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Hammerstein

Real Name:
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein
Profile:
Songwriter.
Born: 12 July 1895 in New York, New York.
Died: 23 August 1960 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Wrote the lyrics to many musical plays for screen and theatre, teaming up with different composers from 1923 to 1943. Well known songs from this period are "Ol' Man River" (1927) and "All The Things You Are" (1932).

From 1943 up to his death in 1960 he formed a duo with Richard Rodgers. The duo wrote several succesful musical plays, featuring classic songs like "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' ", "You'll Never Walk Alone", and "My Favorite Things".

Hammerstein was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
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Discography

Appears On:
Rose Marie (7") Rose Marie London Records 1955
Concorde (7", EP) Softly As In A Morning... Metronome 1956
Ella And Louis (LP) I Won't Dance Karussell 1956
Ella And Louis Again (2xLP, Gat) I Won't Dance Verve Records 1957
Ella And Louis Again Vol 1 (LP) I Won't Dance Verve Records 1957
Stan Levey Quintet (LP) Lover Come Back To Me Mode Records 1957
Indian Love Call (7", EP, Comp, Red) Indian Love Call, Want... RCA 1958
Julie Is Her Name (LP) Can't Help Lovin' That... Liberty 1958
Ros On Broadway (7", EP) Some Enchanted Evening Decca 1958
Summit Ridge Drive (7", EP, Comp) Indian Love Call RCA Victor 1958
Off To The Races (LP, Mono) Lover Come Back To Me Blue Note 1959
Bashin' - The Unpredictable Jimmy Smith (2 versions) Ol' Man River Verve Records ... 1962
Jeannie / It Might As Well Be Spring (7") It Might As Well Be Sp... His Master's Voice 1962
The Sound Of Spring (LP, Album) It Might As Well Be Sp... Argo Records 1962
C'est Si Bon (7", EP) A Kiss To Build A Drea... Brunswick 1963
The Second Barbra Streisand Album (LP) Lover, Come Back To Me Columbia 1963
Eloquence (2 versions) Younget Than Springtime Limelight 1965
The Immortal Clifford Brown (2xLP) Lover Come Back To Me Limelight, Limelight 1965
The Glenn Miller Years (6xLP, Mono + Box) Indian Love Call Reader's Digest 1966
The Years To Remember (1945-1963) (2xLP) Climb Every Mountain Longines Symphonette Society 1966
15th Anniversary Album (LP, Album, Ltd) Indian Love Call, Rose... Liberty 1967
Live At Bohemian Caverns - Washington, D.C. (LP, Mono) Nobody Else But Me Limelight 1967
Soon It's Gonna Rain (LP, Mono) The Folks Who Live On ... Fontana 1967
Sunrise Sunset (LP, Album) Softly As In A Morning... Studio 2 Stereo 1967
Teaches Old Standards New Tricks (LP) Ol' Man River Chess 1967
Heads Up! (LP, Album) The Folks Who Live On ... Blue Note 1968
Steamin' (LP, Album, RM) Surrey With The Fringe... Prestige, Bellaphon 1968
With Love And Kisses From Tiny Tim / Concert In Fairyland (LP) Indian Love Call Bouquet, Bouquet 1968
Swing With Artie Shaw: His Clarinet, His Orchestra And The Gramercy Five: 48 Of His Original Recordings (4xLP, Comp + Box) Indian Love Call, Soft... Reader's Digest 1969
The Magnificent Westerns (LP) Oklahoma CBS, CBS 1969
Hello Young Lovers (LP) Yonger Than Springtime... Hallmark Records 1970
Live! At The Cellblock (LP) All The Things You Are EMI Music (Australia) 1970
Meddle (Album) (4 versions) Fearless Harvest ... 1971
"The Divine" (2xLP) The Gentleman Is A Dope Disques Vogue 1972
Black Pearls (3 versions) Lover Come Back To Me Prestige 1973
Gillespie / Mingus / Parker / Roach / Powell (The King Jazz Story) (LP) All The Things You Are Joker (2) 1975
Sound 2000 (The Electronic Sound Of Music) (LP, Album) The Sound Of Music Telefunken 1975
The Last Concert (2 versions) Softly As In A Morning... Atlantic 1975
You'll Never Walk Alone (7", Single, RE) You'll Never Walk Alone RCA 1977
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music To Be Murdered By (LP, Album) Lover Come Back To Me DRG Records 1980
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (12")   Whisper 1981
The (Disco) Sound Of Music / The Sound Of Rapping (7")   Whisper 1981
I'm Yours (LP, Album) Can't Help Loving That... Arcade 1982
Jazz Auf AMIGA 1947-1962 (4) (LP, Comp) Lover Come Back To Me AMIGA 1982
1954 - 1972 (LP, Comp) The Song Is You CBS 1983
Pop Tops Nr.2 (Cass) You'll Never Walk Alone Dino Music (2) 1985
Miniatures: A Sequence Of Fifty-One Tiny Masterpieces (LP, Album, Comp) We're A Happy Family /... Supporti Fonografici 1986
A Memorial For Glenn Miller (CD, Comp) All The Things You Are Accord 1987
Live (CD, Album, RE) Softly As In A Morning... Enja Records 1987
The Sound Of Sonny (Album) (3 versions) The Last Time I Saw Paris Victor Entertainment Japan ... 1987
