tunesmiths

When Olympian songwriter Johnny Mercer joined music publishing legends Abe Olman and Howie Richmond to found the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1969, it wasn't much more than a noble idea: To recognize the tunesmiths and lyricists who "write the songs that make the whole world sing."

Michael Sigman: Songwriters Hall Of Fame Finds a Home Michael Sigman 2010

By the way, the tall, long-haired Foster doesn't scant some of the great tunesmiths, which means that Stephen Sondheim's oh-so-painfully innocent Anyone Can Whistle (which she delivered only a few months back in the Encores! series concert reading of that ill-fated tuner) is coupled with the master's "Being Alive."

David Finkle: First Nighter: Thoroughly Entertaining Sutton Foster 2010

Which is to say she belies her surname by never breaching trust with tunesmiths.

David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach 2010

Maybe it's just that there aren't the tunesmiths today that there were in the heyday of Christmas songwriting.

Midcentury Modern: Yuletide Pop's Golden Age Eric Felten 2010

Which is to say she belies her surname by never breaching trust with tunesmiths.

David Finkle: Easy Listener: Why You Should Know Singer Joyce Breach 2010

Johnny, already a songwriting star, collaborated with Carl on some songs and then gave him a career-transforming piece of advice: Stick to writing lyrics, because tunesmiths outnumbered wordsmiths 15 to one.

Outrage Is All the Rage 2010

We can see this in works as diverse as the short stories of fantasy writer Ray Bradbury and the songs of popular tunesmiths Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney.

Joseph Smigelski: The Power of Memory: Use It in Your Writing 2010

Foster plays the new-to-the-Big-City card in her opening number, "I'm Beginning to See the Light," and then trumps that ace with a follow-up medley of "Not for the Life of Me" by her Millie tunesmiths, Annie's "NYC" with its wide-eyed words, and "Astonishing" from Little Women.

David Finkle: First Nighter: Thoroughly Entertaining Sutton Foster 2010

Johnny, already a songwriting star, collaborated with Carl on some songs and then gave him a career-transforming piece of advice: Stick to writing lyrics, because tunesmiths outnumbered wordsmiths 15 to one.

Michael Sigman: Outrage Is All the Rage 2010

We can see this in works as diverse as the short stories of fantasy writer Ray Bradbury and the songs of popular tunesmiths Elvis Costello and Paul McCartney.

Joseph Smigelski: The Power of Memory: Use It in Your Writing 2010