Robert Russell Bennett
Biography
Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. In 1957 and 2008, Bennett received special Tony Awards recognizing his orchestrations for Broadway shows. Early in his career, he was often billed as Russell Bennett.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Oklahoma!
1955
Camelot
1960
My Fair Lady (The Original Sound Track Recording)
1964
My Fair Lady
1956
South Pacific
1949
My Fair Lady
1959
Goodbye To Love
1959
Gershwin's Greatest Hits
1971
Christmastime In Carol And Song
1968
The Sound Of Music (Original Broadway Cast)
1959
The King And I
1956
The King And I
1951
Oklahoma!
1943
Oklahoma!
1998
South Pacific
1986
Hooked On Swing, The Album
1982
Great Moments Of Music: Marches
1980
Victory At Sea Suite
1976
Pops Varieties
1969
Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris / Concerto In F
1966
Camelot
1964
Flower Drum Song
1960
All Star Spectacular
1959
Flower Drum Song
1958
Credited work
2,020 releases · 302 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,500
- Other credits · 1,065
Studios: Abbey Road Studios · RCA Studios, New York · CTS Studios · Columbia 30th Street Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- George Gershwin
- Gershwin
- Arthur Fiedler
- Richard Rodgers
- Rodgers & Hammerstein
- Jeanette MacDonald
- Rex Harrison