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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"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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popular music. Rodgers is known for his songwriting partnerships, first with lyricist Lorenz Hart and then with Oscar Hammerstein II. With Hart he wrote musicals...
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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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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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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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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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The Supremes Sing Rodgers & Hart is the eleventh studio album released by The Supremes for Motown in 1967. The album is wholly composed of covers of show...
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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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It Never Entered My Mind (category Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals)
"It Never Entered My Mind" is a show tune from the 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical Higher and Higher, where it was introduced by Shirley Ross. Frank Sinatra...
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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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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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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. So This Is Love (1953) – Showgirl (uncredited) Arrowhead (1953)...
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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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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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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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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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Little Girl Blue (song) (category Songs from Rodgers and Hart musicals)
"Little Girl Blue" is a popular song with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Lorenz Hart, published in 1935. The song was introduced by Gloria Grafton...
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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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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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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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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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The Lady Is a Tramp (category Songs with music by Richard Rodgers)
"The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms, in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green...
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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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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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Jumbo (musical) (redirect from Over and Over Again (Doris Day song))
musical produced by Billy Rose, with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart and book by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. The musical opened on...
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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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Spring Is Here (category Songs with music by Richard Rodgers)
Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart for the musical I Married an Angel (1938), where it was introduced by Dennis King and Vivienne Segal. Rodgers and...
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directed by Walter Lang. The title song, "With a Song in My Heart" (Rodgers and Hart, 1929), became famous in the United Kingdom as the theme to the long-running...
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cabaret singer and pianist, who interpreted songs by popular composers from the first half of the 20th century such as Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, Jerome...
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