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Lee Adams, the Tony Award-winning lyricist who made his name in the musical theater in the 1950s and '60s, was born in Mansfield, Ohio on August 14, 1924. He studied journalism as an undergraduate at Ohio State University and then at the graduate level at Columbia University's Pulitzer School of Journalism, then worked on newspapers and periodicals in the 1940s... See full bio »

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1995 Bye Bye Birdie (TV movie) (lyrics)
 
1979-1983 Archie Bunker's Place (TV series) (composer: opening theme - 97 episodes)
– I'm Torn Here (1983) (composer: opening theme)
– Small Claims Court (1983) (composer: opening theme)
– No One Said It Was Easy (1983) (composer: opening theme)
– Bunker Madness (1983) (composer: opening theme)
– Store Wars (1983) (composer: opening theme)
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All in the Family (TV series) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" - 204 episodes, 1971-1979) (composer: opening theme - 2 episodes, 1971-1978)
– Too Good Edith (1979) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
– The Return of Stephanie's Father (1979) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
– The Family Next Door (1979) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
– Edith Gets Fired (1979) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
– Stephanie's Conversion (1979) (composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
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2009 Hitchhiker Munchkins (short) (writer: "A Lot of Livin' to Do")
 
2009 Clean?Coal (video) (writer: "Honestly Sincere")
 
2008 Cathouse: The Musical (TV documentary) (lyrics: "You've Got Possibilities")
 
2007 Charlie Bartlett (writer: "Those Were the Days Theme from All in the Family")
 
2006 Tony Bennett: Duets - The Making of an American Classic (video) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2005 Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2004 Beyond the Sea (writer: "Once Upon a Time" 1962)
 
2003 Secondhand Lions (writer: "A Lot of Livin' To Do")
 
2001 Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2001 The Anniversary Party (writer: "A Lot Of Livin' To Do")
 
2001 61* (TV movie) (writer: "Put On A Happy Face")
 
2001 Kissing Jessica Stein (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2001 Great Performances (TV series)
– My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs (2001) (lyrics: "Rosie")
 
2000 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (TV documentary) (writer: "Bye Bye Birdie", "A Lot of Livin' To Do", "Honestly Sincere")
 
2000 The West Wing (TV series)
– Six Meetings Before Lunch (2000) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
2000 Hanging Up (lyrics: "Once Upon A Time")
 
1999 Edtv (writer: "A Lot Of Livin' To Do")
 
1991-1999 The Simpsons (TV series)
– Wild Barts Can't Be Broken (1999) (lyrics: "Kids & Adults" - uncredited)
– Lisa's Sax (1997) (writer: "Those Were the Days" - uncredited)
– When Flanders Failed (1991) (lyrics: "Put On A Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1997 Over the Top (TV series)
– Pilot (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
1997 Cybill (TV series)
– The Love of Her Life (1997) (lyrics: "One Boy" - uncredited)
 
1997 Fathers' Day (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
1995 Bye Bye Birdie (TV movie) (lyrics: "Main Title Bye Bye Birdie", "An English Teacher", "The Telephone Hour", "How Lovely to Be a Woman", "Put On a Happy Face", "A Healthy, Normal American Boy", "One Boy", "Let's Settle Down", "Honestly Sincere", "Hymn for a Sunday Evening Ed Sullivan", "One Last Kiss", "What Did I Ever See in Him?", "A Lot of Livin' to Do", "Kids", "Spanish Rose", "Talk to Me", "A Mother Doesn't Matter Anymore", "A Giant Step", "Rosie")
 
1992-1994 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
– High School Big Shot (1994) (lyrics: "We Love You Conrad Reprise")
– Village of the Giants (1994) (lyrics: "We Love You Conrad")
– Hercules and the Captive Women (1992) (lyrics: "We Love You Conrad")
 
1993 Keeping Up Appearances (TV series)
– Sea Fever (1993) ("Put on a Happy Face")
– Please Mind Your Head (1993) ("Put on a Happy Face")
 
1993 The Nanny (TV series)
– Here Comes the Brood (1993) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1993 Life with Mikey (lyrics: "KIDS")
 
1992 Year of the Comet ("ALOT OF LIVIN' TO DO")
 
1991 29th Street (writer: "Put on a Happy Face")
 
1991 The Golden Girls (TV series)
– Beauty and the Beast (1991) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1991 Jungle Fever (lyrics: "Once Upon a Time")
 
1989 Happy Together (writer: "Put On a Happy Face")
 
1984-1987 Webster (TV series)
– Blast from the Past: Part 1 (1987) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face")
– Uncle Phillip (1984) (lyrics: "Put on a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1986 Off Beat ("Put On a Happy Face")
 
1982 Police Squad! (TV series)
– Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982) (lyrics: "A Lot of Living to Do")
– Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) (writer: "Put On a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1982 Portrait of a Showgirl (TV movie) (lyrics: "Applause")
 
1979 Are You Being Served? (TV series)
– The Punch and Judy Affair (1979) (lyrics: "Kids" - uncredited)
 
1979 Archie Bunker's Place (TV series)
 
1977 All in the Family (TV series)
– Mike Goes Skiing (1977) (lyrics: "A Lot of Living to Do" - uncredited)
 
1975 When Things Were Rotten (TV series)
 
1975 Superman (TV movie) (lyrics: "We Need Him", "It's Superman", " It's a Swell Country", "Revenge", "The Woman for the Man", "You've Got Possibilities", "You've Got What I Need", "What I've Always Wanted", "Ooh, Do You Love You!", "The Strongest Man in the World", "I'm Not Finished Yet", "Pow! Bam! Zonk!")
 
1973 Applause (TV movie) (lyrics: "Backstage Babble", "But Alive", "The Best Night of My Life", "Who's That Girl?", "Applause", "Hurry Back", "Fasten Your Seat Belts", "Welcome to the Theatre", "One of a Kind", "One Hallowe'en", "Something Greater", "Finale")
 
1970 There Was a Crooked Man... ("There Was A Crooked Man...")
 
1970 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
– With This Ring (1970) (lyrics: "One Boy" - uncredited)
 
1968 The Night They Raided Minsky's (lyrics: "Perfect Gentleman" - uncredited, "Take Ten Terrific Girls But Only Nine Costumes" - uncredited, "You Rat You" - uncredited, "The Night They Raided Minsky's" - uncredited)
 
1968 Lulu's Back in Town (TV series)
– Episode #1.1 (1968) (writer: "Put on a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1967 Bobby Darin in London (TV movie) (writer: "Once Upon a Time")
 
1966 Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (TV movie) (writer: "What's a Nice Kid Like You", "They'll Never Split Us Apart")
 
1966 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 28 March 1966 (1966) (writer: "Put On a Happy Face")
 
1965-1966 Shindig! (TV series)
– Shindig in Europe: Part 2 (1966) (lyrics: "A Lot of Living to Do")
– Episode #2.17 (1965) (lyrics: "I've Got a Lot of Living to Do", "I've Got a Lot of Livin' to Do")
– Episode #1.34 (1965) (lyrics: "Got a Lot of Livin' to Do")
 
1960-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
– Episode #16.33 (1963) (writer: "Bye Bye Birdie")
– Episode #14.6 (1960) (writer: "We Love You, Conrad!", "Put On a Happy Face", "Spanish Rose")
 
1963 Bye Bye Birdie (lyrics: "Bye Bye Birdie", "We Love You, Conrad" / "We Hate You, Conrad", "The Telephone Song", "How Lovely To Be a Woman", "Honestly Sincere", "Hymn for a Sunday Evening" aka "The Ed Sullivan Song", "One Boy", "Put On a Happy Face", "Kids", "One Last Kiss", "A Lot of Living to Do", "The Shriner's Ballet", "Everything Is Rosie/Everything Is Hugo")
 
1963 The Avengers (TV series)
– School for Traitors (1963) (lyrics: "Put On a Happy Face" - uncredited)
 
1958 Concentration (TV series)
 
1956 The Price Is Right (TV series)
 
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1983 The Prodigal
Ollie
 
1944 The Fighting Seabees
Construction Worker (uncredited)
 
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Catch a Star! (1955). Musical revue. Sketches by Danny Simon and Neil Simon [earliest Broadway credit]. Music by Sammy Fain and Philip Charig Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster and Ray Golden. Ballet music composed by Herb Schutz. Additional Material by Lee Adams [earliest Broadway credit]... See more »
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo