Great American Songbook

The Great American Songbook was a collection of historically significant American songs originating in the 20th century. Many of the songs were originally composed for Broadway musicals.

In 2259, after Commander Pelia suggested transmitting a song into a subspace fold, Ensign Nyota Uhura mused if subspace would appreciate the Great American Songbook, and selected "Anything Goes". (SNW: "Subspace Rhapsody")

Vic Fontaine, a hologram modeled off of mid-20th century singers like Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, had a musical repertoire of various jazz-styled covers of the Great American Songbook. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)

In 2376, Harry Kim and his jazz band, the Kimtones, performed "That Old Black Magic" for the Qomar aboard the USS Voyager, with the The Doctor singing lyrics. (VOY: "Virtuoso")

In 2379, Data sang Irving Berlin's composition "Blue Skies" at the wedding of William T. Riker and Deanna Troi — much to the displeasure of Worf, who disliked Berlin's work. (Star Trek Nemesis) The Bing Crosby version of "Blue Skies" was familiar to Jean-Luc Picard, who imagined it while dreaming of playing poker with Data on the USS Enterprise-D. (PIC: "Remembrance")

In 3190, Zora sang "Stormy Weather" to Michael Burnham as a way to distract her from her EV suit overheating. (DIS: "Stormy Weather")

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