Rodgers

American  

[roj-erz] / ˈrɒdʒ ərz /

noun

1. James Charles Jimmie, 1897–1933, U.S. country-and-western singer, guitarist, and composer.

2. Richard, 1902–79, U.S. composer of popular music.

3. William Henry Bill, born 1947, U.S. distance runner.

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Rodgers British  

/ ˈrɒdʒəz /

noun

1. Richard . 1902–79, US composer of musical comedies. He collaborated with the librettist Lorenz Hart on such musicals as A Connecticut Yankee (1927), On Your Toes (1936), and Pal Joey (1940). After Hart's death his librettist was Oscar Hammerstein II. Two of their musicals, Oklahoma! (1943) and South Pacific (1949), received the Pulitzer Prize

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Rodgers

On Wednesday, the team unveiled a memorial dedicated to “Jota and Silva at its Anfield Stadium. The monument, designed by sculptor Emma Rodgers, is named “Forever 20,” in honor of Jota’s Liverpool jersey number.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

Kohl’s named Elliott Rodgers as its new Chief Operating Officer, effective Sept. 9, to oversee enterprise operations amid turnaround efforts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

But, as the old Rodgers and Hart song goes, “Songbirds always eat / if their song is sweet to hear.”

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

But Rodgers is still being weighed down by one reminder of his time with the Packers: the Wisconsin property that he purchased in 2015, which has been lingering on the market for six months now.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

In 1995, I met Dr. Marilyn Harran, a professor and the founding director of the Rodgers Center for Holocaust Education at Chapman University in Orange, California.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson