Charles Strouse, the prolific composer behind Broadway classics like Annie, as well as the iconic theme song “Those Were the ...

Award-winning composer and songwriter Charles Strouse has died. He was 96. Strouse, an Emmy and Tony winner and a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame, is best known for writing the music to ...

A spokesperson for the composer’s family confirmed Strouse’s death to Entertainment Weekly. The longtime musical composer ...

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

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

In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Strouse wrote more than a dozen Broadway musicals, as well as film scores and ...

Those Were the Days,” co-written by the late Charles Strouse, revolutionized the form — while slyly mocking Archie Bunker’s ...

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

NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the composer of classic theater hits “Annie,” Bye, Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” has died. He was 96. Strouse died Thursday, May 15 in his home in New York, his family said ...

Charles Strouse, the celebrated composer behind Broadway hits like ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’, has died at 96. His family ...

Charles Strouse, a Tony-, Grammy-, and Emmy-winning composer known for Broadway's Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, has died. He was 96. Strouse died at his home in New York City on Thursday, a spokesman for ...