The interesting this is that if you go back only 10 more years (from the 40 year mark in the article), the list changes completely: Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Lerner and Lowe, Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers& Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and about 5 others (Johnny Mercer, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, etc. all who were still going strong) who push these guys out of the list without breaking a sweat.

yours, Peter T.