Biography: Robert Wright, Roch Parisien, Rocky White, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Roger Roger, Romanovsky & Phillips, Ron & Bill, Ralph Benatzky, Ralph Blane, Ron Conner,

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Robert Wright Biography, Photos, Pictures

Robert Wright teamed with partner George “Chet” Forrest to forge one of the longest and most celebrated songwriting collaborations in the history of the American musical theater

Roch Parisien Biography, Photos, Pictures

Roch Parisien is a Canadian-based music critic, consultant, and record collector His 12-year stand at Canada’s flagship college radio station, CKCU-FM, included producing and hosting the country’s first punk/new wave feature program from 1978-1985

The last drummer hired to play with the Duke Ellington Orchestra during the leader’s lifetime, White stayed with the band after Duke’s death in 1974, playing first under the leadership of Mercer Ellington, then—following Mercer’s death—Duke’s grandson Paul Ellington

Rodgers & Hammerstein Biography, Photos, Pictures

Composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, II (1895-1960) both had extensive careers in Broadway theater music before they scored their first hit together with Oklahoma! in 1943

Roger Roger was a prolific French composer of soundtrack music whose work encompassed themes for radio, television, commercials, cartoons, and live productions Primarily, however, he scored films — over 500 by his own count

Romanovsky & Phillips Biography, Photos, Pictures

Romanovsky & Phillips (R&P) are easily the most popular out-of-the-closet singing duo in history Having toured extensively in the US, Canada, and Australia, R&P have earned the title of Ambassadors of Homosexuality

Ron & Bill was a short-lived incarnation of Ronnie White and Smokey Robinson from the early days of the Motown organization — the credit appeared on one record, the single “It” b/w “Don’t Say Bye Bye,” released on the Tamla label, which was the label’s attempt at charting with a novelty tune

Ralph Benatzky Biography, Photos, Pictures

After abandoning a military career because of injury, Benatzky earned a doctorate in German philology and studied music with Mottl He began writing song lyrics and conducted in Munich, eventually working as a director for a cabaret in Vienna, where he also wrote songs and lyrics for Josma Selim, his future wife

The songwriting team of composer Hugh Martin and lyricist Ralph Blane earned their greatest renown for Meet Me in St Louis, the classic 1944 Vincente Minnelli film musical which launched the perennials “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “The Trolley Song

Ron Conner is a composer, writer, pianist, and Brazilian ethnomusicologist living in Los Angeles He has traveled extensively throughout Brazil, studying its music and language, and has published several articles about urban samba in Rio de Janeiro, post-slavery Afro-Bahian musical migrations and MPB (Música Popular Brasileira)

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