Three-time Tony Award winner Charles Strouse composed the music for such classics as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause.

You know his songs, from "It's the Hard Knock Life" to "Those Were the Days," the theme from All in the Family.

The composer’s musicals, including “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” captured essential elements of American culture. Here are five of his most memorable songs.

Charles Strouse, a composer whose hits on the Broadway shows “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie” earned him three Tony Awards, a ...

Charles Strouse, the renowned composer of musicals like Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, passed away at 96 in New York City. He was ...

NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the composer of classic theater hits “Annie,” Bye, Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” has died. He was 96. Strouse died Thursday, May 15 in his home in New York, his family said ...

"Those Were the Days," co-written by the late Charles Strouse, revolutionized the form — while slyly mocking Archie Bunker's worldview.

Three-time Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse, who was also known for his works like 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie', passed away on Thursday at the age of 96, reported Variety. The ...