Rodgers was considering quitting show business altogether to sell children's underwear, when he and Hart finally broke through in 1925.

Mary Rodgers ( born January 11, 1931 ) is an American composer of musicals and an author of children's books.

She eventually transitioned into writing children's books, most notably, Freaky Friday ( 1972 ), which was made into a feature film ( released 1977 ) for which Rodgers wrote the screenplay.

Freaky Friday is a classic comedic children's novel written by Mary Rodgers first published in the United States in 1972, and adapted for film several times.

* Mary Rodgers, children's author and composer, daughter of composer Richard Rodgers

Rodgers factory is also featured in Karen Axelrod and Bruce Brumberg ’ s popular “ Watch it Made in the U. S. A .” books profiling interesting factory tours of American manufacturing facilities.

Their books may have been forgettable, but they produced enduring standards from George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, and Rodgers and Hart, among others, and Noël Coward, Sigmund Romberg and Rudolf Friml continued in the vein of Victor Herbert.

* Mary Rodgers ( b. 1931 ), American composer and author of childrens books, daughter of Richard Rodgers

Rodgers is the author of two books of poetry: Floating Houses ( 1984 ), and The Pyrate Latitudes ( 1986 ), as well as a novella entitled The Phoenix ( 1985 ).

Other key traditional pop and jazz ballads include: " Body and Soul " by Johnny Green ; " Misty " by Erroll Garner ; " The Man I Love " by George Gershwin ; " My Funny Valentine " by Rodgers and Hart, " God Bless the Child " by Billie Holiday, " Ev ' ry Time We Say Goodbye " by Cole Porter, the instrumental ballad " Naima " by John Coltrane, " In a Sentimental Mood " by Duke Ellington and " Always " by Irving Berlin.

Other artists who have claimed Roxy Music as an influence include Steve Jones and Paul Cook of The Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Cars, Grace Jones, Kate Bush, Adam Ant, The Human League, Japan, Duran Duran, Simple Minds, ABC, Spandau Ballet, The Fixx, Depeche Mode, Men Without Hats, Nile Rodgers, Annie Lennox, Morrissey, Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon.

Other movies influenced by or making use of Uncle Tom's Cabin include Dimples ( a 1936 Shirley Temple film ), Uncle Tom's Uncle, ( a 1926 Our Gang episode ), its 1932 remake Spanky, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I ( in which a ballet called " Small House of Uncle Thomas " is performed in traditional Siamese style ), and Gangs of New York ( in which Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis's characters attend an imagined wartime adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin ).

Guest musicians include Bootsy Collins, Larry Blackmon, Batkini Khumalo, Eric Clapton and Nile Rodgers.

Active earthquake faults near Cotati include the Rodgers Creek Fault ( east ) and the Tolay Fault.

Major neighborhoods in Towson include Anneslie, Idlewylde, Greenbriar, Southland Hills, Rodgers Forge, Stoneleigh, Wiltondale, Towson Manor Village, Hunt Crest Estates, Knollwood-Donnybrook, East Towson, and West Towson.

Early to mid-20th century American singer-songwriters include Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker, Blind Willie McTell, Lightnin ' Hopkins, Son House, and Robert Johnson, ( Johnson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an " Early Influence " in their first induction ceremony in 1986, he was ranked fifth in Rolling Stone's list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time ).

Notable switch skateboarders include Eric Koston, Guy Mariano, Jereme Rodgers, Paul Rodriguez Jr., and Bob Burnquist.

When his friend Jimmy Page started to come around to his house, guitar in hand and Led Zeppelin at an end, the duo's first live pairing was on the US ARMS ( Action Research into Multiple Sclerosis ) Tour, which had first been mooted by Eric Clapton and, besides Rodgers and Page, would include Jeff Beck, Joe Cocker, Steve Winwood and others.

Other former Pawtucket announcers include Dan Hoard, Dave Shea, Bob Rodgers, Bob Kurtz, Jack LeFaivre, Matt Pinto and Mike Stenhouse.

Other Rodgers innovations in the electronic organ industry include solid-state organ amplifiers ( 1962 ), single contact diode keying ( 1961 ), reed switch pedal keying for pedalboards ( 1961 ), programmable computer memory pistons ( 1966 ), and MIDI support ( 1987 ).

Other prominent families in this district include the Gaden, Rodgers, Williams, Cameron, Donnelly and Newsome families.

Other films include Wild River ( 1960 ), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella ( 1965 ), and I Love You, Alice B. Toklas ( 1968 ).

