Sat, May 8, 2021
An in-depth interview with Barry Mann who, (along with his wife and partner, Cynthia Weil), wrote some of the most successful and beloved Pop songs in history, spanning three generations. He has had 98 Top Ten hits in the U.K., 51 in the U.S; and he and Cynthia are Grammy-Award and Oscar Nominees and inductees into both the Songwriter Hall Of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. His hit ''YOU'VE LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELING" was the most performed song of the 20th Century.
Thu, Jun 24, 2021
Melissa Manchester has written and recorded some of the most beautiful records in Pop Music history - Winning Grammys, performing Oscar-nominated songs in some of the most beloved Hollywood films, writing and performing in Stage Musicals of her own, while working with Andrew Lloyd Webber and some of the most extraordinary artists in Show Business.
Mon, Jun 28, 2021
With multi-platinum albums and songs have hit the top of the Billboard charts with several with several topping the charts at number one, Richard Marx has won Grammys for Best Song and Best Rock Vocalist, written monster hits recorded by some of the biggest artists in then world and he, himself, is one of the best performers on the planet.
Mon, Jun 28, 2021
Paul Williams is one of the most prolific and respected songwriters of our time. Paul and his songs have earned 3 Grammy awards, 2 Golden Globes, 6 Oscar nominations including an Oscar win for "Best Original Song" for his co-write with Barbra Streisand, "Evergreen", from "A Star Is Born" and he is an inductee in the "Songwriter's Hall Of Fame".
Tue, Nov 2, 2021
David Shire has scored feature films like Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation", "All The President's Men", "Saturday Night Fever," won an Oscar® for Best Song for the inspiring film, "Norma Rae," won two Grammy(TM) awards, been nominated for two Tony(TM) awards and he's a multiple Emmy(TM) nominee for his Television work. He's written music for Broadway and also co-wrote the gorgeous top 10 hit song, "With You I'm Born Again". Many of his songs have been recorded by the likes of Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Warnes, Melissa Manchester (oh yes, and David Pomeranz). PART 1 of his interview: "Film Scoring And Songwriting".
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
David Shire has scored feature films like Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation", "All The President's Men", "Saturday Night Fever," won an Oscar® for Best Song for the inspiring film, "Norma Rae," won two Grammy(TM) awards, been nominated for two Tony(TM) awards and he's a multiple Emmy(TM) nominee for his Television work. He's written music for Broadway and also co-wrote the gorgeous top 10 hit song, "With You I'm Born Again". Many of his songs have been recorded by the likes of Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Warnes, Melissa Manchester (oh yes, and David Pomeranz). PART 2 of his interview: "Composing For Musical Theater".
Wed, Jan 12, 2022
Kathie Lee Gifford co-hosted two award-winning and long running Television programs - "Live With Regis And Kathie Lee" and "The Today Show"- which collectively ran for 26 years and were nominated for 11 Emmy Awards (winning two). She has starred in films and is a singer, and has recorded 16 albums. She is also a Lyricist and Book Writer of Stage Musicals performed both on Broadway, (the Tony-Nominated, "Scandalous" - co-written with David Pomeranz and David Friedman) and Off-Broadway ("Under The Bridge" for which Pomeranz composed the music). She starred on Broadway in in the Stephen Sondheim's, "Putting It Together" and as Mrs. Hannigan in "Annie".
Sun, Apr 3, 2022
Jim Peterik is a Grammy-Award winning Writer, Singer, Producer, Crazy-good Performer, Guitarist and Keyboardist who has written - or co-written some of the coolest songs of the past several decades - songs like, "EYE OF THE TIGER", "THE SEARCH IS OVER" and "HIGH ON YOU" (all by his band, Survivor), "VEHICLE" (by his first band, "The Ides Of March), "HOLD ON LOOSELY" and "CAUGHT UP IN YOU" (both by 38 Special), "THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO" (The Beach Boys), "HEAVY METAL" (Sammy Hagar), "ON THIS DAY" (with this guy named Pomeranz) and countless other hit artists from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Chicago.
Wed, Jun 15, 2022
Barry Manilow is one of the best-selling artists in Pop music history. He has sold more than 85 million copies - with 51 Top 40 singles to his credit (13 of which reaching Number One on the Billboard charts). He's a Grammy Award winner and 15 time Grammy Nominee and, get this...he has he has had at least one charted Top 40 album in every one of the past five decades. He's won Emmy Awards for his TV Specials, written scores for Stage Musicals and Animated Features and he is an inductee into the "Songwriters Hall Of Fame".
Tue, Aug 2, 2022
Felix Cavaliere is a true innovator and legend in the Pop Music world - a brilliant Musician, Songwriter, Singer and Producer who, once upon a time, with Gene Cornish, Dino Danelli and Eddie Brigatti, formed a kick-ass band we all know and love called, "The Rascals". The happy news is that since those days with The Rascals, he has not stopped creating for a minute - recording his own brilliant solo albums, producing legendary artists like Laura Nyro and performing with greats like Billy Joel, Steve Cropper, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Willie Nelson. He is an inductee into The Songwriter's Hall Of Fame, The Grammy Hall Of Fame and The Hit Parade Hall Of Fame.
Wed, Sep 28, 2022
Alan Bergman and his wife and songwriting partner, Marilyn, have earned 13 Oscar Nominations for their songs and won 3 Academy Awards for writing Lyrics for "The Way We Were". "The Windmills Of Your Mind", and the gorgeous song score for the Barbra Streisand film, "Yentl". They have written scores of Pop hits like my personal favorites - "You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore" and "How Do You Keep the Music Playing?" and they are inductees into the Songwriter's Hall Of Fame for a lifetime of stellar achievement.
Sun, Feb 12, 2023
Rupert Holmes has written and recorded Mega Hits for himself and others like "ESCAPE (THE PINA COLADA SONG)", "TERMINAL", "HIM", and "YOU GOT IT ALL" and aside from his own ground-breaking albums, "WIDESCREEN" and "PARTNERS IN CRIME" he produced and arranged albums for Judy Collins and Barbara Streisand ("LAZY AFTERNOON" - and who recorded several of his compositions in her Movie, "A STAR IS BORN".) He's won two Tony Awards and Drama Desk and Outer Circle Awards for writing Music, Lyrics, Book and Orchestrations to the Broadway Classic, 'THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD" and he's written the scripts and lyrics for Broadway's, "GOODNIGHT, GRACIE" and "CURTAINS". He's also an award-winning Television Playwright ("REMEMBER WENN"), successful Mystery Novelist, and Short Story Writer. Amazing.