Rodgers and Hart were an American songwriting partnership between composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and the lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895–1943). They...
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Lorenz Milton Hart (May 2, 1895 – November 22, 1943) was an American lyricist and half of the Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart. Some of his more...
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"Lover" is a popular song composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It was sung in the movie Love Me Tonight (1932) by Jeanette MacDonald...
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his first songs. Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, and later collaborator Oscar Hammerstein II all attended Columbia University. At Columbia, Rodgers joined the Pi Lambda...
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With Me. The songs for the show were originally written by Rodgers (a freshman) and Lorenz Hart. Hammerstein, who was on the judging committee, added two...
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Sings the Rodgers and Hart Song Book is a 1956 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, with a studio orchestra conducted and arranged...
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Love Me Tonight (redirect from Love Me Tonight (Rodgers and Hart song))
produced and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart. It stars Maurice Chevalier as a tailor who poses as a nobleman and Jeanette...
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Fly with Me (musical) (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
written by Rodgers and Hart for the 1920 Varsity Show at Columbia University. The book was by Milton Kroopf and Phillip Leavitt, adapted by Lorenz Hart. Lyrics...
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lyricist Lorenz Hart. The film stars Mickey Rooney as Hart and Tom Drake as Rodgers, along with Janet Leigh, Betty Garrett, Ann Sothern, and numerous musical...
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involved. Both play and film feature songs by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, although the film borrows two songs from Rodgers and Hart shows other than...
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Sidney, loosely adapted from the Rodgers and Hart musical play of the same name, and starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak. Sinatra won the Golden...
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I Married an Angel (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
I Married an Angel is a 1938 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled Angyalt Vettem...
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Musical theatre (section Definitions and scope)
Rodgers and Hart, Weill and Gershwin, some with runs over 500 performances as the economy rebounded, but artistic change was in the air. Rodgers and Hammerstein's...
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Kathryn Crosby (section Early life and education)
Sullivan, whom she had married in 2000. On June 1, 2014, Crosby sang in a Rodgers and Hart tribute. Crosby died on September 20, 2024, at the age of 90. She is...
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The Phantom President (category American black-and-white films)
songs by Richard Rodgers (music) and Lorenz Hart (lyrics). According to Rodgers, Cohan deeply resented having to work with Rodgers and Hart on the film. Cohan...
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Manhattan (song) (category Songs with music by Richard Rodgers)
the animated Winnie the Pooh) and June Cochran. In 1925, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart had been song-writing partners for six years but only sold one...
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By Jupiter (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
Jupiter is a musical with a book by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. The musical is based on the play The Warrior's...
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Babes in Arms (film) (category American black-and-white films)
and rewritten to accommodate Hollywood's needs. Almost all of the Rodgers and Hart songs from the Broadway musical were discarded. In 1921, vaudeville...
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a list of musicals, including Broadway, Off-Broadway, and West End musicals, as well as film and television musicals, whose titles fall into the A–L alphabetic...
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opening night of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, with Rodgers' former creative partner Lorenz Hart struggling with alcoholism and depression. Most...
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Blue Moon (1934 song) (category Songs with music by Richard Rodgers)
written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart in 1934 that has become a standard ballad. Early recordings included those by Connee Boswell and by Al Bowlly in...
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Pal Joey (musical) (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
with a book by John O'Hara and music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. The musical is based on a character and situations O'Hara created in...
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Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Richard Rodgers, and Oscar Hammerstein II, among others. In Alec Wilder's 1972 study, American...
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With a Song in My Heart (song) (category Songs with music by Richard Rodgers)
tune from the 1929 Rodgers and Hart musical Spring Is Here. In the original Broadway production it was introduced by John Hundley and Lillian Taiz. The...
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The Garrick Gaieties (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, the first successful musical by this songwriting team. It debuted in 1925 on Broadway and was the first...
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Falling in Love with Love (category Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals)
"Falling in Love with Love" is a show tune from the Rodgers and Hart musical The Boys from Syracuse, where it was introduced by Muriel Angelus. The musical...
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The word is also used, with ambiguous irony, in the classic 1937 Rodgers and Hart song "The Lady Is a Tramp", which is about a wealthy member of New...
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Have You Met Miss Jones? (category Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals)
Richard Rodgers and the lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was published in 1937. In the musical, the song is performed by characters Peggy Jones and Phil Barker...
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Ten Cents a Dance (category Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals)
"Ten Cents a Dance" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart. The song was published in 1930. The song lyrics tell of a...
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Babes in Arms (category Musicals by Rodgers and Hart)
coming-of-age musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, and book by Rodgers and Hart. It concerns a group of small-town Long Island...
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