Awards & Nominations
- 1961 Tony Award for Best Musical (Bye Bye Birdie, winner)
- 1965 Tony Award for Best Musical (Golden Boy, nominee)
- 1970 Tony Award for Best Musical (Applause, winner)
- 1977 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Annie, winner)
- 1977 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (Annie, nominee)
- 1978 Grammy for Best Cast Show Album (Annie)
- 1981 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Charlie and Algernon, nominee)
- 1985 Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee
- 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (Mayor, nominee)
- 1987 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Rags, nominee)
- 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music (Rags, nominee)
- 1992 Tony Award for Best Original Score (Nick & Nora, nominee)
- 1996 Emmy Award for Bye Bye Birdie
- 1999 ASCAP Foundation Richard Rogers Award
- 2012 Rochester (NY) Music Hall of Fame (Lifetime Body of Work)
- 2013 Five Towns College named Charles Strouse School of Music
- 2021 OFTA TV Hall of Fame for All in the Family