HARRIET GOLDBERG - JAZZ & CABARET SONGWRITER
HARRIET GOLDBERG - JAZZ & CABARET SONGWRITER
HARRIET GOLDBERG WRITES SONGS EVOKING OLD STANDARDS
BALLADS, BOSSAS & SWING
SUDDENLY YOU WALKED BY
music & lyrics by Harriet Goldberg
BRING BACK THE MOONLIGHT (CD)
vocals: Cassandre McKinley
clarinet: Billy Novick
piano: Paul Schmelling
bass: Marshall Wood
Drums: Jim Gwin
2nd place winner jazz category
11th Annual Billboard Songwriting Contest
WHAT’S NEW?
If you are placed on hold while calling the NEW YORK TIMES, CAPITAL ONE, NASDAQ, DELTA AIRLINES et al., you may hear an instrumental version of Harriet’s song MY TIME TO FLY featuring Billy Novick on saxophone. THE TAMORI CLUB, a Japanese comedy/variety TV show featured this song in a skit about on hold music. It is the hold music for Soutetsu Railways in Japan. An instrumental version of RAIN IN THE MORNING is featured in the Peacock series JOE vs CAROLE starring Kate McKinnon.
A beautiful instrumental of Harriet’s bossa,
AND THERE IS LOVE is in the Netflix film, “Falling Inn Love.” YOU’RE GONE, a slow ballad on Harriet’s virtual CD ONCE AGAIN was played on the CBS show “Bull.” The title track of that CD was featured on the ABC TV show, “Once Upon a Time” in three different episodes. WE DON’T KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOING from Harriet’s CD MY TIME TO FLY was played on TV Land’s “Younger.” ONCE UPON A DREAM was heard on the show “Graves” starring Nick Nolte. And FORGET ABOUT THE MOON was played on the CW show, “Containment.”
Harriet is the winner of MAC’s 2014 DOTTIE BURMAN SONGWRITING AWARD. JUST SAY GOODBYE, a beautiful ballad written by Harriet and John Forster was nominated for a 2022 MAC Award for best song. Harriet was nominated for a 2019 MAC Award for MY TIME TO FLY. THE BOOK GROUP, was nominated for a 2016 MAC Award in the Comedy/Novelty Song Category. Her CD MY TIME TO FLY was nominated for a 2012 MAC Award.
Harriet’s CD, MY TIME TO FLY has been nominated for Best Vocal Jazz CD in the Just Plain Folks Songwriting Contest. Her songs MY TIME TO FLY, FROM TIME TO TIME and WHY CAN’T WE LINGER IN SPRING (lyrics by Bob Levy) have all been nominated for best vocal jazz song.
GREAT AMERICAN SONG CONTEST: Harriet’s comic song THE BOOK GROUP was a TOP 5 WINNER in the Special Music category.
REVIEWS: “It is a mystery why Boston area songwriter, Harriet Goldberg is not on the national scene writing songs for Diana Krall and Michael Buble. Her sophisticated blend of romantic, urbane lyrics with infectious melodies set to swing, bossa nova, or jazz tempos present themselves as standards that could easily have been sung by Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, or Betty Carter.”
John Amodeo Edge on the net March 2012
“The highlights of the evening are the Harriet Goldberg jazzy " '40s" songs. She can channel that style and sophistication like no one else and put it over seamlessly...The lyricism and mood just about take your breath away. You know what they always say. They don't write 'em like that any more but they're wrong. Goldberg does.”
Beverly Creasey, Theater Mirror May 2008