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E.Y. "Yip" Harburg was the exceptional lyricist who co-wrote many of America's best standards. While all his words for The Wizard of Oz are standouts, the beautiful "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was only one of two classic American songs selected as the century's best. Harburg was the most overtly political of American theatrical songwriters, and he penned such insightful songs as the Great Depression opus "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime." Though he was blacklisted for most of the 1950s and '60s, Broadway allowed him to work more than Hollywood did. Before he died in a 1981 traffic accident, he was still working vigorously. Like Bob Dylan, Harburg's insights into the general human condition and romance are just as astute as his protest numbers. While such Harburg numbers as "April in Paris" sound better when sung by a pro, he had a charming, ugly duckling voice that puts them over just fine.