Richard Rodgers
- MatchRichard Rodgers
- 75%Mary Martin
- 67%Barbara Cook
- 64%Zero Mostel
- 44%Betty Buckley
- 35%Howard Keel
- 34%Rebecca Luker
- 32%Original Broadway Cast
- 32%Original London Cast
- 32%The Band
- 30%Stanley Holloway
Biography
28 June 1902, Hammells Station, Arverne, Long Island, New York, USA, d. 30 December 1979, New York, USA. One of the all-time great composers for the musical theatre, Rodgers was raised in a comfortable middle-class family and developed an early love of music. Encouraged by his parents, he was able to pick out a tune on the piano at the age of four, and wrote his first songs, Campfire Days and Auto Show Girl (lyric: David Dyrenforth), when he was 14. Many years later,... Read more