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"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression. Written by lyricist Yip Harburg and composer Jay Gorney , it was part of the 1932 musical revue Americana ; the melody is based on a Russian-Jewish lullaby.
The Revue include "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" Walk A Little Faster (1932) - lyricist; Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 (1934) - primary lyricist (for about half of the numbers) Life Begins at 8:40 (1934) - co-lyricist with Ira Gershwin; The Show is On (1936) - featured lyricist; Blue Holiday (1945) - all-Black cast - contributing composer and lyricist
The pair's most famous song was "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," based on a lullaby that Gorney learned as a child in Russia. It first appeared in the 1932 Shubert production of New Americana and became the anthem of the Great Depression.
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (Words by E. Y. Harburg, music by Jay Gorney) "Let Me Match My Private Life With Yours" (Words by E. Y. Harburg, music by Vernon Duke) "Ringside–Madison Square Garden" (Music by Winthrop Sargeant) "Five Minutes of Spring" (Words by E. Y. Harburg, music by Jay Gorney) "Would’ja For a Big Red Apple" (Words by ...
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Born in Los Angeles and raised in New York City, Gorney was one of three children of Jay Gorney, [2] the Polish-born composer who wrote the music for the song about America's Great Depression, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" [1] Her family is Jewish. [3]
With the exception of the title track, an original song by Tormé, the album mostly consists of covers of popular songs from the late 1920s and early 1930s, around the period when the real-life Bonnie and Clyde were committing their bank robberies. (Another exception is "I Concentrate on You", a Cole Porter song from 1940.)
"Someone Saved My Life Tonight" ... "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" ... MTV European Music Awards 24 November 1994