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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Allen
Singer/Songwriter
10-Feb-1944 18-Jun-1992 I Go To Rio
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Howard Ashman
Songwriter
17-May-1950 14-Mar-1991 Beauty and the Beast
John Barry
Composer
3-Nov-1933 30-Jan-2011 Film composer, James Bond, Out of Africa
Alan Bergman
Songwriter
11-Sep-1925   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Marilyn Bergman
Songwriter
10-Nov-1929   The Way We Were
Irving Berlin
Composer
11-May-1888 22-Sep-1989 White Christmas, God Bless America
Elmer Bernstein
Composer
4-Apr-1922 18-Aug-2004 Scored The Magnificent Seven
Johnny Burke
Songwriter
3-Oct-1908 25-Feb-1964 Swinging on a Star
Sammy Cahn
Songwriter
18-Jun-1913 15-Jan-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
Irene Cara
Singer
18-Mar-1959   Oh what a feeling
Hoagy Carmichael
Songwriter
22-Nov-1899 27-Dec-1981 Star Dust
Keith Carradine
Actor
8-Aug-1949   Thieves Like Us
Con Conrad
Songwriter
18-Jun-1891 28-Sep-1938 The Continental
Christopher Cross
Singer
3-May-1951   Sailing
Al Dubin
Songwriter
10-Jun-1891 11-Feb-1945 Lullaby of Broadway
Eminem
Rapper
17-Oct-1972   The Real Slim Shady
Ray Evans
Songwriter
4-Feb-1915 15-Feb-2007 Que Sera Sera
Sammy Fain
Composer
17-Jun-1902 6-Dec-1989 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Dorothy Fields
Songwriter
15-Jul-1905 28-Mar-1974 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Mack Gordon
Composer
21-Jun-1904 28-Feb-1959 Chattanooga Choo Choo
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
E. Y. Harburg
Songwriter
8-Apr-1896 4-Mar-1981 The Wizard of Oz
Isaac Hayes
Musician
20-Aug-1942 10-Aug-2008 Theme from Shaft
James Horner
Composer
14-Aug-1953   Scored Titanic
Fred Karlin
Musician
16-Jun-1936 26-Mar-2004 Won Oscar for For All We Know
Jerome Kern
Composer
27-Jan-1885 12-Nov-1945 Show Boat
Michel Legrand
Composer
24-Feb-1932   Film composer, The Windmills of Your Mind
Annie Lennox
Singer/Songwriter
25-Dec-1954   Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of These)
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Jay Livingston
Composer
28-Mar-1915 17-Oct-2001 Que Sera Sera
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Composer
22-Mar-1948   Evita
Frederick Loewe
Composer
10-Jun-1901 14-Feb-1988 My Fair Lady
Henry Mancini
Composer
16-Apr-1924 14-Jun-1994 Moon River
Bret McKenzie
Musician
29-Jun-1976   Flight of the Conchords
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter
18-Nov-1909 25-Jun-1976 Accentuate the Positive
Giorgio Moroder
Music Producer
26-Apr-1940   Disco producer and composer
Prince
Musician
7-Jun-1958   Purple Rain
Ralph Rainger
Composer
7-Oct-1901 23-Oct-1942 Thanks For The Memory
Nelson Riddle
Composer
1-Jun-1921 6-Oct-1985 Bandleader, orchestral arranger
Leo Robin
Songwriter
6-Apr-1900 29-Dec-1984 Thanks For The Memory
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Feb-1941   Universal Soldier
Richard M. Sherman
Songwriter
12-Jun-1928   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Robert B. Sherman
Songwriter
19-Dec-1925 5-Mar-2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
David Shire
Composer
3-Jul-1937   It Goes Like It Goes
Carly Simon
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1945   You're So Vain
Barbra Streisand
Singer
24-Apr-1942   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Jule Styne
Songwriter
31-Dec-1905 20-Sep-1994 Three Coins in the Fountain
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
10-May-1894 11-Nov-1979 Wild Is the Wind
Jimmy Van Heusen
Composer
26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
Harry Warren
Composer
24-Dec-1893 22-Sep-1981 Forty-Second Street
Ned Washington
Songwriter
15-Aug-1901 20-Dec-1976 When You Wish Upon a Star
Paul Francis Webster
Songwriter
20-Dec-1907 22-Mar-1984 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Paul Williams
Singer/Songwriter
19-Sep-1940   Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Stevie Wonder
Singer/Songwriter
13-May-1950   Signed, Sealed, and Delivered


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