Oscar Hammerstein

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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Four Freshmen And 5 Trombones (LP, Album, Mono) The Last Time I Saw Paris Capitol Records, Capitol Records 1955
Lennie Tristano (LP, Mono) All The ThingsYou Are Atlantic 1956
That Sentimental Gentleman: Volume 2 (7", EP) The Song Is You RCA Victor 1956
Show Boat (7", EP, Mono)   RCA 1957
I'll Take Romance / Marina (7", Single) I'll Take Romance RCA Victor 1959
You Were On My Mind (2 versions) My Favorite Things A&M Records 1965
Coney Island (LP) I Have Dreamed A&M Records 1974
Take One ! (LP, Album) Lover, Come Back To Me Pathé Marconi EMI 1974
Carnival (LP, Album)   Impulse! 1977
You've Come A Long Way, Baby (Album) (2 versions) If I Loved You Mercury 1977
Live3 (LP, Ste) All The Things You Are Polydor 1978
Oldies But Goldies (LP, Comp) All The Things You Are Gnome Records 1978
Success (Album) (2 versions)   Columbia 1983
Live At Long Beach City College (LP) All The Things You Are Pablo Records 1984
Things Are Getting Better All The Time (LP) Softly As In A Morning... Pablo Records 1984
Ez Majdnem Szerelem Volt (LP, Comp) Ugrik A Hal Favorit 1985
Golden Oldies (LP, Comp) All The Things You Are Sky, Telstar (2) 1985
Blue Skies (Album) (3 versions) Shall We Dance JMT Productions ... 1988
Still Live (2xCD, Album) The Song Is You ECM Records 1988
Interchanges '54 (CD, RM) Why Do I Love You Columbia 1991
Lennie Tristano / The New Tristano (CD, RE, RM, Comp) All The ThingsYou Are Rhino Records (2) 1994
The Way I Feel Today (CD, Album) Old Man River Dis-Information Records 1998
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive (Comp) (3 versions) I've Told Every Litte ... Milan Records ... 2001
Tenderly - An Informal Session (CD, Album, Promo) I'll Take Romance Milestone Records 2001
Of Rivers And Religions & After The Ball (CD, Album, RE) Medley: Deep River / O... Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2003
D'Autres Nouvelles Des Étoiles (2xDVD, Comp, RM, Dig + Box, Ltd) All The Things You Are Mercury 2005
I Have The Room Above Her (CD, Album) I Have The Room Above Her ECM Records 2005
The Feeling Of Jazz (CD, Album) I Won't Dance Ambiances Magnétiques 2005
Live 1969 (CD, Album) My Favorite Things Garden Of Delights 2006
Now That's What I Call Music! 66 (2xCD, Comp) Wind It Up Universal Music (UK), Virgin, EMI Records 2007
Setting Standards - New York Sessions (3xCD, Comp, Box) All The Things You Are ECM Records, ECM Records 2008
Every Missing Duck Is A Duck Missed (CD, Album, Dig) Hello Young Lovers Disques De Lapin 2009
A Man And His Guitar - Live At Long Beach City College (CD, Album) All The Things You Are Pablo Records  
At The Organ - Volume 3 (LP, Album)   Blue Note, Blue Note  
Delta Rhythm Boys In Sweden (LP, Album) Old Man River Jubilee, Jubilee  
Hello - We're The Axidentals (LP, Mono) June Is Bustin' Out Al... ABC Paramount  
Jazz Pur 1: Kurt Edelhagen Und Sein Orchester - Die Frühen Jahre (CD, Comp) All The Things You Are Koch International  
No. 6 (7", EP) Ol'Man River (Mississipi) Editions Reflets, Editions Reflets  
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