Parents of musical artist Birdie Nichols share their daughter's passion for music along with some of her accomplishments.

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NEW YORK — Charles Strouse, the three-time Tony Award winner and Broadway master melody-maker who composed the music for “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Applause,” died Thursday. He was 96. Strouse ...

Charles Strouse, a Tony Award-winning composer whose Broadway hits “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Annie” and opening theme for the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family” became part of the American musical ...

Charles Strouse, the musical composer for such Broadway hits as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, films including Bonnie and Clyde (1967) The Night They Raided Minsky’s (1968) and All Dogs Go To ...