Great American Songbook showcases the very best of popular song from Stephen Foster to the end of the 1950s. It includes recordings which range from the 1920s to the 21st century. The great singers like Frank Sinatra,Ella Fitzgerald,Bing Crosby,Al Jolson,Judy Garland,Tony Bennett,Fred Astaire,Perry Como,Sarah Vaughan,Doris Day,Peggy Lee,Nat King Cole,Barbra Streisand and big bands performing timeless standards by Irving Berlin,Cole Porter,George and Ira Gershwin,Jerome Kern,Richard Rodgers,Lorenz Hart,Oscar Hammerstein,Harold Arlen,Johnny Mercer,Gus Kahn,Vincent Youmans and many others. It also includes the very best of Hollywood and Broadway from the golden age of Tin Pan Alley including original cast recordings from the 20s to the 50s. New interpretations of standards aren't forgotten so you'll also hear the likes of Rod Stewart, Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jnr.