Stephen Sondheim lyrics for a musical version of "The Exception and the Rule"; according to Robbins, Bernstein would not work without Sondheim. When Sondheim agreed, Guare asked: "Why haven't you all worked together since "West Side Story"?" Sondheim answered, "You'll see". Guare said that working with Sondheim was like being with an old college roommate, and he depended on him to "decode and decipher their crazy way of working"; Bernstein worked only after midnight, and Robbins only in the early morning. Bernstein's score, which was supposed to be light, was influenced by his need to make a musical statement. Stuart Ostrow, who
Somewhere Along the Way Cole Story" (1961). Somewhere Along the Way "Somewhere Along the Way" is a popular song. The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen under the pseudonym Kurt Adams, the lyrics by Sammy Gallop. The sheet music was published in 1952. The original recording by Nat King Cole was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2069. It first reached the "Billboard" Best Seller chart on May 23, 1952 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8. The song became the opening track to Nat's 1952 album "8 Top Pops". Cole re-recorded the song in stereo for his album