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( July 2014 ) Charles Strouse Strouse in 2013 Background information ( 1928 - 06 - 07 ) June 7, 1928 ( age 89 ) Origin New York City, United States Occupation ( s ) Songwriter Charles Strouse ( born June 7, 1928 ) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to the musicals Bye Bye Birdie and Annie, amongst others. Contents 1 Life and career 2 Musicals 3 Film scores 4 Awards and nominations 5 References 6 External links Life and career Strouse was born in New York City, to Jewish parents, Ethel ( née Newman ) and Ira Strouse, who worked in the tobacco business. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, he studied under Arthur Berger, David Diamond, Aaron Copland and Nadia Boulanger. Strouse 's first Broadway musical was Bye Bye Birdie, with lyrics by Lee Adams, which opened in 1960. Adams became his long - time collaborator. For this show, Strouse won his first Tony Award in the category of best musical. Strouse 's next show was All American ( 1962 ), with a book by Mel Brooks and lyrics by Adams ; it was not a success, closing after 80 performances, but it produced the standard `` Once Upon a Time '' ( recorded by Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Al Martino, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, and Bobby Darin, among others ). Following this was Golden Boy ( 1964, also with Adams ), starring Sammy Davis, Jr., which ran for 568 performnces. The musical It 's a Bird, It 's a Plane, It 's Superman ( 1966, based on the popular comic strip ) closed after 129 performances, but introduced the song `` You 've Got Possibilities '' sung by Linda Lavin. In 1970, Applause ( starring Lauren Bacall, with book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, and lyrics by Adams ) won Strouse his second Tony Award, for Best Musical. In 1977, Strouse adapted another comic strip for the stage, creating the hit Annie, which included the song `` Tomorrow, '' which quickly became a `` monstrous song hit, '' and garnered him his third Tony Award and two Grammy Awards. Other Strouse musicals include Charlie and Algernon ( 1979 ), Dance a Little Closer ( 1983, with lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, which closed after one performance ), Rags ( 1986 ; which closed after four performances and 18 previews ), Nick & Nora ( 1993, which closed after 9 performances ), and An American Tragedy ( 1995, with lyrics by David Shaber, performed at Muhlenberg College ). Strouse also wrote musical revues, many with Adams, and his songs were included in revues. The revues included Shoestring Revue ( with Adams and Michael Stewart ) ( 1955 -- Off -- Broadway ), Medium Rare ( with Adams ) ( 1960 - Chicago ), By Strouse ( 1978 -- Off -- Broadway at The Ballroom ), Upstairs At O'Neals ( 1982 -- Nightclub Revue ), Ca n't Stop Dancin ( 1994 -- Marymount Theatre ), and A Lot Of Living ! ( 1996 -- conceived and directed by Barbara Siman at Rainbow and Stars ). Strouse wrote the music and lyrics for the animated special Lyle, Lyle Crocodile which aired on HBO in 1987. His film scores include Bonnie and Clyde ( 1967 ), There Was a Crooked Man... ( 1970, with Henry Fonda and Kirk Douglas ), The Night They Raided Minsky 's ( 1968, with Adams ) and the popular animated movie All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ). He and Adams also wrote the theme song `` Those Were the Days '' for the television show All in the Family. Strouse 's songs have been heard on the radio throughout his career and have run the gamut from girl - band pop to hip hop. In 1958, his song `` Born Too Late '' was number seven on the Billboard charts, and in 1999 the quadruple platinum Hard Knock Life ( Ghetto Anthem ) by artist Jay - Z ( which sampled `` It 's The Hard Knock Life '' from Annie ) was the winner of a Grammy for Best Rap Album of the year & the Billboard R&B Album of the Year. Strouse 's writing also extends into orchestral works, chamber music, piano concertos and opera. His Concerto America, composed in 2002 to commemorate 9 / 11 and the spirit of New York City, premiered at The Boston Pops in 2002, and his opera Nightingale ( 1982 ), starring Sarah Brightman, had a successful run in London, followed by many subsequent productions. In 1977, Strouse founded the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop in New York, through which many young composers and lyricists have found a forum for their work. A musical stage adaptation of the Paddy Chayevsky film Marty starring John C. Reilly premiered at Boston 's Huntington Theatre in October 2002, with lyrics by Lee Adams and Strouse and the book by Rupert Holmes. Real Men, for which Strouse wrote the music