He studied at the Eastman School of Music. He was a student of Aaron Copland at the Tanglewood Music Center (Massachusetts) and of the legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
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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")
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:
He studied at the Eastman School of Music. He was a student of Aaron Copland at the Tanglewood Music Center (Massachusetts) and of the legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
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