When he returned from his studies in Paris, he wrote serious compositions. To make ends meet, he played piano for singers in nightclubs.
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All in the Family
(TV series)
(composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" - 197 episodes, 1971-1979)
(composer: opening theme - 9 episodes, 1971-1978)
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Too Good Edith
(1979)
(composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days")
1999Annie
(TV movie)
(music: "Overture", "Maybe", "It's The Hard Knock Life", "It's The Hard Knock Life Reprise", "Tomorrow", "Tomorrow Reprise #1", "Little Girls", "Little Girls Reprise #1", "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here", "N.Y.C.", "Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile", "Easy Street", "Something Was Missing", "I Don't Need Anything But You", "Maybe Reprise", "Tomorrow Reprise #2", "Little Girls Reprise #2", "I Don't Need Anything But You Reprise", "End Credits", "Easy Street Reprise")
1995Bye Bye Birdie
(TV movie)
(music: "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")
1975Superman
(TV movie)
(music: "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!")
1973Applause
(TV movie)
(music: "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")
1968The Night They Raided Minsky's
(music: "Perfect Gentleman" - uncredited, "Take Ten Terrific Girls But Only Nine Costumes" - uncredited, "You Rat You" - uncredited, "The Night They Raided Minsky's" - uncredited)
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Episode #14.6
(1960)
(writer: "We Love You, Conrad!", "Put On a Happy Face", "Spanish Rose")
1963Bye Bye Birdie
(music: "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")
Nick & Nora (1991). Musical. Book by Arthur Laurents. Music by Charles Strouse. Lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr.. Music orchestrated by Jonathan Tunick. Musical and Vocal Direction by Jack Lee. Dance and incidental music by Charles Strouse. Dance and incidental music arranged by Gordon Lowry Harrell. Scenic Design by Douglas W...
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I never said to myself, "How will I ever top this?". That never even occurred to me. I mean, I like things to be a success, but the main thing is to keep working.
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Trivia:
When he returned from his studies in Paris, he wrote serious compositions. To make ends meet, he played piano for singers in nightclubs.
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