Giveaway Winner!
We have a winner! Michael Buble has the number-one CD in the country, and to acknowledge his accomplishment, we gave away a signed...
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Updates–Live Music and News
Click here for all the latest news on artists and performances of the American Songbook and vocal jazz. Check out the left column of...
read moreThe Importance of Being Oscar
In March, PBS will air a new documentary on one of the seminal figures of 20th-century songwriting, Oscar Hammerstein II. The film is...
read moreThe Astaires: Life Before Ginger
A new biography shines light on one of the great forgotten stars of American show business, Adele Astaire, who left show business...
read moreFrank Loesser’s Centennial Roll
Frank Loesser’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opens March 27 with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role. See...
read moreFrank: A Man and His Videos
Shout Factory, one of the classiest repackagers of classic pop material, has released the Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music TV...
read moreMary Cleere Haran (1952–2011)
The cabaret world was stunned by the sudden death of Mary Cleere Haran on February 5 following a bike accident in Deerfield Beach,...
read moreRoots of Bossa Nova
TCM airs the 1959 Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language film, Black Orpheus, as part of its series The Essentials, on January 15,...
read moreMargaret Whiting (1924–2011)
Margaret Whiting, the popular singer and recording star of the 40′s and 50′s who spent much of her later years performing...
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The American Tune Tribune is a news source for classic and new recordings, video, films, and contemporary performances of the pre-rock American Songbook. Focusing on the composers (Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, and their peers) and lyricists (Berlin, P.G. Wodehouse, Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Porter, "Yip" Harburg, Johnny Mercer, and their contemporaries) as well as the performers (Bing, Judy, Frank, Ella, Tony, Rosie, and many, many others), we provide historical and current information in articles, blog posts, and multimedia. Bookmark us, and visit the American News Tribune for news and views on the greatest popular music of the last century as it is honored and supported by fans today and tomorrow.