Reading the Lydia the Tattooed Lady thread, about how few remember Yip Harburg for all the great songs he wrote - Spare a Dime, all in Wiz of 0z &c - got me thinking of others of same sort who ought to be household words like Gershwins, Porter, Kern, Berlin, but aren't

Composer Harry Warren is an example: have looked him up in my 0x Guide to Popular Music. Just a selection:—

words by Al Dubin: 42nd St; We're in the Money; Keep young & beautiful; I'll string along with you; I only have eyes for you; Lullaby of Broadway; September in the rain;

W Johnny Mercer: Jeepers creepers; You must have been a beautiful baby; Jezebel; Acheson Topeka & Santa Fe.

w Mack Gordon: Down Argentina Way; I-yi-yi-yi like you very much; Chatanooga choo-choo; Gal in Kalamazoo; I like to be loved by you; You'll never know;

w Jack Brooks: That's amore

See what I mean?

Lyricist Al Dubin, mentioned above, another example of these 'forgotten greats'. Any others?