This is an alphabetical list of Jerome Kern songs. Jerome Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music and, according to a joint resolution passed by Congress, "the father of American musical theater". He wrote more than 700 songs, including such classics as "They Didn't Believe Me" (1914), "Look for the Silver Lining" (1920), "Ol' Man River", "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man", "Make Believe", "You Are Love" and "Bill" (all 1927), "The Song Is You" (1932), "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Yesterdays" and "Let's Begin" (all 1933), "I Won't Dance" (1935), "A Fine Romance" and "The Way You Look Tonight" (both 1936), "All the Things You Are" (1939) and "I'm Old Fashioned" (1942). His career spanned dozens of Broadway musicals and Hollywood films from 1902 until hi