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Jerome Kern

Top Songs By Jerome Kern

The Way You Look TonightIrving Berlin & Jerome Kern

Listen to Look for the Silver Lining (From the Show: Sally - 1921) by Jerome Kern, see lyrics, music video & more!

Look for the Silver Lining (From the Show: Sally - 1921)Jerome Kern

Listen to Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, see lyrics, music video & more!

Can't Help Lovin' Dat ManJerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Listen to The Way You Look Tonight (From the Movie: Swing Time - 1936) by Jerome Kern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Way You Look Tonight (From the Movie: Swing Time - 1936)Jerome Kern

Listen to Ol' Man River by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, see lyrics, music video & more!

Ol' Man RiverJerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Listen to I'm Old Fashioned (Live) by Robert Morse, see lyrics, music video & more!

I'm Old Fashioned (Live)Robert Morse

Listen to All the Things You Are (From the Show: Very Warm for May - 1939) by Jerome Kern, see lyrics, music video & more!

All the Things You Are (From the Show: Very Warm for May - 1939)Jerome Kern

Listen to Overture by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, see lyrics, music video & more!

OvertureJerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Listen to Make Believe by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II, see lyrics, music video & more!

Make BelieveJerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Listen to The Song Is You (feat. Edvin Fridolfsson) by Bohuslän Big Band & Jerome Kern, see lyrics, music video & more!

The Song Is You (feat. Edvin Fridolfsson)Bohuslän Big Band & Jerome Kern

More albums from Jerome Kern

Listen to The Cabaret Girl (2009 Ohio Light Opera Production) by Jerome Kern, Michael Borowitz & Ohio Light Opera

ALBUMThe Cabaret Girl (2009 Ohio Light Opera Production)Jerome Kern, Michael Borowitz & Ohio Light Opera

Listen to Showboat: First Complete Recording of the 1946 Revised Version (1946 Version) by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II & Ria JonesJoel Hirschhorn

ALBUMShowboat: First Complete Recording of the 1946 Revised Version (1946 Version)Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II & Ria JonesJoel Hirschhorn

Listen to Show Boat (1994 World Premiere Cast Recording) by Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

ALBUMShow Boat (1994 World Premiere Cast Recording)Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II

Listen to Show Boat (1966 Lincoln Center Cast Recording) by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Barbara Cook, Stephen Douglass, Constance Towers & William Warfield

ALBUMShow Boat (1966 Lincoln Center Cast Recording)Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Barbara Cook, Stephen Douglass, Constance Towers & William Warfield

Listen to Show Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording) [Bonus Tracks] by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Raitt, Barbara Cook & William Warfield

ALBUMShow Boat (1962 Studio Cast Recording) [Bonus Tracks]Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Raitt, Barbara Cook & William Warfield

Listen to Show Boat (1959 London Studio Cast Recording) by Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Shirley Bassey, Dora Bryan & Don McKay

ALBUMShow Boat (1959 London Studio Cast Recording)Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Shirley Bassey, Dora Bryan & Don McKay

Artist Playlists

Jerome Kern: The Songwriters

This iconic composer gave pop songs a jolt of jazz and blues.

About Jerome Kern

Hometown

New York, NY, United States

Born

1885

Genre

Musicals

One of the names most frequently invoked in discussions of the Great American Songbook, New York City-born Jerome Kern was a songwriter whose compositions of the 1920s-'40s became pop standards. As a composer for both theater and films, Kern crafted tunes that were sung by everyone from Fred Astaire to Paul Robeson and continued to be performed by subsequent generations of pop/jazz vocalists. Some of his best-known works include “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “Ol' Man River,” and “All The Things You Are.”

Influenced by Jerome KernJerome Kern has influenced the music of Norah Jones, Kristen Lee Sergeant, Madeleine Peyroux and more.