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.