Through the ’40s and ’50s, lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II and composer Richard Rodgers had been probably the most successful composing group on Broadway, composing several long-running demonstrates had been eventually converted to movie musicals. Hammerstein was also the next most prolific lyricist from the 20th hundred years, second and then …

Composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, II (1895-1960) both had extensive professions in Broadway theatre music before they scored their initial hit as well as Oklahoma! in 1943. Rodgers, 1st teamed with Lorenz Hart (1895-1943), with whom he obtained some Broadway successes that started once the team’s music …

b. 14 July 1918, NY, USA. A recognized stage director, writer and screenwriter, Laurents offers enjoyed equal achievement in both musical and genuine theatre. His parents didn’t approve of his early ambitions to be always a playwright, and youthful Laurents went only to NY theatres in the Depression-hit early 30s. …

b. June Mary Gough, 26 June 1929, Damaged Hill, New South Wales, Australia, d. 24 January 2005, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Acquiring piano and performing lessons from early years as a child, Bronhill earned a performing competition in 1950. Knowing that her skill needed advanced teaching the folks of …

b. 13 Sept 1902, Nebraska Town, Nebraska, USA, d. 18 March 1971, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA. For a few years Hayward worked well like a publicist with United Performers in Hollywood and was for a while at First Country wide where he added to screenplays. He also became an effective …

Irish-born American tenor John McCormack, who sang both well-known and traditional works, was probably one of the most effective live musical performers from the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s, regularly selling away concerts in the largest halls all over the world, as well to be a best recording artist. The 600-plus …

b. 24 January 1884, London, Britain, d. 10 Apr 1949, London, Britain. Unusually for any librettist of the time, Thompson enjoyed substantial achievement both in London’s Western End and on New York’s Broadway. In the past due 10s and early 20s, he done many shows, frequently in collaboration, such as …

Dynamic as an arranger in NY and Hollywood, Metis spent some time working extensively in tv and movies. His little and large display screen credits consist of An Evening With Oscar Hammerstein II, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as well as the theme from NY, New York.

Singer/celebrity Helen Morgan was an iconic amount from the 1920s, a nightclub performer known on her behalf heart-rending interpretations of torch music describing intimate devotion to wayward guys, which she sang from her perch together with a piano. Morgan’s environment was the nightclub, specifically, the ’20s speakeasy, but she also …

Dennis Morgan had done the stage and in radio seeing that an professional and vocalist before he moved to Hollywood in the mid-’30s. First simply because Stanley Morner after that Richard Stanley, he produced several films, performing in Suzy, a starring automobile for Jean Harlow and Cary Offer, and THE …