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Bye Bye Birdie was originally titled 'Let's Go Steady' before being renamed after the character Conrad Birdie, a play on the name of Conway Twitty, a real-life rock 'n' roll rival of Elvis Presley.

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 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three-time Tony Award-winner Charles Strouse, Broadway’s industrious, master melody-maker who composed the music for such classic musical theater hits as “Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie” and ...

BATAVIA — The Batavia Players Summer Youth Theater is going for something fun and simple this year when “Bye Bye Birdie” takes the stage. “Bye Bye Birdie” is set in 1958 and is a story about a talent ...

Three-time Tony Award winning composer and lyricist Charles Strouse, whose work included “Annie” and “Bye Bye Birdie,” died Thursday. He was 96. The news was confirmed to the New York Times by Jim Byk ...