O. Hammerstein II

Real Name:
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein
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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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Dinah Jams (LP) Lover Come Back To Me Trip Jazz 1954
At The Hickory House (LP, Album, Mono) I've Told Ev'ry Little... Jasmine Records 1955
Brubeck Time (Album) (2 versions) Why Do I Love You? Columbia ... 1955
Martini Time (LP) The Surrey With The Fr... Columbia 1955
Light And Right! The Modern Touch Of The Neal Hefti Quintet (LP, Album) I Won't Dance Columbia 1956
Come Dance With Me! (Album) (5 versions) The Song Is You Capitol Records ... 1959
The Sound Of Gypsy Music (LP) Softly As In A Morning... Coral 1961
'S Wonderful - 'S Marvellous (Box, RE + 2xLP) I've Told Ev'ry Little... CBS 1964
Color Me Barbra (Album) (4 versions) One Kiss Columbia ... 1966
My Fair Lady / West Side Story (LP) Younger Than Springtim... Mercury 1968
The Best Of Al Jolson (2xLP, Comp, Album) Ol' Man River Decca (2), Decca (2), Decca (2) 1970
Cleo Laine Live At Carnegie Hall (LP, Album) Bill RCA Victor, RCA Victor 1974
Dos (LP) Ol' Man River EMI ITALIANA S.p.A. 1976
Non-Stop (LP) All The Things You Are RCA 1976
Tonny Eyk's Piano Party In Club Privé (LP, Album) Make Believe Philips 1976
Living In The U.S.A. (Cass, Album) When I Grow Too OId To... Asylum Records, Asylum Records 1978
29a Raccolta (LP, Album) Canto D'Amore Indiano ... Fontana 1979
The Best Of Slim Whitman (LP, Comp) Indian Love Call, Rose... MFP Holland 1981
Children (Album) (2 versions) All The Things You Are Black Saint 1985
Dinah Jams (CD, Album) Lover Come Back To Me PolyGram, EmArcy 1990
It's Raining Men (CD, Single) I'm Gonna Wash That Ma... Old Gold (2) 1991
Broadway • The Music Of Richard Rodgers (CD, Album) The Sound Of Music, I ... Philips, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc., Philips 1994
Our Fathers (CD, Album) Softly As In A Morning... Intensity Records 1994
Sonny Meets Hawk! (Album) (2 versions) All The Things You Are BMG (France) ... 1994
Mi Tierra (CD, Album, RM) Eres Todo Cuanto Quiero Polydor 1995
The Quintessence . New York Los Angeles 1935 - 1944 (2xCD, Comp) Lover Come Back To Me Frémeaux & Associés 1995
Ultra-Lounge Volume One - Mondo Exotica (CD, Comp, RM) Bali Ha'i Capitol Records 1996
Ultra-Lounge Volume One - Mondo Exotica (Comp) (3 versions) Bali Ha'i Capitol Records ... 1996
Live At The Village Vanguard Again! (LP, Ltd, RE) My Favorite Things Impulse! 1997
Rendezvous (CD, Album) It Might As Well Be Sp... Blue Note 1997
Ultra-Lounge Volume Seventeen - Bongo Land (Comp) (2 versions) Deep Night / Softly As... Capitol Records 1997
The Van Damme Sound/Martini Time (CD, Comp) Ol' Man River, The Sur... Collectables, Sony Music Special Products 1998
Sentimental Piano (CD, Comp) Some Enchanted Evening Reflections 1999
Unity (CD, Album, RM, RVG) Softly As In A Morning... Blue Note 1999
Just One Of Those Things (CD, Comp + Box) The Last Time I Saw Paris TIM AG 2001
Songs I Heard (CD, Album) The Lonely Goatherd, E... Columbia 2001
Now The Day Is Over (CD, Album, Dig) Edelweiss Badman Recording Co. 2004
Piano In The Foreground (CD, RE) All The Things You Are... Legacy 2004
Fascinating Piano And Strings (LP, Album) Softly As A Morning Su... CBS/Sony  
King Of Hammond (2xLP, Album) Bali Ha'i Philips  
Oklahoma ! (7", Single) Oklahoma ! Philips  
Piano - Volume 1 (CD, Comp) Old Man River Jazz Legends (2)  
The Roaring 20's (LP) Who Grand Award Records  
The Sounds Of Music (LP, Album) The Song Is You, When ... Harmony (4)  
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