Oscar Hammerstein II

Real name: Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II
Born: July 12, 1895
Died: August 23, 1960
Country: United States
IPI: 00013308919
Comments: Lyricist and theatrical producer.
Family: Arthur Hammerstein Uncle
See also: Stephen Sondheim
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Songs written by Oscar Hammerstein II

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
A Cockeyed Optimist	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	March 1949	Covered by (27 artists)
A Fellow Needs a Girl	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	William Ching and Annamary Dickey	October 10, 1947	Covered by (9 artists)
A Hundred Million Miracles	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Miyoshi Umeki, Conrad Yama, Keye Luke, Juanita Hall, Rose Quong	October 27, 1958	Covered by (13 artists)
All er Nothin'	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Celeste Holm, Lee Dixon	March 11, 1943	Covered by (4 artists)
All in Fun	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Frances Mercer and Jack Whiting	November 17, 1939	Covered by (9 artists)
All the Things You Are	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Hiram Sherman, Frances Mercer, Hollace Shaw, Ralph Stuart	November 17, 1939	Covered by (437 artists)
All Through the Day	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Margaret Whiting With Carl Kress & His Orchestra	1946	Covered by (16 artists)
Bali Ha'i	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Juanita Hall	April 7, 1949	Covered by (54 artists)
Buddy on the Nightshift	Kurt Weill, Oscar Hammerstein II	Teresa Stratas	1981	Covered by Anne Sofie von Otter - Bengt Forsberg on piano
Can I Forget You	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II			Covered by (7 artists)
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Morgan	December 27, 1927	Covered by (96 artists)
Carefully Taught	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	William Tabbert	March 1949	Covered by (11 artists)
Chop Suey	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Juanita Hall, Patrick Adiarte	October 27, 1958	Covered by (8 artists)
Climb Ev'ry Mountain	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Patricia Neway	November 16, 1959	Covered by (58 artists)
Come Home	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Annamary Dickey	October 10, 1947	Covered by (2 artists)
Dites-Moi	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Barbara Luna and Michael DeLeon	March 1949	Covered by (10 artists)
Don't Ever Leave Me	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Morgan and Robert Chisholm	1929	Covered by (22 artists)
Don't Marry Me	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Larry Blyden, Miyoshi Umeki	October 27, 1958	Covered by (5 artists)
Do-Re-Mi	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	November 16, 1959	Covered by (32 artists)
D'ye Love Me	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach	Marilyn Miller	September 22, 1925	Covered by Margaret Whiting
Edelweiss	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Theodore Bikel and Mary Martin	November 16, 1959	Covered by (91 artists)
Everybody's Got a Home but Me	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus	November 1955	Covered by (8 artists)
Getting to Know You	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Gertrude Lawrence	1951	Covered by (37 artists)
Gliding Through My Memoree	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Jack Soo	October 27, 1958	Covered by (2 artists)
Grant Avenue	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Pat Suzuki	October 27, 1958	Covered by (9 artists)
Happy Talk	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Juanita Hall	April 7, 1949	Covered by (39 artists)
Heaven in My Arms	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Jack Whiting, Frances Mercer, and Hollace Shaw	1939	Covered by (2 artists)
Hello, Young Lovers	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Gertrude Lawrence	March 29, 1951	Covered by (100 artists)
Honey Bun	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	April 7, 1949	Covered by (12 artists)
How Can Love Survive?	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Marion Marlowe, Kurt Kasznar and Theodore Bikel	November 16, 1959	Covered by (3 artists)
I Am Going to Like It Here	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Miyoshi Umeki	October 27, 1958	Covered by (7 artists)
I Cain't Say No	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Celeste Holm	March 11, 1943	Covered by (10 artists)
I Enjoy Being a Girl	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Pat Suzuki	October 27, 1958	Covered by (21 artists)
If I Loved You	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	John Raitt & Jan Clayton	April 19, 1945	Covered by (118 artists)
I Have Dreamed	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas	March 29, 1951	Covered by (89 artists)
I'll Take Romance	Oscar Hammerstein II, Ben Oakland	Grace Moore	November 17, 1937	Covered by (81 artists)
I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	April 7, 1949	Covered by (20 artists)
I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	April 7, 1949	Covered by (28 artists)
I'm Your Girl	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Isabel Bigley & Bill Hayes	April 20, 1953	Covered by (3 artists)
