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Walter Marks

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ComposerLyricist b. 1934

Walter Marks (born January 15, 1934, in New York) is an American songwriter, playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. He is probably best known for his song "I've Gotta Be Me", recorded by Sammy Davis Jr, Tony Bennett, Michael Jackson and many others. He has also written songs recorded by Barbra Streisand, The Temptations, Della Reese, Little Anthony and the Imperials, Steve Lawrence, Eydie Gorme, and other artists.

Also credited on2 works

Bajour
Golden Rainbow

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature3 passages

  • music and lyrics by Walter Marks book by Ernest Kinoy (replacing Arnold Schulman) basedtheatre-pdfs/More Opening Nights on Broadway - Steven Suskin.txt
  • PLAYERS THEATRE Wednesday, )une 3-August 2, 1 981 (70 performances) Gordon Crowe presents: THE BUTLER DID IT By Walter Marks and Peter Marks; Director, Doug Rogers; Scenery*, Akira Yoshimura; Lighting, Gregg Marriner; Costumes, Merrill Cleghome; Production Coordinator, Barbara Carroll; Company Manager, Patncia Crowe; Press, Jeffrey Richar…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1981-82 Season, v. 38 (Willis).txt
  • Langston in Harlem Book by Langston Hughes, Walter Marks, and Kent Gash, lyrics by Langston Hughes, music by Walter Marks; Produced by special arrangement with Langston, Ltd.; Executive Producer, Jon Kimbell/SenovwvAtheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2009-2010 Season, v. 66 (Willis).txt

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What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Any staging. This name appears in no production cast list we hold — 1,877 of 7,139 people are in that position, most of them writers, composers and designers rather than performers.
  • Any portrait. 1,626 of 7,139 people have one, so this is the usual case rather than the exception.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer, lyricist — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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