Adolph Green
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About
Collaborated on New York, New York, Just in Time, Make Someone Happy, and I Get Carried Away with Betty Comden.
Before Fame
He was a runner on Wall Street after high school. He and Comden met while she was a drama student at New York University.
Trivia
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.
Family Life
He married third wife Phyllis Newman in 1960. The couple had two children together, Adam and Amanda, who both became noted songwriters.
Associated With
He and Comden frequently collaborated with Leonard Bernstein early on, and together they wrote On the Town, the classic musical.
