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- Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theater, film, recording, and television – an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony – now known collectively as an EGOT.
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Check all the awards won and nominated for by Richard Rodgers - Grammy Trustees Award (1997) , Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival (1992) , Special Tony Award (1979) and more awards. Richard Charles Rodgers was an American composer of music for more than 900 songs and for 43...
Rodgers was the first person to win all four of the top American entertainment awards in theater, film, recording, and television – an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony – now known collectively as an EGOT. [1]
Richard Rodgers Jump to Academy Awards, USA (1) Primetime Emmy Awards (2) Grammy Awards (11) Online Film & Television Association (2) The Kennedy Center Honors (1) 6 wins & 11 nominations
- June 28, 1902
- December 30, 1979
- Richard Rodgers is credited with writing between 900 and 1,500 songs, an estimated 85 of which are considered standards. He wrote over 40 musicals and, to date, 19 film versions of his musicals have been made.
- According to Noël Coward, Richard Rodgers was so prolific and lightning-fast at writing music that he could “pee melody.” He would typically create the music after lyrics were written by his longtime collaborator, Oscar Hammerstein II.
- Rodgers earned numerous accolades, including 2 Pulitzer Prize honors, 2 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, 1 Academy Award and 8 Tony Awards.
- Rodgers is the first person to have achieved PEGOT status by earning a Pulitzer Prize, along with an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Marvin Hamlisch is the only other person to accomplish this feat.
Collectively, the Rodgers & Hammerstein musicals earned 35 Tony Awards, 15 Academy Awards, two Pulitzer Prizes, two Grammy Awards and 2 Emmy Awards. In 1998 Rodgers & Hammerstein were cited by Time Magazine and CBS News as among the 20 most influential artists of the 20th century and in 1999 they were jointly commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp.
Apr 2, 2014 · Rodgers won every major award possible in his field, and it is safe to say that at any point in time, one of his musicals is being reproduced somewhere in the world, and that someone is...
Jul 18, 2022 · Rodgers won a total of six Tony Awards between 1950 and 1962, including three awards in 1950 alone. His Emmy came for the television documentary Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years.
