Richard Rodgers' contributions to the musical theatre of his day were extra- ordinary, and his influence on the musical theatre of today and tomorrow legendary.
His career spanned more than sixty years, and his hits ranged from the silver screens of Hollywood to the bright lights of Broadway, London and beyond.

He was the recipient of countless awards, including Pulitzers,Tonys,Oscars,Grammys and Emmys.

He wrote more than 900 published songs,
and forty Broadway musicals.

Oscar Hammerstein II is today considered the most important figure in the history of American musical theatre for he was probably the best "book writer" in Broadway history. His most successful collaboration came when he teamed up with Richard Rodgers to write a musical adaptation of the play Green Grow the Lilacs. The result was Oklahoma a show which revolutionized the American musical theatre

It also began a partnership which would produce such classic Broadway musicals as Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music as well as the musical film State Fair and the television musical Cinderella.

Hammerstein also produced the book and lyrics for Carmen Jones, an adaptation of Geoges Bizet's opera Carmen with an all black cast.

It Might As Well Be Spring

Words & music by:-
Oscar Hammerstein II & Richard Rodgers

I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm
I'm as jumpy as a puppet on a string
I'd say that I had Spring fever
But I know it isn't Spring

I am starry-eyed and vaguely discontented
Like a nightingale without a song to sing
Oh, why should I have Spring fever
When it isn't even Spring?

I keep wishing I were somewhere else
Walking down a strange new street
Hearing words that I have never heard
From a girl I've yet to meet

I'm as busy as a spider spinning daydreams
I'm as giddy as a baby on a swing
I haven't seen a crocus or a rosebud
Or a robin on the wing

But I feel so gay in a melancholy way
That it might as well be Spring
It might as well be Spring

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