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Oscar Hammerstein Ii

real name Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein

Oscar Hammerstein Ii is credited on 13,626 releases across 4,007 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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13,626

Credits

4,007

Albums

8

Decades active

1,450

In collections

Biography

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Prolific US-American songwriter who teamed up with different composers from 1923 to 1943; from 1943 until his death in 1960 he formed a duo with Richard Rodgers. Hammerstein was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
Born July 12, 1895 in New York, NY; died August 23, 1960 in Doylestown, PA.
Grandson of Oscar Hammerstein and nephew of Arthur Hammerstein.

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Credited work

13,626 releases · 4,007 albums · active 1950–2026

  • Performance · 16,210
  • Other credits · 248
  • Production · 24

Studios: Village Vanguard · Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey · Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Newport Jazz Festival

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