“Over the Rainbow” at City Hall

On January 1, 2026 singer/actor Mandy Patinkin, with students from the Public School

“Oz” manuscripts added to Library of Congress

On August 25, 2025 the Library of Congress announced the acquisition of “rare music

Billy Ray Cyrus, along with guitarist-singer Micki Free and producer-singer-composer Buck 22 released a

Composer Philip Springer who wrote several songs with Yip, mostly in the 1970's during

Ari Axelrod’s CD, A Place for Us: A Celebration of Jewish Broadway, released Jan.

Lyricist Ira Gershwin, Yip's friend since their high school days together beginning in 1910,

Gay Purr-ee (1962). Feature-length musical cartoon about a French country cat who goes to Paris

I Could Go on Singing (1963). Judy Garland's last film. Harburg and Arlen wrote the

Finian's Rainbow (1968). Starring Fred Astaire and Petula Clark, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Includes

The Great Man's Whiskers (1973) (aka The Grate Mans Wiskurs) Yip's last movie project, filmed

Paper Moon (1973). Based on Addie Pray, a best-selling novel, this movie's title is taken from

A Quip with Yip and Friends (1976; video released in 1990). An episode of PBS's Anyone

All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music (1976), a landmark TV series

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. ASCAP Biographical Dictionary. 4thed. New York and London: Jaques

Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman and Thomas Travisano, editors. The New Anthology of American Poetry:

R. LeRoy Bannerman. Norman Corwin and Radio: The Golden Years. University of Alabama Press, 1986. Contains