<P> The Great American Songbook , also known as `` American Standards '' , is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century . Although several collections of music have been published under the title , it does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs , but to a loosely defined set including the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre , musical theatre , and Hollywood musical film . They have been recorded and performed by a large number and wide range of singers , instrumental bands , and jazz musicians . The Great American Songbook comprises standards by George Gershwin , Cole Porter , and Irving Berlin , and also Jerome Kern , Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer , Richard Rodgers , and others . </P>
<P> The Great American Songbook , also known as `` American Standards '' , is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century . Although several collections of music have been published under the title , it does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs , but to a loosely defined set including the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre , musical theatre , and Hollywood musical film . They have been recorded and performed by a large number and wide range of singers , instrumental bands , and jazz musicians . The Great American Songbook comprises standards by George Gershwin , Cole Porter , and Irving Berlin , and also Jerome Kern , Harold Arlen , Johnny Mercer , Richard Rodgers , and others . </P>
the 1920s featured the birth of the american songbook and the standard of
the 1920s featured the birth of the american songbook and the standard of
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