Indian Love Call	Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml	Mary Ellis and Dennis King	September 2, 1924	Covered by (62 artists)
In the Heart of the Dark	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Hollace Shaw	October 1939	Covered by (4 artists)
It Might as Well Be Spring	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Louanne Hogan	August 29, 1945	Covered by (248 artists)
It's a Scandal! It's an Outrage!	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Joseph Buloff	1952	Covered by (2 artists)
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Walter Slezak	November 8, 1932	Covered by (31 artists)
I Whistle a Happy Tune	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Gertrude Lawrence and Sandy Kennedy	1951	Covered by (13 artists)
I Won't Dance	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach	Adele Dixon	April 1934	Covered by (77 artists)
June Is Bustin' Out All Over	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Christine Johnson, Jean Darling and Ensemble	April 19, 1945	Covered by (15 artists)
Kansas City	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Lee Dixon, Betty Garde	March 11, 1943	Covered by (5 artists)
Let's Say Good Night Till It's Morning	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach	Mary Hay and Jack Donahue	September 22, 1925	Covered by Jack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph
Like a God	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Ed Kenney	October 27, 1958	Covered by (4 artists)
Lonely Goatherd	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	November 16, 1959	Covered by (13 artists)
Lonely Little Room	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Howard Da Silva	March 11, 1943	Covered by (2 artists)
Love, Look Away	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Arabella Hong	October 27, 1958	Covered by (33 artists)
Lover Come Back to Me	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Evelyn Herbert	September 19, 1928	Covered by (193 artists)
Make Believe	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Norma Terris and Howard Marsh	December 27, 1927	Covered by (33 artists)
Many a New Day	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Joan Roberts	March 11, 1943	Covered by (4 artists)
Maria	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Patricia Neway, Elizabeth Howell, Muriel O'Malley, Karen Shepard	November 16, 1959	Covered by (11 artists)
Moonlight on the Meadow	Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby			Covered by (61 artists)
My Favorite Things	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin, Patricia Neway	November 16, 1959	Covered by (280 artists)
My Lord and Master	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Doretta Morrow	March 29, 1951	Covered by (7 artists)
Nobody Else but Me	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Morgan	December 27, 1927	Covered by (102 artists)
No Other Love	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Isabel Bigley & Bill Hayes	April 20, 1953	Covered by (21 artists)
No Way to Stop It	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Theodore Bikel, Kurt Kasznar and Marion Marlowe	1959	Covered by (3 artists)
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Alfred Drake	March 11, 1943	Covered by (66 artists)
Oklahoma!	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts, Betty Garde, Barry Kelley, Edwin Clay	March 11, 1943	Covered by (6 artists)
Ol' Man River	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Jules Bledsoe	December 27, 1927	Covered by (142 artists)
One Alone	Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Sigmund Romberg	Robert Halliday	November 30, 1926	Covered by (13 artists)
One Kiss	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Evelyn Herbert	September 19, 1928	Covered by (2 artists)
Ordinary Couple	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel	November 16, 1959	Covered by (5 artists)
Out of My Dreams	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Joan Roberts	March 11, 1943	Covered by (18 artists)
People Will Say We're in Love	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Alfred Drake & Joan Roberts	March 11, 1943	Covered by (92 artists)
Pore Jud Is Daid	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Alfred Drake, Howard Da Silva	1952	Covered by (4 artists)
Rose-Marie	Oscar Hammerstein II, Herbert Stothart, Otto Harbach, Rudolf Friml	Dennis King & Arthur Dragon	September 2, 1924	Covered by (17 artists)
Shall We Dance?	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner	1951	Covered by (19 artists)
So Far	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Gloria Wills	October 10, 1947	Covered by (11 artists)
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	William O'Neal	September 19, 1928	Covered by (211 artists)
Soliloquy	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	John Raitt	March 22, 1945	Covered by (7 artists)
So Long, Farewell	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel	November 16, 1959	Covered by (10 artists)
Some Enchanted Evening	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Frank Sinatra	1949	Covered by (89 artists)
Something Wonderful	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Dorothy Sarnoff	March 29, 1951	Covered by (48 artists)
