Cynthia Weil
1940-2023
The Broadway musical "Beautiful" tells the story of singer-songwriter Carole King and her husband and lyricist partner Gerry Goffin, but it also tells a parallel story of another Brill Building husband-wife songwriting team of the 1960's and beyond, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann. All are in various songwriting Halls of Fame and have won multiple Grammys and other awards. Cynthia Weil left us earlier this month at the age of 82.
Weil's songwriting credits are too numerous to list, but how about this little sample, in no particular order of greatness.
- You've Lost that Loving Feeling
- On Broadway
- We Gotta Get Outta This Place
- Uptown
- Blame It On The Bossa Nova
- Don't Know Much
- He's Sure The Boy I Love
- I Just Can't Help Believing
- Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The Morning)
- Walking In The Rain
- Saturday Night At The Movies
- Make Your Own Kind of Music
Some of the artists who have recorded Weil songs include The Drifters, The Crystals, Paul Revere and the Raiders, The Righteous Brothers, Andy Williams, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, The Monkees, Cass Elliott, and The Vogues.
Are you getting some idea of just what a giant Cynthia Weil was and what a legacy she leaves?
RIP Cynthia Weil.
Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil with Carole King
Weil and Mann
A marriage that lasted 63 years
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