Three-time Tony Award winner Charles Strouse composed the music for such classics as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause.

You know his songs, from "It's the Hard Knock Life" to "Those Were the Days," the theme from All in the Family.

Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such ...

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 ...

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a ...

Charles Strouse, a Tony-, Grammy-, and Emmy-winning composer known for Broadway's Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, has died. He was ...

Charles Strouse, the legendary composer behind some of Broadway 's biggest musicals, like Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, has died.

NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the three-time Tony Award winner and Broadway master melody-maker who composed the music for “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday.

The composer’s musicals, including “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” captured essential elements of American culture. Here are five of his most memorable songs.

NEW YORK — 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 ...