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Rodgers and Hart subsequently wrote the music and lyrics for 26 Broadway musicals during a more-than-20-year partnership that ended only with Hart's early death.

Their " big four " were Babes in Arms, The Boys From Syracuse ( the first adaptation of a Shakespeare play for musical theater ), Pal Joey, and On Your Toes.

The Rodgers and Hart songs have been described as intimate and destined for long lives outside the theater.

Many of their songs are standard repertoire for singers and jazz instrumentalists.

Notable singers who have performed and recorded their songs have included Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Blossom Dearie, and Carly Simon.

Hart has been called " the expressive bard of the urban generation which matured during the interwar years.