Artist: Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim
Real name
Stephen Joshua Sondheim
Born
March 22, 1930
Country
United States
Comments
One of the major figures of American musical theatre, Sondheim's first success was a lyricist for others' compositions, but he wrote many Broadway scores himself. Sondheim has also written music for film.

Sondheim had a hard childhood, and he came to hate his mother, whose funeral he famously refused to attend. After his parents' divorce when he was nine, Sondheim was sent to live on a farm in Pennsylvania, where he became friend's with James Hammerstein, the father of Oscar Hammerstein II, who became something of a surrogate father, as well as a musical mentor to Sondheim.

Sondheim came out as gay in the 1980s; howver, he is essentially an introverted and solitary person who has felt like an outsider since his youth.
See also
A Little Night Music
Allegro
Jonathan Tunick

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 A Boy Like That Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (2 artists)
2 America Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (21 artists)
3 Anyone Can Whistle Stephen Sondheim (17 artists)
4 Being Alive Stephen Sondheim (21 artists)
5 Comedy Tonight Stephen Sondheim (4 artists)
6 Everybody Says Don't Stephen Sondheim (14 artists)
7 Everything's Coming Up Roses Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (21 artists)
8 Finishing the Hat Stephen Sondheim (4 artists)
9 Gee, Officer Krupke Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (5 artists)
10 I Feel Pretty Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (23 artists)
11 I Have a Love Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (4 artists)
12 I Remember Stephen Sondheim (13 artists)
13 I'm Still Here Stephen Sondheim (5 artists)
14 Johanna Stephen Sondheim (7 artists)
15 Let Me Entertain You Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (2 artists)
16 Losing My Mind Stephen Sondheim (29 artists)
17 Maria Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (41 artists)
18 May We Entertain You Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (2 artists)
19 No One Is Alone Stephen Sondheim (7 artists)
20 Not While I'm Around Stephen Sondheim (21 artists)
21 Not a Day Goes By Stephen Sondheim (15 artists)
22 Old Friends Stephen Sondheim (7 artists)
23 One Hand, One Heart Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (13 artists)
24 Pretty Women Stephen Sondheim (5 artists)
25 Rose's Turn Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (5 artists)
26 Send in the Clowns Stephen Sondheim (97 artists)
27 Small World Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (14 artists)
28 Some People Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (11 artists)
29 Something's Coming Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (23 artists)
30 Somewhere Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (101 artists)
31 Sooner or Later Stephen Sondheim (2 artists)
32 Together Wherever We Go Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (11 artists)
33 Tonight Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein (41 artists)
34 You Must Meet My Wife Stephen Sondheim (3 artists)
35 You'll Never Get Away from Me Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim (7 artists)

Tributes

Title Performer Release date down Label
1 A Different Side of Sondheim Richard Rodney Bennett 1978 DRG Records
2 A Stephen Sondheim Collection Jackie Cain & Roy Kral 1982 Finesse Records
3 Cleo Sings Sondheim Cleo Laine, Orchestrated and Conducted by Jonathan Tunick 1987 RCA Victor
4 The Other Side of Sondheim Jane Harvey 1988 Atlantic Records
5 Oscar & Steve Mandy Patinkin October 24, 1995 Nonesuch
6 Color and Light - Jazz Sketches on Sondheim various artists 1995 Sony
7 Sings the Stephen Sondheim Songbook Julie Wilson 1995 DRG Records
8 Something Wonderful - Songs of Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim Anne Kerry Ford 1997 LML Music
9 Mandy Patinkin Sings Sondheim Mandy Patinkin October 29, 2002 Nonesuch

Forum topics

Topic Board Started by Replies Last message down
1 Let Me Entertain You Add songs Dave Nebraski 2 2012-04-06 17:57:30 GMT by tsk
2 "Losing My Mind" (Stephen Sondheim) Add songs dietzandschwartz 1 2012-09-14 14:15:45 GMT by tsk

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