and lyrics, premiered in January 2005 at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami, Florida, and his musical Studio, premiered at Theatre Building Chicago in August 2006. The musical Minsky 's, with music by Strouse, book by Bob Martin, and lyrics by Susan Birkenhead ( loosely based on the movie The Night They Raided Minsky 's ) premiered in January 2009 at the Ahmanson Theater. Strouse won Emmy Awards for music in television adaptions of Bye Bye Birdie and Annie. He is also the recipient of the 1999 ASCAP Foundation Richard Rodgers Award and the Oscar Hammerstein Award. He is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame ( in 2001 ) and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Strouse is married to director - choreographer Barbara Siman. They have 4 children : Benjamin, Nicholas, Victoria and William. Strouse received an Emperor Has No Clothes Award at the Freedom From Religion Foundation 's 34th annual national convention on October 8, 2011. The award is `` reserved for public figures who make known their dissent from religion ''. Musicals A Pound in Your Pocket ( 1959 ; Palm Beach, Florida ) Bye Bye Birdie ( 1960 ) All American ( 1962 ) Golden Boy ( 1964 ) It 's a Bird, It 's a Plane, It 's Superman ( 1966 ) Applause ( 1970 ) Six ( 1971, Off - Broadway ) I and Albert ( 1972, London ) Annie ( 1977 ) A Broadway Musical ( 1978 ) Charlie and Algernon ( 1979, London, as Flowers for Algernon ) ; ( 1981 ) Bring Back Birdie ( 1981 ) Nightingale ( 1982 ; this work is often described as an opera ) Dance a Little Closer ( 1983 ) Mayor ( 1985, Off - Broadway ) Rags ( 1986 ) Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile ( 1988 ; Albany, NY ) Annie 2 : Miss Hannigan 's Revenge ( 1989, Washington, DC ) Charlotte 's Web ( 1989 ; Wilmington, Delaware ) Nick & Nora ( 1993 ) Annie Warbucks ( 1993, Off - Broadway ) Bojangles ( 1993 ; Richmond, Virginia ) An American Tragedy ( 1995, Muhlenberg College, 2010 ) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ( 1998 ) Marty ( 2002, Boston ) The Future of the American Musical Theater ( 2004 opera, Eastman School of Music ) Real Men ( 2005, Miami ) Studio ( 2006, Chicago ) Minsky 's ( 2009, Los Angeles ) Martin : A New American Musical ( 2011, Miami ) Film scores Bonnie and Clyde ( 1967 ) The Night They Raided Minsky 's ( 1968 ) There Was a Crooked Man... ( 1970 ) Just Tell Me What You Want ( 1980 ) Annie ( 1982 ) The Worst Witch ( 1986 ) Ishtar ( 1987 ) All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ) ( songs only ) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day ( 1990 ) Awards and nominations 1961 Tony Award for Best Musical ( Bye Bye Birdie, winner ) 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical ( Golden Boy, nominee ) 1970 Tony Award for Best Musical ( Applause, winner ) 1977 Tony Award for Best Original Score ( Annie, winner ) 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music ( Annie, nominee ) 1981 Tony Award for Best Original Score ( Charlie and Algernon, nominee ) 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music ( Mayor, nominee ) 1987 Tony Award for Best Original Score ( Rags, nominee ) 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music ( Rags, nominee ) 1992 Tony Award for Best Original Score ( Nick & Nora, nominee ) 2012 Rochester ( NY ) Music Hall of Fame ( Lifetime Body of Work ) 2013 Five Towns College named Charles Strouse School of Music References Jump up ^ Rothstein, Mervyn. `` A Life in the Theatre : Charles Strouse '' Playbill, September 1, 2009 Jump up ^ `` Charles Strouse '' masterworksbroadway.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Bye Bye Birdie Playbill, retrieved December 10, 2017 Jump up ^ Strouse, Charles ( 2008 ). Put On A Happy Face : A Broadway Memoir. 380 Park Avenue South, New York, NY : Union Square Press. p. 93. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4027 - 5889 - 8. Jump up ^ All America Playbill, retrieved December 10, 2017 Jump up ^ `` It 's A Bird, It 's A Plane, It 's Superman -- Original Broadway Cast Recording 1966 ''. Masterworks Broadway. Retrieved December 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Leydon, Joe. `` ' It 's a Bird... It 's a Plane... It 's Superman ! ' '', Variety, June 28, 2010. Jump up ^ `` ' Applause ' Awards '', ibdb.com ; retrieved December 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Suskin, Steven ( 2010 ). Show Tunes : The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway 's Major Composers ( 4th ed. ). 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY : Oxford University Press, Inc. p. 285. ISBN 978 - 0 - 19 - 531407 - 6. Jump up ^ Shoestring Revue allmusic.