British Dance Bands (LP, Comp) I Always Keep My Girl ... ABC Records (3) 1988
Tristano (CD, Album, Mono) All The ThingsYou Are Atlantic 1988
Jazz At Massey Hall (Album) (2 versions) All The Things You Are Debut Records ... 1989
Jazz-Club • Guitar (LP, Comp) Nobody Else But Me Verve Records 1989
Take The »A« Train (CD, Album) Give Me A Kiss To Buil... Wipe, PolJazz 1989
Come In Spinner (CD, Album) Lover Come Back To Me Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Music) 1990
The First Recordings Vol.2 (LP, Album) Softly As In A Morning... DIW Records 1990
Where? (CD, Album) Softly, As In A Mornin... Original Jazz Classics, New Jazz Records Inc. 1990
Echoes Of A Friend (CD, Album, RM) My Favourite Things Milestone Records 1991
Latin Kick (CD, Album, RM, RE) Lover Come Back To Me,... Original Jazz Classics, Fantasy 1991
The Great MGM Stars (CD) Who? EMI Records 1991
Evergreen (LP, Album) A Kiss To Build A Drea... PGP RTB 1992
My Foolish Heart (CD, Album) All The Things You Are Windham Hill Records 1992
Midnight Special (Album) (2 versions) Why Was I Born Blue Note 1993
A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (CD, Album, RM) Softly, As In A Mornin... Fantasy 1994
What A Wonderful World (2xCD, Comp) Give Me A Kiss To Buil... Jazz World 1994
Introducing Lee Morgan (CD, Album, RM, Pap) Softly As In A Morning... Savoy Jazz 1995
Jazz & Blues Collection Vol. 11 (CD, Comp, RM) Why Do I Love You Editions Atlas 1995
New York,Greenwich Village,Village Vanguard,November 3,1957 (CD) Softly As In A Morning... Giants Of Jazz 1996
The Gold Collection (CD) Lover Come Back To Me Fine Tune 1997
Torment And Toreros (2xCD, Album, RE) Beat Out That Rhythm O... Some Bizzare 1997
Milestones (CD, Album, RE) All The Things You Are Absord Music Japan 1999
Tip Of The Freberg: The Stan Freberg Collection 1951-1998 (4xCD, Album, Comp) Elderly Man River Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Why Haven't I Told You... (Dam Da Dam) (CD, Maxi)   FLEX Records Denmark, FLEX Records Denmark 2000
Why Haven't I Told You... (Dam Da Dam) (CD, Maxi, Promo)   Universal 2000
Dam Da Dam! (Why Haven't I Told You) (CD, Maxi)   Universal Records 2001
Midnight Sessions (10", Comp) Can't Help Loving That... Norma, Woopie Music 2002
"Little Klunk" And "Showcase" (CD, Mono, RM) Surrey With The Fringe... Jasmine Records 2003
Bellissimo (Maxi) (2 versions)   Virgin 2003
Great Continental Hits / Valente & Violins (CD, RE, RM) All The Things You Are Vocalion 2003
Complete Recordings (CD, Album) All The Things You Are Lone Hill Jazz 2004
The Best Of Sydney Devine (CD) Rose Marie Delta Music, Music Digital 2004
They Died For Beauty (Album) (2 versions) Bellissimo Virgin 2004
Frank Sinatra Collection (10xCD, Comp + Box) Lover Come Back To Me Weton-Wesgram 2005
In A Soulful Mood (2xCD, Comp) It Might As Well Be Sp... Music Club 2005
Jazz (3xCD, Comp + Box) It Might As Well Be Sp... Ringo 2005
Sounds Of The Season: The NBC Holiday Collection (CD) My Favorite Things Rhino Special Products 2005
Talcum Soul 5 (CD, Comp) Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Stateside 2005
Chet Baker Sings And Plays Jazz Standards (CD, Album) All The Things You Are Disky 2006
The Very Best Of Nina Simone (CD, RM) You'll Never Walk Alone Music Brokers 2006
Who Killed Amanda Palmer (Album) (3 versions) What's The Use Of Wond... Roadrunner Records 2008
A Jerome Kern Festival (2xLP) Sunny, Medley: Ka-Lu-A... Longines Symphonette Society, Longines Symphonette Society  
Beautiful Hair Breck Presents The New Sound America Loves Best (LP) The Desert Song: One A... RCA Victor  
Betty Carter (LP) All The Things You Are Bet-Car Productions  
Djangologie 15 (1946-1947) (LP, Comp) I Won't Dance, Ol' Man... Pathé  
Ella & Louis (2xLP, Mono) I Won't Dance Verve Records  
Heimat, Deine Sterne (Ein Volkstümlicher Bilderbogen) (LP) Die Täller Entlang Ariola  
Jazz Anthologie - Sony Music Box (5xCD + Box, Comp) All The Things You Are Columbia  
Jazz-Festival (LP, Mono) Lover Come Back To Me SR International  
Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (CD, Album, RE, RM) Why Was I Born New Jazz Records Inc., Original Jazz Classics  
Kenny Burrell & The Tenor-Sax Giants (6xLP, Comp + Box) Why Was I Born Prestige  
Latin Kick (LP, RM, RE) Lover Come Back To Me,... Original Jazz Classics, Fantasy  
Sexy Slow Mood (LP) Indian Love Call Pathé Marconi EMI  
The Best Of The Modern Jazz Quartet (LP, Comp) Softly As In A Morning... Stateside  
Why Do I Love You (Shellac, 10", Single) Why Do I Love You Royal Roost  
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