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Richard Adler, the Glossary

Richard Adler (August 3, 1921 – June 21, 2012) was an American lyricist, writer, composer and producer of several Broadway shows.^[1]

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Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist and later a conductor of his own and other American music. Richard Adler and Aaron Copland are Broadway composers and lyricists, Jewish American composers and Jewish American songwriters.

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ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly American television shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries and original musicals.

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The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an American not-for-profit performance-rights organization (PRO) that collectively licenses the public performance rights of its members' musical works to venues, broadcasters, and digital streaming services (music stores).

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Archie Bleyer

Archibald Martin Bleyer (June 12, 1909 – March 20, 1989) was an American song arranger, bandleader, and record company executive.

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Bea Arthur

Beatrice Arthur (born Bernice Frankel; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedienne and singer. Richard Adler and Bea Arthur are Military personnel from New York City and Tony Award winners.

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Bernadette Peters

Bernadette Peters (''née'' Lazzara; born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Richard Adler and Bernadette Peters are Tony Award winners.

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Bob Fosse

Robert Louis Fosse (June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American actor, choreographer, dancer, and film and stage director. Richard Adler and Bob Fosse are Tony Award winners.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.

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Bronchiectasis

Bronchiectasis is a disease in which there is permanent enlargement of parts of the airways of the lung.

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Carol Lawrence

Carol Lawrence (born Carolina Maria Laraia; September 5, 1932) is an American actress, appearing in musical theatre and on television.

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Christopher Adler (lyricist)

Christopher Edward Adler (17 January 1954 – 30 November 1984) was an American lyricist and theatre director. Richard Adler and Christopher Adler (lyricist) are songwriters from New York (state).

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Colgate University

Colgate University is a private college in Hamilton, New York.

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Damn Yankees

Damn Yankees is a 1955 musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop, music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

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Dance with Me (Debelah Morgan song)

"Dance with Me" is a song by American R&B singer Debelah Morgan, released on June 19, 2000, as the first single from Morgan's third studio album of the same name.

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Debelah Morgan

Debelah Laksh Morgan (born September 29, 1977) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Debutante

A debutante, also spelled débutante (from débutante), or deb is a young woman of aristocratic or upper-class family background who has reached maturity and is presented to society at a formal "debut" (début) or possibly debutante ball.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Donaldson Awards

The Donaldson Awards were a set of theatre awards established in 1944 by the drama critic Robert Francis in honor of W. H. Donaldson (1864–1925), the founder of The Billboard (now Billboard) magazine.

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Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer.

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Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush

Dorothy McElroy Vredenburgh Bush (December 8, 1916 – December 21, 1991) was an American political activist.

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Eddie Fisher

Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor.

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Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.

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Evening Standard

The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009 a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published in London, England.

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Everybody Loves a Lover

"Everybody Loves a Lover" is a popular song which was a hit single for Doris Day in 1958.

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Florence Henderson

Florence Agnes Henderson (February 14, 1934 – November 24, 2016) was an American actress.

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Fosse (musical)

Fosse is a three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse.

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Frank Loesser

Frank Henry Loesser ("lesser"; June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter who wrote the music and lyrics for the Broadway musicals Guys and Dolls and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, among others. Richard Adler and Frank Loesser are Broadway composers and lyricists, Jewish American composers, Jewish American songwriters, Military personnel from New York City, songwriters from New York (state) and Tony Award winners.

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Happy Birthday, Mr. President

"Happy Birthday, Mr.

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Harry Connick Jr.

Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. Richard Adler and Harry Connick Jr. are Jewish American composers.

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Hernando's Hideaway

"Hernando's Hideaway" is a tango show tune, largely in long metre, from the musical The Pajama Game, written by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler and published in 1954.

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Hey There

"Hey There" is a show tune from the musical play The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

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Hit parade

A hit parade is a ranked list of the most popular recordings at a given point in time, usually determined either by sales or airplay.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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I'm Not at All in Love

"I'm Not at All in Love" is a popular song written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, published in 1954.

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Jeannie Carson

Jeannie Carson (born Jean Shufflebottom; 23 May 1928) is a British-born retired comedian, actress, singer, and dancer.

