Lorenz Hart
Lorenz Hart was born in New York City on May 2, 1895.
Rodgers & Hart made their professional debut with the song "Any Old Place With You," featured in the comedy A LONELY
ROMEO. From 1920 to 1930 Rodgers & Hart wrote an astonishing array of musical comedies for Broadway and London's West
End. At their pinnacle the team was writing an average of four new shows a year.
In 1930 the team relocated to Hollywood, where they contributed songs and wrote the scores for several movie musicals,
including the landmark LOVE ME TONIGHT starring Maurice Chevalier; THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT starring George M. Cohan;
HALLELUJAH, I'M A BUM starring Al Jolson; and MISSISSIPPI starring Bing Crosby and W.C. Fields. Hart also provided the
translation for the MGM version of Lehar's THE MERRY WIDOW, and in the same year, wrote with Rodgers their only
"pop song" -- "Blue Moon."
Rodgers & Hart came back to New York to write the songs for his circus musical spectacular, JUMBO. Which
featured "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," "My Romance" and "Little Girl Blue." Rodgers & Hart wrote a series of
musical comedies, including, ON YOUR TOES, BABES IN ARMS, I'D RATHER BE RIGHT, I MARRIED AN ANGEL, THE BOYS FROM
SYRACUSE, TOO MANY GIRLS, HIGHER AND HIGHER, PAL JOEY and BY JUPITER and offered such classic songs
as "There's a Small Hotel," "I Wish I Were In Love Again," "My Funny Valentine," "Where Or When," "The Lady is a Tramp,"
"Spring Is Here," "Falling In Love With Love," "Sing For Your Supper," "This Can't Be Love," "I Didn't Know What Time
It Was," "It Never Entered My Mind," "Bewitched," "I Could Write a Book," "Nobody's Heart," and "Wait Till You See Her."
The Rodgers & Hart partnership disbanded temporarily early in 1943 when Rodgers collaborated with Oscar Hammerstein II
on OKLAHOMA!.
Lorenz Hart died on November 22, 1943, and in 1999 was commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp.
Richard Rodgers
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.
Where Or When
Words & music by:-
Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
When you're awake the things you think
Come from the dream you dream
Thought has wings, and lots of things
Are seldom what they seem
Sometimes you think you've lived before
All that you live today
Things you do come back to you
As though they knew the way
Oh the tricks your mind can play
It seems we stood and talked like this, before
We looked at each other in the same way then
But I can't remember where or when
The clothes you're wearing are the clothes you wore
The smile you are smiling you were smiling then
But I can't remember where or when
Some things that happened for the first time
Seem to be happening again
And so it seems that we have met before
And laughed before, and loved before
But who knows where or when.