Given the extraordinary popularity and success that the music of rodgers and hammerstein has had, what sort of impact do you think the lyrics of these "advice songs" have had on american culture in the 1940s, 50s and 60s? were their songs so popular strictly because of their very appealing melodies and harmonies, or did people really come to believe the advice they were being given? or is it possible that the very appealing melodies and harmonies persuaded audiences to become more receptive to the advice?

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