Richard Rodgers
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican composer of songs and Broadway musicals (1902-1979)
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Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer who worked primarily in musical theater. With 43 Broadway musicals and over 900 songs to his credit, Rodgers was one of the best-known American composers of the 20th century, and his work significantly influenced popular music.
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![The poster for Fly With Me, the 1920 Columbia University Varsity Show. The music was co-written by Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and also included songs by Oscar Hammerstein II, making the show one of the first collaborations between the two men.[5]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Fly_With_Me_poster.jpg/500px-Fly_With_Me_poster.jpg)
The poster for Fly With Me, the 1920 Columbia University Varsity Show. The music was co-written by Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and also included songs by Oscar Hammerstein II, making the show one of the first collaborations between the two men.[5]
Richard Rodgers (seated) with Lorenz Hart in 1936
Rodgers (seated) with Hammerstein, 1945
Rodgers was the subject of a two-part special on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town television show in 1952
Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein II, and Helen Tamiris watching hopefuls who are being auditioned on stage of the St. James Theatre.Listen
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1902 to 1979 · aged 77
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