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 ^ Jump up to : Dietz, Dan. Off Broadway Musicals, 1910 -- 2007, McFarland, 2012 ; ISBN 0786457317, pp. 72, 406. Jump up ^ Wilson, John S. `` Cabaret : Charles Strouse Songs at the Ballroom '' The New York Times, February 3, 1978 Jump up ^ Upstairs At O'Neals allmusic.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Holden, Stephen. `` Pop in Review '', The New York Times, March 17, 1996. Jump up ^ Heffley, Lynn. `` Television Reviews : ' Lyle Crocodile ' on HBO '', The Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1987. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Tommasini, Anthony. `` High Notes ; A Composer of Musicals Revives His ' Serious ' Side '' The New York Times, June 30, 2002 ^ Jump up to : Hernandez, Ernio. `` John C. Reilly Sings in New Musical, ' Marty ', Starting Oct. 18 in Boston '', Playbill.com, October 18, 2002. Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. `` ' Real Men ', an Intimate New Musical By Charles Strouse, Opens Jan. 7 in Miami '', Playbill.com, January 7, 2005. Jump up ^ Jones, Kenneth. `` ' Minsky 's ', Burlesque - Set Musical by Strouse, Birkenhead and Martin, Opens in L.A. '', Playbill.com, February 6, 2009. Jump up ^ McBride, Murdoch. `` ASCAP Honors Composers Charles Strouse and Andrew Lippa at Lincoln Center Dec. 9 '' Playbill, December 8, 1999 Jump up ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence. `` Footlights '' The New York Times, December 25, 2001 Jump up ^ Kaufman, Joanne. `` A Theater Couple 's Off Broadway Oasis '', The New York Times, September 21, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Convention Speakers ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 10 - 14. Jump up ^ `` Charles Strouse Broadway '', Playbill.com ; retrieved December 10, 2017 Jump up ^ `` Strouse Broadway Credits '', ibdb.com ; retrieved December 10, 2017 Jump up ^ Suskin, Steven ( 2010 ). Show Tunes : The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway 's Major Composers, Oxford University Press Jump up ^ Barnes, Clive. `` Theater : Of Adam and Eve and Songs '', The new York Times, April 13, 1971. Jump up ^ `` ' I and Albert ' Overview '', allmusic.com ; retrieved December 11, 2017. Jump up ^ Suskin, Steven. `` Show Tunes : The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway 's Major Composers '', Oxford University Press ( 2010 ). Jump up ^ Rothstein, Mervyn. `` Troubled ' Annie 2 ' Closing Out of Town ; Revisions Planned '', The New York Times, January 16, 1990. Jump up ^ Bojangles : A Musical, 1985 ), WorldCat.org. Jump up ^ Outwater, Myra Yellin. `` Muhlenberg premieres musical version of ' American Tragedy ' '', mcall.com, March 25, 2010. Jump up ^ `` East And West : China And Broadway Come To Eastman For A Double - Bill Opera Premiere By Alumnus Charles Strouse '' esm.rochester.edu, October 13, 2004 Jump up ^ Gans, Andrew `` Negro Ensemble Company to Present Charles Strouse - Leslie Lee Musical, Martin '', Playbill.com, September 7, 2011. Jump up ^ `` ' Bonnie and Clyde ' Soundtrack, Credits '' allmusic.com, retrieved December 10, 2017 Jump up ^ The Night They Raided Minsky 's tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ There Was a Crooked Man... tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Just Tell Me What You Want tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Annie tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ The Worst Witch tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Ishtar tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ All Dogs Go to Heaven tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day tcm.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 ^ Jump up to : `` Rags Awards '' ibdb.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 Jump up ^ `` Nick & Nora Awards '' ibdb.com, retrieved December 11, 2017 External links Charles Strouse on IMDb Charles Strouse at the Internet Broadway Database Charles Strouse at the Internet Off - Broadway Database Strouse biography Strouse 's web site with biography, discography and links to extensive information about Strouse and his work Downstage Center interview at American Theatre Wing.org BroadwayWorld.com interview with Charles Strouse, June 27, 2008 Charles Strouse papers, 1890 - 2000, Music Division, New York Public Library Charles Strouse interview video at the Archive of American Television Musicals by Charles Strouse Bye Bye Birdie All American Golden Boy It 's a Bird, It 's a Plane, It 's Superman Applause I and Albert Charlotte 's Web Annie A Broadway Musical Charlie and Algernon Bring Back Birdie Nightingale Dance a Little Closer Mayor An American Tragedy Rags Nick & Nora Annie Warbucks Marty Minsky 's Tony Award for