• Roger Edens (November 9, 1905 – July 13, 1970) was a Hollywood composer, arranger and associate producer, and is considered one of the major creative...
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    by Roger Edens Sung by the chorus in the "Nell of New Rochelle" sequence "A Man Was the Cause of It All" (1939) – music and lyrics by Roger Edens Sung...
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  • (music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green) – Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg" (music by Roger Edens, lyrics...
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    American Technicolor musical film with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an adaptation...
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  • Stephen Rutledge, Gershe had a long-term relationship with composer Roger Edens. Gershe died in Beverly Hills, California from complications from a stroke...
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    by Fred Astaire and George Murphy "All Ashore" - words and music by Roger Edens, sung by Eleanor Powell, one of the few times she was ever shown singing...
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    the same year. Only one composer has won Oscars three years in a row: Roger Edens won for Easter Parade (1948), On the Town (1949) and Annie Get Your Gun...
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  • music by Nat D. Ayer, lyrics by A. Seymour Brown, additional lyrics by Roger Edens performed by George Murphy, Judy Garland and others "For Me and My Gal"...
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  • adapted the film from Elliott Arnold's 1949 biography of the same name. Roger Edens produced, Stanley Donen directed and Eugene Loring choreographed. José...
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    Green wrote one entirely new song, "Moses Supposes", with music director Roger Edens providing the music (see below). Freed and Brown wrote a new song for...
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