Some of the lyricists and composers include Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, Irving Berlin, Noël Coward, Vincent Youmans, Vernon Duke, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kern, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Alan Jay Lerner, Arthur Schwartz, Rodgers, Hart, DeSylva, Brown and Henderson.

The new version, in which Cinderella rescues the prince, is expected to include many of the best-known songs from the familiar score and to feature additional less familiar songs from the Rodgers and Hammerstein catalogue.

In the musical theatre, important figures include Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Jerry Bock, Meredith Willson and Stephen Sondheim.

These include " Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues ," a Jimmie Rodgers composition covered also by Bob Wills, Moon Mullican's " Mean Mama Blues ," and Ernest Tubb's " Mean Mama Blues.

Notable productions in recent years include " The Little Shop of Horrors ", " Annie Get Your Gun ", Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, " Jesus Christ Superstar ", " Footloose ", and " Copacabana ".

But Madonna liked the lyrics of the song, and persuaded Rodgers to include it on Like a Virgin.

Rodgers and Hammerstein were inspired by the way that James Michener described the island, so they wanted to include a song about it when they began work on the musical.

Some notable current NFL players include Peyton Manning, Drew Brees, Ray Lewis, Tom Brady, Brian Urlacher, Adrian Peterson, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Philip Rivers, Eli Manning, Jared Allen, Nick Mangold, Wes Welker, Victor Cruz and Andre Johnson.

Guest stars include some ITC stalwarts such as Stuart Damon, Jane Merrow, Basil Dignam, Ed Bishop, Anton Rodgers, George Sewell, Philip Madoc and John Gregson ; and such actors as Barbara Shelley, Rodney Bewes, Felicity Kendal, Rupert Davies, Colin Blakely, Ray McAnally, Bernard Lee, Jacqueline Pearce and Donald Sutherland.

Other actors featured include Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry, Peter Egan as Oscar Wilde, Brian Deacon as Frank Miles, Jennie Linden as Patsy Cornwallis-West, Don Fellows as James Whistler, David Gwillim played Arthur Jones and Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere.

The original 12 tracks include a cover of Jimmie Rodgers ' " T for Texas " and an 11: 30 version of " Free Bird ".

" Another song, " Manhattan " ( by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the 1925 musical " Garrick Gaieties "), declares " We'll have Manhattan ,/ The Bronx and Staten / Island too ./ It's lovely going through / the zoo.

Rodgers and Hammerstein received a special Pulitzer Prize for Oklahoma!

Sondheim famously hated his mother ; he once wrote a thank-you note to close friend Mary Rodgers that read, " Dear Mary and Hank, Thanks for the plate, but where was my mother's head?

In 1965 he wrote the lyrics only for Do I Hear a Waltz ?, with music by Richard Rodgers.

* The Mad Show ( 1966 ) ( music mostly by Mary Rodgers ; lyrics mostly by Marshall Barer ) wrote the lyric for " The Boy From ...", a parody of " The Girl from Ipanema ".

** Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I opens on Broadway and runs for 3 years.

It's the first Rodgers & Hammerstein musical specifically written for an actress ( Gertrude Lawrence ).

* March 31 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, the team's only musical written especially for television, is telecast live and in color by CBS, starring Julie Andrews in the title role.

It becomes the most financially successful film version of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical up to that time, and the only one to win an acting Oscar ( Yul Brynner wins Best Actor for his performance as the King of Siam ).

It is also one of two Rodgers and Hammerstein films to be nominated for Best Picture ( which it does not win ).

* October 11 – 70-mm film for projection is introduced with the theatrical release of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical film, Oklahoma!

Wilkes had given the name Navy Archipelago to the San Juan Islands, and named individual islands for distinguished officers of the US Navy, such as Rodgers Island for San Juan Island, and Hull Island for Orcas Island.

* America Applauds: An Evening for Richard Rodgers ( 1951 )

alt = l-r: Paul Rodgers, Roger Taylor, and Brian May live in 2005 for the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour.

" Costume designer Aggie Guerard Rodgers noted that the inspiration for Leia's slave outfit came from the artwork of famed fantasy and science fiction illustrator Frank Frazetta.

In 1973 production was shared by David Hatch with John Cassels ( for six episodes ) and with Bob Oliver Rodgers ( for two episodes ).

Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902 – December 31, 1979 ) was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43 Broadway musicals.

Rodgers and Hart struggled for years in the field of musical comedy, writing a number of amateur shows.

When he was just out of college Rodgers worked as musical director for Lew Fields.

Rodgers also wrote a melody for which Hart wrote three consecutive lyrics which either were cut, not recorded or not a hit.