Best Original Score 1947 - 1975 Street Scene by Kurt Weill ( 1947 ) Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter ( 1949 ) South Pacific by Richard Rodgers ( 1950 ) Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin ( 1951 ) No Strings by Richard Rodgers ( 1962 ) Oliver ! by Lionel Bart ( 1963 ) Hello, Dolly ! by Jerry Herman ( 1964 ) Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick ( 1965 ) Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion ( 1966 ) Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb ( 1967 ) Hallelujah, Baby ! by Jule Styne, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green ( 1968 ) Company by Stephen Sondheim ( 1971 ) Follies by Stephen Sondheim ( 1972 ) A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim ( 1973 ) Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner ( 1974 ) The Wiz by Charlie Smalls ( 1975 ) 1976 - 2000 A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban ( 1976 ) Annie by Charles Strouse and Martin Charnin ( 1977 ) On the Twentieth Century by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green ( 1978 ) Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim ( 1979 ) Evita by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice ( 1980 ) Woman of the Year by John Kander and Fred Ebb ( 1981 ) Nine by Maury Yeston ( 1982 ) Cats by Andrew Lloyd Webber and T.S. Eliot ( 1983 ) La Cage aux Folles by Jerry Herman ( 1984 ) Big River by Roger Miller ( 1985 ) Drood by Rupert Holmes ( 1986 ) Les Misérables by Claude - Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, and Alain Boublil ( 1987 ) Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim ( 1988 ) City of Angels by Cy Coleman and David Zippel ( 1990 ) The Will Rogers Follies by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green ( 1991 ) Falsettos by William Finn ( 1992 ) Kiss of the Spider Woman by John Kander and Fred Ebb / The Who 's Tommy by Pete Townshend ( 1993 ) Passion by Stephen Sondheim ( 1994 ) Sunset Boulevard by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, and Christopher Hampton ( 1995 ) Rent by Jonathan Larson ( 1996 ) Titanic by Maury Yeston ( 1997 ) Ragtime by Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens ( 1998 ) Parade by Jason Robert Brown ( 1999 ) Aida by Elton John and Tim Rice ( 2000 ) 2001 - present The Producers by Mel Brooks ( 2001 ) Urinetown by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis ( 2002 ) Hairspray by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman ( 2003 ) Avenue Q by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx ( 2004 ) The Light in the Piazza by Adam Guettel ( 2005 ) The Drowsy Chaperone by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison ( 2006 ) Spring Awakening by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater ( 2007 ) In the Heights by Lin - Manuel Miranda ( 2008 ) Next to Normal by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey ( 2009 ) Memphis by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro ( 2010 ) The Book of Mormon by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez and Matt Stone ( 2011 ) Newsies by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman ( 2012 ) Kinky Boots by Cyndi Lauper ( 2013 ) The Bridges of Madison County by Jason Robert Brown ( 2014 ) Fun Home by Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron ( 2015 ) Hamilton by Lin - Manuel Miranda ( 2016 ) Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2017 ) BIBSYS : 90157182 BNF : cb13900139f ( data ) GND : 12479999X ISNI : 0000 0001 0938 5101 LCCN : n81090575 MusicBrainz : 52eb3f6f - 9601 - 4690 - a336 - 536688082652 NDL : 001162039 SUDOC : 059753986 VIAF : 116208877 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Strouse&oldid=843095488 '' Categories : 1928 births American film score composers Male film score composers American humanists American musical theatre composers Grammy Award winners Jewish American composers Jewish American songwriters Living people Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees Tony Award winners Townsend Harris High School alumni Pupils of Nadia Boulanger Hidden categories : NPOV disputes from February 2014 All NPOV disputes BLP articles lacking sources from July 2014 All BLP articles lacking sources Articles with multiple maintenance issues Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2018 Articles with IBDb links Articles using Template : EmmyTVLegends name Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Deutsch Français Italiano Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 26 May 2018, at 21 : 06. 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Question: who wrote the music for bye bye birdie
Answer: Charles Strouse