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.

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

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

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

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 in a ...

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

Charles Strouse, the legendary composer behind some of Broadway 's biggest musicals, like Annie and Bye Bye Birdie, has died.

He’s known for such songs as “Tomorrow,” “It's the Hard Knock Life,” “Put on a Happy Face” and the ‘All in the Family’ theme ...