Come Rain or Come Shine

Today would have been composer Harold Arlen's 100th birthday, and I wanted to celebrate. With hits like Accentuate The Positive, Stormy Weather, Get Happy, Come Rain or Come Shine, and the all-time classic Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Arlen will go down as one of the greatest American tunesmiths. He didn't get the press of Irving Berlin or George Gershwin, but his tunes stack up against anybody's.

National Public Radio has done a wonderful feature on Harold Arlen and you can find it here: NPR : 'Come Rain or Come Shine'. There are audio links to his top 10 songs, an image gallery, links to Arlen websites, and a streaming audio link to an hour long celebration of him and his work.