ROBERT JOHNSON CENTENARY

GUARDIAN: Robert Johnson: fans mark the centenary of the great bluesman's birth

Today is song composer Yip Harburg's birthday (1896).

He died in 1981. In 1988, Kay Ballard and Arthur Siegel performed a tribute to Harburg at Michael's Pub. Part 2 includes a Groucho Marx impression of the song, "Lydia," Mabel Mercer's "April in Paris," and a medley of songs from "The Wizard of Oz," featuring Kaye playing "Over the Rainbow" on flute: