NEW YORK — 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 ...

Strouse’s compositions from “Bye Bye Birdie” included “Put On a Happy Face” and “Kids (What’s the Matter With Kids Today?)“ The lyrics were written by his frequent collaborator ...

and featured Margret’s now iconic performance of the film’s newly added title song, “Bye Bye Birdie.” Strouse would later win a 1996 Emmy Award for the new song, “Let’s Settle Down ...

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ONE LAST KISS") UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As Conrad Birdie, singing) Oh, one last kiss. Oh, give me one last kiss. LUNDEN: ...Or Depression-era New York... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG ...

Put on a happy face. LUNDEN: That's Charles Strouse singing probably his most famous song, "Put On A Happy Face" from "Bye Bye Birdie." The composer kept working into his 80s on new projects at a ...

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.