Charles Strouse

Could or could not hit it. Had you said sing that note legitimately in a song like, I don't know, If I Loved You or something, they would have said they can't reach it. But when they were playing these characters, they could. So I devised, it's not my own invention, or maybe it is, I don't know. These kids would come in, and I would just have them sing Happy Birthday.

Could or could not hit it. Had you said sing that note legitimately in a song like, I don't know, If I Loved You or something, they would have said they can't reach it. But when they were playing these characters, they could. So I devised, it's not my own invention, or maybe it is, I don't know. These kids would come in, and I would just have them sing Happy Birthday.

Once they passed the other thing, I would have them sing a song that they didn't have to worry about anything. And so they would say, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday! And very often, they found that they could reach notes which, on their resumes, they couldn't reach at all. And that was the sound I wanted.

Once they passed the other thing, I would have them sing a song that they didn't have to worry about anything. And so they would say, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday! And very often, they found that they could reach notes which, on their resumes, they couldn't reach at all. And that was the sound I wanted.

Once they passed the other thing, I would have them sing a song that they didn't have to worry about anything. And so they would say, Happy Birthday. Happy Birthday! And very often, they found that they could reach notes which, on their resumes, they couldn't reach at all. And that was the sound I wanted.

So I did write for that, particularly in a song like Hard Knock Life and in Tomorrow, the song Tomorrow.

So I did write for that, particularly in a song like Hard Knock Life and in Tomorrow, the song Tomorrow.

So I did write for that, particularly in a song like Hard Knock Life and in Tomorrow, the song Tomorrow.

Yes, fortunately they do. It's a very, very much performed show. At the time, Lee Adams and Mike Stewart and I wrote it. We wrote it because it was offered us, you might say. We would have written, I guess, almost any show that was offered us. It actually wasn't even in that shape. It was just to be a show about teenagers.

Yes, fortunately they do. It's a very, very much performed show. At the time, Lee Adams and Mike Stewart and I wrote it. We wrote it because it was offered us, you might say. We would have written, I guess, almost any show that was offered us. It actually wasn't even in that shape. It was just to be a show about teenagers.

Yes, fortunately they do. It's a very, very much performed show. At the time, Lee Adams and Mike Stewart and I wrote it. We wrote it because it was offered us, you might say. We would have written, I guess, almost any show that was offered us. It actually wasn't even in that shape. It was just to be a show about teenagers.

But had we realized that it would have that kind of commercial clout, that is, that high schools and camps and... And prisons. I don't know. Everybody does it. It's incredible. And it keeps picking up in performances. I think we would have said, oh, let's do that show. But at the time, it was actually even a little strange.

But had we realized that it would have that kind of commercial clout, that is, that high schools and camps and... And prisons. I don't know. Everybody does it. It's incredible. And it keeps picking up in performances. I think we would have said, oh, let's do that show. But at the time, it was actually even a little strange.

But had we realized that it would have that kind of commercial clout, that is, that high schools and camps and... And prisons. I don't know. Everybody does it. It's incredible. And it keeps picking up in performances. I think we would have said, oh, let's do that show. But at the time, it was actually even a little strange.

It was a bit of an embarrassment in a funny way to me and to Mike because... Well, to me particularly, because I'd been in serious music all my life. I'd studied classical music. I was embarking on a serious music career. And that this would be the first opportunity that I'd have for a major public hearing. And then that we had this silly name, Bye Bye Birdie.

It was a bit of an embarrassment in a funny way to me and to Mike because... Well, to me particularly, because I'd been in serious music all my life. I'd studied classical music. I was embarking on a serious music career. And that this would be the first opportunity that I'd have for a major public hearing. And then that we had this silly name, Bye Bye Birdie.

It was a bit of an embarrassment in a funny way to me and to Mike because... Well, to me particularly, because I'd been in serious music all my life. I'd studied classical music. I was embarking on a serious music career. And that this would be the first opportunity that I'd have for a major public hearing. And then that we had this silly name, Bye Bye Birdie.

It was not the show that I wanted to write, which taught me something about myself, which is... I don't know where the hell I am half the time.

It was not the show that I wanted to write, which taught me something about myself, which is... I don't know where the hell I am half the time.

It was not the show that I wanted to write, which taught me something about myself, which is... I don't know where the hell I am half the time.