Happy Birthday Jerome Kern
New Standards | Jan 21, 2016
The Jonathan Channel celebrated the 130th birthday of the father of American Popular Song - Jerome Kern. The hero of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and countless others, Kern's innovative compositions changed the face of American music forever with the invention of the American Musical and The Great American Songbook.
With a career that spanned decades, Kern contributed to both Broadway shows (Showboat, Music in the Air) and Hollywood musicals (Cover Girl, Swing Time) for which he wrote such soaring melodies as "Ol Man River," "The Way You Look Tonight, "The Last Time I Saw Paris," "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, "Look For The Silver Lining," "All The Things You Are," and countless others.
Wednesday, January 27th 2016 5-7pm ET.
