{"name":"Harold Arlen","title":"Harold Arlen","id":3539,"slug":"harold-arlen-2","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3539/?format=json","bio_short":"Harold Arlen (February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) \r\n Was an American composer of popular music. Having written over 400 songs, a number of which have become known the world over, Arlen is a highly regarded contributor to the Great American Songbook. His 1938 song &quot;Over the Rainbow” was voted the twentieth century's No. 1 song by the Recording Industry Association of America   Biography  Arlen was born Hyman Arluck, in Buffalo, New York, the child of a Jewish cantor.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/HaroldArlen.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":3616,"title":"Somewhere over the rainbow","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/somewere-over-the-rainbow/"}]}