Activity — it’s a life force,” the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday ... strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical ...

He’s known for such songs as “Tomorrow,” “It's the Hard Knock Life,” “Put on a Happy Face” and the ‘All in the Family’ theme song, “Those Were the Days.” ...

Activity - it's a life force," the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday ... strip character Little Orphan Annie, the musical ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway's industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as "Annie," "Bye Bye Birdie" and ...

Activity — it’s a life force,” the New York-born composer said on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008 ... newspaper comic strip “Little Orphan Annie,” drawn by the late Harold ...

He met Adams at a Christmas party in ... with Strouse on Annie. Charnin, an old friend of Strouse’s, had the idea for a musical based on the comic strip character Little Orphan Annie, but ...