Dan J. Harkey

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Rodgers & Hart:

Composers Richard Rodgers and Lyricist Lorenz Hart together wrote 28 stage musicals and more than 500 songs until Hart’s death in 1943.

by Dan J. Harkey

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Rodgers and Hart were an American songwriting partnership between composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and the lyricist Lorenz Hart (1895–1943). They worked together on 28 stage musicals and more than 500 songs from 1919 until Hart’s death in 1943.  Many of their songs are classics of the Great American Songbook.

a)    You are too Beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IShzxmRWEc

b)    Blue Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3t0cBC6g5U

c)    I’ll take Manhattan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIgQdOoEV0

d)    My Funny Valentine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uIT2VFWmt8

e)    Spring is Here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVNwagXVXhI

f)      Most Beautiful Girl in the World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGatvicRc-I

g)     Isn’t it Romantic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZxgSsEo1bM

h)    Falling in Love / Lover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVQ2QHYnEB4&list=RDVVQ2QHYnEB4&start_radio=1

i)       Where or When

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=sA2wkej7DFE