Alan Bergman, the decorated lyricist who over the course of seven decades penned songs including “The Windmills of Your Mind,” “The Way We Were,” and “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” with wife Marilyn Bergman, has […]
Peter Sinfield, a co-founding member of King Crimson and chief lyricist for their first four albums, died on Thursday (November 14th) at age 80. The news was shared on King Crimson’s official website, with no […]
Will Jennings, the two-time Oscar-winning lyricist of “My Heart Will Go On,” “Up Where We Belong” and “Tears in Heaven,” has died. He was 80. The songwriter died Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas, […]
Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016. Matthew Eisman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthew Eisman/Getty Images Broadway lyricist Sheldon Harnick at the Tony Awards in May 2016. Matthew Eisman/Getty Images […]
Pete Brown, the British countercultural poet who wrote the lyrics for a number of Cream’s most popular songs, has died at the age of 82. The family of Cream’s Jack Bruce announced Brown’s passing on […]
Keith Reid, the lyricist for Procol Harum whose poetic vision on Whiter Shade of Pale made it a defining song of the 1960s, has died aged 76. He died in a London hospital, after receiving […]
It’s another brick in a decades-old wall: Musician David Gilmour and author-lyricist wife Polly Samson are calling out Gilmour’s former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters as antisemitic — and more. The slam comes after Waters […]