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Richard Rodgers
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Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score), Featured Music, From Musical by, Songwriter Born: June 28, 1902 in New York, NY Death: December 30, 1979 in New York, NY Biography:American composer/producer "Richard Rodgers" had his first song published at 17; one year later, he wrote his first stage musical. An alumnus of Juilliard and Columbia University, Rodgers came to critical prominence with the many '20s editions of The Garrick Gaieties, in which Rodgers and his lyricist collaborator "Lorenz Hart" were responsible for such instant hits as "Mountain Greenery" and "I'll Take Manhattan". Though Hart was erratic and self-destructive, Rodgers stuck with the talented wordsmith through such Broadway blockbusters of the '20s, '30s and '40s as The Connecticut Yankee, Babes in Arms, On Your Toes (which contained Rodger's first true "concert piece," "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue") and "Pal Joey". Rodgers and Hart travelled to Hollywood in 1929, where after guest-starring in the short subject The Melody Makers they hunkered down to compose such favorites as "Mimi," "Lover" and... Full Biography
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