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| − | '''Lorenz Hart''' (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was an American songwriter, who often collaborated with [[Richard Rodgers]]. Together they wrote many songs for Broadway musical and Hollywood film adaptations, several of which have become standards: ''Dancing on the Ceiling'' (1930), ''[[Isn't It Romantic?]]'' (1932), ''Blue Moon'' (1934), ''The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'' (1935), ''My Funny Valentine'' (1937), ''The Lady Is a Tramp'' (1937) and ''Have You Met Miss Jones?'' (1937). | + | '''Lorenz Hart''' (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was an American songwriter, who often collaborated with [[Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein|Richard Rodgers]]. Together they wrote many songs for Broadway musical and Hollywood film adaptations, several of which have become standards: ''Dancing on the Ceiling'' (1930), ''[[Isn't It Romantic?]]'' (1932), ''Blue Moon'' (1934), ''The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'' (1935), ''My Funny Valentine'' (1937), ''The Lady Is a Tramp'' (1937) and ''Have You Met Miss Jones?'' (1937). |
==Frank Zappa== | ==Frank Zappa== | ||
Latest revision as of 05:11, 19 July 2026
Lorenz Hart (May 2, 1895 - November 22, 1943) was an American songwriter, who often collaborated with Richard Rodgers. Together they wrote many songs for Broadway musical and Hollywood film adaptations, several of which have become standards: Dancing on the Ceiling (1930), Isn't It Romantic? (1932), Blue Moon (1934), The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1935), My Funny Valentine (1937), The Lady Is a Tramp (1937) and Have You Met Miss Jones? (1937).
Frank Zappa
During the 1968 concert at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, Zappa quoted from Hart and Rodgers' There's A Small Hotel.[1]
Hart and Rodgers' Isn't It Romantic? was quoted during Frank Zappa's Punky's Whips and quoted during other live tracks in 1976 and 1977. [2]
Frank Zappa quoted from Blue Moon during The Motel Lobby (on Playground Psychotics) and Dupree's Paradise (during a 1974 concert in Edinboro, Pennsylvania, recorded on Zappa/Erie). [3]
