Diverted from a no-doubt promising career as a concert pianist due to undersized hands, Jule Styne instead became a songwriter and with Sammy Cahn wrote several hits during the 1940s, including "I'll Walk Alone," "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" and "I Fall in Love Too Easily." His second career came on Broadway as a showmaker, with... [+] Read More

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Actor/singer Mandy Patinkin carved out a varied career onstage, in films, in the recording studio, and on television. Though he was possessed of a flexible tenor voice with a wide range and was known for his bravura performing style, few of his movie appearances made use of his musical ability, and he was more widely known as a dramatic actor on... [+] Read More

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Composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, II (1895-1960) both had extensive careers in Broadway theater music before they scored their first hit together with Oklahoma! in 1943. Rodgers, first teamed with Lorenz Hart (1895-1943), with whom he scored a series of Broadway successes that began when the team's song... [+] Read More

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