“Oz” manuscripts added to Library of Congress

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

Billy Ray Cyrus & Friends perform “Over the Rainbow”

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,

Coming from Oxford University Press on July 26, 2024, Harold Arlen and His Songs

Aljean Harmetz. The Making of the Wizard of Oz. New York: Knopf, 1977. 2nd edition, NY: Hyperion,

Stephen Holden. The Lyrics of Yip Harburg in The Yip Harburg Songbook. Miami: CPP-Belwin, 1994. Includes

Sam Irvin. Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise. This biography of the entertainer and world-class

Edward Jablonski. The Encyclopedia of American Music. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,

Edward Jablonski. Harold Arlen: Happy with the Blues. Garden City, NY: Doubleday,

David Jenness and Don Velsey. Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000. NY: Routledge, 2006.

Justin Kaplan, General Editor. Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations, 16th Edition. Little, Brown & Company, 1992, p.

Herbert Keyser. Geniuses of the American Musical Theatre: The Composers and Lyricists. Applause Books, 2009. Contains

Richard Koszarski. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith

John Lahr. Notes on a Cowardly Lion: The Biography of Bert Lahr. NY: Knopf,