Stout Hearted Men	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Robert Halliday, William O'Neal and Male Chorus	September 19, 1928	Covered by (12 artists)
Sunday	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Pat Suzuki, Larry Blyden	October 27, 1958	Covered by (10 artists)
Ten Minutes Ago	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Jon Cypher, Julie Andrews	March 31, 1957	Covered by (4 artists)
The Desert Song	Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Sigmund Romberg	Robert Halliday, Vivienne Segal	November 30, 1926	Covered by (16 artists)
The Folks Who Live on the Hill	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Irene Dunne	July 21, 1937	Covered by (109 artists)
The Gentleman Is a Dope	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Lisa Kirk	October 10, 1947	Covered by (35 artists)
The Last Time I Saw Paris	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Ann Sothern	September 1, 1941	Covered by (41 artists)
The Next Time It Happens	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus	November 1955	Covered by (6 artists)
The Night Is Young	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye	January 11, 1935	Covered by (4 artists)
The Other Generation	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Juanita Hall, Keye Luke	October 27, 1958	Covered by (5 artists)
There Is Nothing Like a Dame	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Myron McCormick	1949	Covered by (17 artists)
There's Music in You	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Murphy	October 13, 1953	Covered by Voctave
The Riff Song	Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Sigmund Romberg	Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra	1927	Covered by (4 artists)
The Song Is You	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Tullio Carminati	October 17, 1932	Covered by (176 artists)
The Sound of Music	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Mary Martin	November 16, 1959	Covered by (65 artists)
The Surrey with the Fringe on Top	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Alfred Drake, Joan Roberts and Betty Garde	March 11, 1943	Covered by (120 artists)
This Nearly Was Mine	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Ezio Pinza	March 1949	Covered by (64 artists)
Toodle-oo	Oscar Hammerstein II, Vincent Youmans, William Cary Duncan	Mary Hay and Stanley Ridges	December 25, 1923	Covered by (4 artists)
We Kiss in a Shadow	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Doretta Morrow and Larry Douglas	1951	Covered by (47 artists)
What a Lovely Day for a Wedding	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Paul Parks and Ensemble	October 10, 1947	Covered by (2 artists)
What's the Use of Wondrin'	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Jan Clayton	April 19, 1945	Covered by (12 artists)
When I Grow Too Old to Dream	Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg	Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye	January 11, 1935	Covered by (84 artists)
When I Marry Mister Snow	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Jean Darling	1945	Covered by (2 artists)
Who?	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach	Marilyn Miller and Paul Frawley	September 22, 1925	Covered by (17 artists)
Why Do I Love You?	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Norma Terris, Howard Marsh, Charles Winninger, Edna May Oliver	December 27, 1927	Covered by (36 artists)
Why Was I Born?	Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II	Helen Morgan	1929	Covered by (61 artists)
You Are Beautiful	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Ed Kenney, Juanita Hall	October 27, 1958	Covered by (13 artists)
You Are Sixteen	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Lauri Peters and Brian Davies	November 16, 1959	Covered by (14 artists)
You'll Never Walk Alone	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	Christine Johnson	April 19, 1945	Covered by (273 artists)
Younger Than Springtime	Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers	William Tabbert	April 7, 1949	Covered by (41 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
A Kiss to Build a Dream On	Oscar Hammerstein II	Moonlight on the Meadow	Kay Brown	Covered by (60 artists)
Bill	Oscar Hammerstein II	Bill	Helen Morgan	Covered by (29 artists)

Tributes

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein	Bernadette Peters	2002	Angel
Enchanted - Celebrating Rodgers & Hammerstein II	Cynthia Dale	August 2006
Fred Hersch Plays Rodgers & Hammerstein	Fred Hersch	1996	Nonesuch
Many a New Day	Karrin Allyson	September 18, 2015	Motéma
Oscar & Steve	Mandy Patinkin	October 24, 1995	Nonesuch
Rodgers & Hammerstein Album	Helen Merrill	1982	JVC
Rosemary Clooney with the L.A. Jazz Choir Sings Rodgers, Hart & Hammerstein	Rosemary Clooney with the L.A. Jazz Choir	1990	Concord Jazz
Something Wonderful - Bryn Terfel Sings Rodgers & Hammerstein	Bryn Terfel	1996	Deutsche Grammophon
Something Wonderful - Songs of Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim	Anne Kerry Ford	1997	LML Music
The Groovy Sound of Music	Gary Burton	1965	RCA Victor
The King and I	Ted Rosenthal Trio	2007	Venus Records
The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein	Helena Blackman	February 14, 2011	Speckulation Entertainment