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... us the very well known songs "People Will Say We're in Love" and "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning". Rodgers and Hammerstein's CAROUSEL, in 1945, introduced a new solemn note to the musical, with the unforgettable song "You'll Never Walk Alone" (later recorded by many artists, now a Liverpool football anthem). The recently re-opened KISS ME KATE opened in 1948, written around Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. In 1949, SOUTH PACIFIC, based on two James Michener stories, gave us the songs "Younger than Springtime" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair." It won the Pulitzer Prize. The hit show GUYS AND DOLLS, by Frank Loesser and George Kaufman, based on the stories of Damon Runyon, spawned the hit song "Luck Be a Lady Tonight", and ran for a little under three years. THE KING AND I opened in 1951 with Gertrude Lawrence as star, but she died ...