According to http://constitutionalcode.blogspot.com/2005/02/gershwin-copyright.html "Following his premature death in 1937 at age 38, however, the Gershwin family came to control his copyrights".
Rights are likely still controlled by the BBC.
If you're lucky, there will be a copyright notification printed on it somewhere. If you're not, you can only hope they formally registered it, and in a way that enables you to find it in the registry's database.
There are several entities by that name, but most are registered trademarks.
Oliver! is still under copyright. If you find freebies, they are illegal.
The database of formal US registrations since 1978 is searchable at the link below.
Nowhere. All Beatles songs are still protected by copyright and are NOT available for free.
The national library of the country in which the book was published likely has information on file.
You must first find out how the band and the songs are being licensed by contacting them. If you do use names and songs there is a potential for legal recourse if the owners feel as though they have been defamed, libeled, or cheated out of copyright royalties and such.
Old sheet music is usually the best resource; many libraries have their sheet music collections scanned for this type of research. Note that many folk songs may not be traceable this way.
You will need to find out who holds the copyright. Try the publishers, they might be able to point you in the correct direction. Or write to the agent of the poet if they had one.
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I am afraid free songs are not available, you have to pay for the copyright or things like that. So to choose karaoke songs as free as possible is a good choice. You may refer to unify company, they have lots of karaoke songs of many formats, maybe you can find some you like.