Songwriter, composer, lothario, philanthropist and

half of the team that created the world famous

smash-hit musicals "The Pajama Game" and

"Damn Yankees" Richard Adler has been one of

America s most beloved and creative musical fig-

ures for over thirty-five years. Here, in his own

words, is his rich and rewarding life, an inspiring

tale of the highest highs and the lowest lows, a mar-

velous journey through the quicksilver theater

world and beyond that both defines and encom-

passes the golden age of the American musical

From his early days as a fledgling tunesmith

scribbling out songs in a $60-a-month studio and

pounding the pavements of Tin Pan Alley, to his

fateful encounter with the man who would have

been his life-long collaborator, Richard Adler re-

counts a career that has seen him weather four

marriages; the sudden death of his partner Jerry

Ross at twenty-nine; that of his son Christopher at

a similar age; his own winning battle with throat

cancer, and his concomitant spiritual awakening.

A moving memoir of deep-felt emotions, "You

Gotta Have Heart" recalls Richard Adler s personal

struggles and conflicts as well as his associations

with hundreds of the best-known and best-loved

luminaries in show business, among them Hal

Prince, Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Twyla Tharp,

Marlene Dietrich, Gwen Verdon, Carol Channing,

Mary Lasker, Carol Haney, ]ackBenny, Harry

Belafonte, Jimmy Durante, David Susskind, Cab

Calloway, Hermione Gingold, Hal Linden, George

Abbott, Shirley Maclaine, Cole Porter, Danny