Mort Shuman

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composer human lyricist pianist singer songwriter

Mort Shuman was an American songwriter and pianist best known for co-writing numerous 1960s pop and rock hits, including many for artists like Elvis Presley and The Drifters.

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Mort Shuman canonical 5

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1991 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
alsoWorkedIn France ⓘ
birthName Mortimer Shuman ⓘ
burialPlace Barbican Jewish Cemetery, London ⓘ
causeOfDeath liver cancer ⓘ
collaboratedWith Doc Pomus NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWriter Doc Pomus NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1991-11-02 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
familyName Shuman ⓘ
genre pop ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Mortimer ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Mort Shuman NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame ⓘ
A Teenager in Love ⓘ
Allô Papa Tango Charlie ⓘ
Can't Get Used to Losing You ⓘ
Here I Go Again ⓘ
Le Lundi au soleil ⓘ
Little Sister ⓘ
Save the Last Dance for Me ⓘ
Sha-La-La ⓘ
Suspicion ⓘ
Sweets for My Sweet (album) ⓘ
surface form: Sweets for My Sweet

This Magic Moment ⓘ
Turn Me Loose ⓘ
Viva Las Vegas ⓘ
musical "Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris" ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London, England, United Kingdom
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New York City ⓘ
roleInWork adapter of Jacques Brel songs into English ⓘ
wroteSongsFor Andy Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Claude François NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cliff Richard ⓘ
Dion and the Belmonts ⓘ
Elvis Presley ⓘ
The Drifters ⓘ
The Searchers ⓘ

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The Drifters → notableSongwriterCollaborator → Mort Shuman ⓘ
Save the Last Dance for Me → composer → Mort Shuman ⓘ
This Magic Moment → writer → Mort Shuman ⓘ
Hold Up → writer → Mort Shuman ⓘ
Brill Building pop → associatedWith → Mort Shuman ⓘ