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Cynthia Weil

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ComposerLyricist 1940–2023

Cynthia Weil (October 18, 1940 – June 1, 2023) was an American lyricist who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2011, they jointly received the Johnny Mercer Award, the highest honor bestowed by that Hall of Fame. She and her husband were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. Weil and her husband, both based at the Brill Building, were instrumental in shaping the sound of rock and roll in the 1960s, alongside other luminaries such as Carole King, Burt Bacharach, and Neil Diamond.

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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

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  • Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Johnny Mercer, Harry Warren, Louis Prima, John Philip Sousa, Carole Bayer Sager, Melissa Manchester, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Felix Powell, George Asaf, Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II, Cat Stevens, Edgard Varese, Jerry Jeff Walker; Producer, Jules Fisher; Associate Producer, Patty Grubman; Music Arrange…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1978-79, v. 35 (Willis).txt
  • THEY WROTE THAT? Musical revue with Music by Barry Mann; Lyrics by Cynthia Weil. Produced by CIM Productions and Jarnes B. Freydberg; Director, Richard Maltby Jr.; Scenery, Nei! Patel; Costumes, Laurie Churba; Lighting, Heather Carson; Sound,theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2003-04 Season, v. 60 (Willis).txt

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