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Jerry Ross (composer)

Jerry Ross (born Jerold Rosenberg; March 9, 1926 – November 11, 1955) was an American lyricist and composer whose works with Richard Adler for the musical theater include The Pajama Game and Damn Yankees, winners of Tony Awards in 1955 and 1956, respectively, in both the "Best Musical" and "Best Composer and Lyricist" categories. Richard Adler and Jerry Ross (composer) are Broadway composers and lyricists, Jewish American composers, Jewish American songwriters, songwriters from New York (state) and Tony Award winners.

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Joel Grey

Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor, singer, dancer, photographer, and theatre director. Richard Adler and Joel Grey are Tony Award winners.

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John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Richard Adler and John F. Kennedy are United States Navy reservists.

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John Moran Bailey

John Moran Bailey (November 23, 1904 – April 10, 1975) was an American politician who played a major role in promoting the New Deal coalition of the Democratic Party and its liberal policy positions.

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John Murray Anderson's Almanac

John Murray Anderson's Almanac is a musical revue, featuring the music of the songwriting team of Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, as well as other composers.

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Kelli O'Hara

Kelli Christine O'Hara (born April 16, 1976) is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages. Richard Adler and Kelli O'Hara are Tony Award winners.

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Kwamina

Kwamina is a musical with the libretto by Robert Alan Aurthur and music and lyrics by Richard Adler.

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Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010) was an American singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. Richard Adler and Lena Horne are new York (state) Democrats.

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Margaret O'Brien

Angela Maxine O'Brien (born January 15, 1937) is an American actress.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.

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Michael McKean

Michael John McKean (born October 17, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, singer, and musician known for various roles in film and television such as Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley, David St. Richard Adler and Michael McKean are songwriters from New York (state).

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Music Is

Music Is is a musical with a book by George Abbott, music by Richard Adler, and lyrics by Will Holt.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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O. Henry

William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), better known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer known primarily for his short stories, though he also wrote poetry and non-fiction.

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Patti Page

Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer.

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Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prizes are two dozen annual awards given by Columbia University in New York for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters." They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher.

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Rags to Riches (1953 song)

"Rags to Riches" is a 1953 popular song by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

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Revival (theatre)

A revival is a restaging of a stage production after its original run has closed.

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Rex (musical)

Rex is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and libretto by Sherman Yellen, based on the life of King Henry VIII.

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Robert Allen (song composer)

Robert Allen Deitcher (February 5, 1927 – October 1, 2000) was an American pianist and an arranger and writer of music for popular songs. Richard Adler and Robert Allen (song composer) are Jewish American songwriters and songwriters from New York (state).

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Robert Simonson

Robert Simonson (born September 11, 1964) is an American journalist and author.

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Rosemary Clooney

Rose M. Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress.

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Sally Ann Howes

Sally Ann Howes (20 July 1930 – 19 December 2021) was an English actress and singer.

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Sarah Vaughan

Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 – April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist.

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Songwriters Hall of Fame

The Songwriters Hall of Fame (SHOF) is an American institution founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer, music publisher/songwriter Abe Olman, and publisher/executive Howie Richmond to honor those whose work, represent, and maintain, the heritage and legacy of a spectrum of the most beloved English language songs from the world's popular music songbook.

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Southampton, New York

Southampton, officially the Town of Southampton, is a town in southeastern Suffolk County, New York, partly on the South Fork of Long Island.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.

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Steam Heat

"Steam Heat" is a show tune from the 1954 Broadway musical The Pajama Game, written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross.

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Stop the Music (American game show)

Stop the Music is a prime time radio game show that aired on ABC Radio on Sundays, from March 21, 1948 to August 10, 1952.

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Terry Carter

John Everett DeCoste (December 16, 1928 – April 23, 2024), known professionally as Terry Carter, was an American actor and filmmaker, known for his roles as Sgt.

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music is an encyclopedia created in 1989 by Colin Larkin.

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The Gift of the Magi

"The Gift of the Magi" is a short story by O. Henry first published in 1905.

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The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game is a musical based on the 1953 novel 7½ Cents by Richard Bissell.

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Tony Award for Best Musical

The Tony Award for Best Musical is given annually to the best new Broadway musical, as determined by Tony Award voters. Richard Adler and Tony Award for Best Musical are Tony Award winners.

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Tony Award for Best Original Score

The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical or play in that year.

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Tony Awards

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre.

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Tony Bennett

Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. Richard Adler and Tony Bennett are Military personnel from New York City and new York (state) Democrats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Adler

Also known as Adler & Ross, Adler, Richard, Adler-Ross, Dick Adler.

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