Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart were a songwriting duo from New York, New York. Active from 1919 to 1943, they wrote an incredible amount of musical comedies for movie and theatre. Among their best known songs are
Blue Moon,
My Funny Valentine and
The Lady Is A Tramp.
When Lorenz Hart died in 1943, Richard Rodgers teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein to form
Rodgers & Hammerstein.