Richard Rodgers

Actor | Writer

Date of birth : 06/28/1902

Date of death : 12/30/1979

City of birth : Arverne, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

He met Lorenz Hart in 1918 who was to write lyrics for Richard for the next 25 years. The produced many successful songs and musicals such as 'Pal Joey' and 'The Boys From Syracuse'. In 1943 Richard teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein to make a musical version of the play 'How Green Was Your Valley' which became 'Oklahoma' Richard also provided the music for 'Carousel', 'South Pacific'. The king and I' and 'The Sound of Music'.