln Had Just One Country" - donated by Kern to the country (1941) for the Defense Bonds campaign
• "Allegheny Al" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome
• "All in Fun" (1939) - lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II
• "All the Things You Are" (1939) - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "All through the day" ^[2] - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1946 film Centennial Summer

B

• "Babes in the Wood" - from Very Good Eddie" (1915)
• "Bill" - lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, from the musical Show Boat

C

• "Can I Forget You?" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome
• "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" - from Show Boat
• "Cotton Blossom" - from Show Boat
• "Cleopatterer" - from the musical Leave It to Jane

D

• "Dearly Beloved" (1942) with lyrics by Johnny Mercer

E

F

• "A Fine Romance" (1936) - with lyrics by Dorothy Fields

G

• "Go Little Boat" - with lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, from the musical show Miss 1917"

H

• "High, Wide, and Handsome" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome
• "How'd You Like to Spoon with Me" - lyrics by Edward Laska

I

• "In Egern on the Tegern See" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "I Won't Dance" - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Dorothy Fields
• "I'll Be Hard to Handle" - lyrics by Bernard Dougall
• "I'm Old Fashioned" - lyrics by Johnny Mercer
• "In Love in Vain" - lyrics by Leo Robin
• "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star" - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

J

K

• "Ka-lu-a"

L

• "The Land Where the Good Songs Go" - lyrics by P.G. Wodehouse, from the musical show Miss 1917
• "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "Leave it to Jane" - lyrics by P. G. Wodehouse - from the musical of the same name
• "Left All Alone Again Blues" - recorded by "hillbilly" musician, Lowe Stokes (one of the Skillet Lickers fiddlers)
• "Let's Begin" - lyrics by Otto Harbach
• "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the musical Show Boat
• "Long Ago (and Far Away)" - lyrics by Ira Gershwin
• "Look for the Silver Lining" - lyrics by B.G. DeSylva - from the musical Sally
• "Lovely to Look At" - lyrics by Dorothy Fields

M

• "Make Believe" - from Show Boat
• "The Magic Melody" - from Nobody Home (1915)

N

• "Nobody Else But Me" (1946) - lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1946 revival of the musical Show Boat

O

• "Ol' Man River" (1927) - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "One More Dance"

P, Q, R

• "Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra" (1942)
• "Pick Yourself Up" (1936) - lyrics by Dorothy Fields

S

• "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1933) - with lyrics by Otto Harbach^[3]
• "Some Sort of Somebody" - used in both Miss Information and Very Good Eddie (both 1915)
• "Something Had to Happen" (1933)^[3]
• "The Song Is You" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
• "The Siren's Song"
• "Sunny" - libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach - from the musical of the same name
• "She Didn't Say Yes" - lyrics by Otto Harbach - for the 1931 show The Cat and the Fiddle

T

• "The Folks Who Live On the Hill" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome
• "The Things I Want" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome
• "The Touch of Your Hand"^[3]
• "They Didn't Believe Me" from the musical The Girl from Utah
• "Till the Clouds Roll By"

U, V

W

• "The Way You Look Tonight" - with lyrics by Dorothy Fields
• "Who?" - from the musical Sunny
• "Why Do I Love You?" - from the musical Show Boat
• "Where's the Mate for Me?" - from Show Boat
• "Why Was I Born?"
• "Will You Marry Me Tomorrow, Maria ?" - with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II - from the 1937 film High, Wide, and Handsome

Y

• "Yesterdays" - from the musical Roberta^[3]
• "You Are Love" - from the musical Show Boat
• "You're Devastating" (1933)^[3]
• "You're Here and I'm Here" - from the musical The Laughing Husband (1914) Performed by Europe's Society Orchestra Recorded 2/10/14

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