Bob Merrill
Bob Merrill was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States on May 17th, 1921 and is the Songwriter. At the age of 76, Bob Merrill biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Born Henry Robert Merrill Levan, May 17, 1921 – February 17, 1998), an American songwriter, dramatic composer, lyricist, and screenwriter.
He was one of the best-selling songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts.
He wrote musicals for the Broadway stage, including Carnival! (music and lyrics) and Funny Girl (lyrics).
Personal life and death
Merrill married Dolores Marquez in 1964; the couple divorced and Suzanne Reynolds married Suzanne Reynolds in 1976. Merrill became sick in the mid-1990s and died of depression; he died on February 17, 1998.
Life and career
Merrill played a significant role in American popular music, but on a toy xylophone, he pulled out several of the hit parade songs of the 1950s, including "How Much Is" the Doggie in the Window. "Mambo Italiano" and "If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Baked a Cake" as well as writing music and lyrics for several Broadway shows, including Funny Girl.
Merrill was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and grew in Philadelphia over his family's candy factory and soda fountain. He wanted to be a performer and appeared in all local talent competitions, as well as being an impressionist-emcee at a local burlesque house. When he was first drafted into the Army's Horse Cavalry Division, his plans for a career in show business were cut short by the outbreak of World War II. Merrill moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a Columbia Pictures dialogue producer, and when on location for a film, he was asked to write some songs for the actress in the film, Dorothy Shay, who was recording an album at the time. Park Avenue Hillbilly, Shay's album, became a hit and launched his career. He was invited to write some songs with Al Hoffman and Clem Watts soon. They came up with a novelty song "If I Knew You Were Comin," I'd've Baked a Cake," which was first released in 1948 by Eileen Barton. He also co-wrote "You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry," a Moon Mullican song.
Among the other Top Ten songs for which he is most well-known are the 'British songs in which he is most well known' is 'Want.'
"Sparrow in the Treetop," "She Wears Red Feathers," and "My Truly, Truly Fair" were three of Merrill's hits, including "My Truly Fair."
Merrill made his Broadway debut in 2005 with New Girl in Town, Eugene O'Neill's musical interpretation of Anna Christie's Eugene O'Neill's Anna Christie. The musical was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical. Take Me Along started in 1959 with music and lyrics by Merrill, starring Jackie Gleason and Walter Pidgeon. The musical was nominated for the Best Musical Award in 1960 by Tony Burke. The film Lili was born into the Broadway musical Carnival in 1961, starring Anna Maria Alberghetti with words and music by Merrill. The musical was nominated for the 1962 Tony Award for Best Musical.
He was a hit on the Edinburgh Stage with his performance "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade," which were the new Barbra Streisand musical Funny Girl (1964), which established the words "People" and "Don't Rain on My Parade" among others. Merrill and Jule Styne were nominated for the 1964 Tony Award for Best Composer and Lyricist. When the stage performance was adapted for film, he and his songwriting partner Jule Styne were asked to write a title tune that was nominated for the 1968 Academy Award and the Golden Globe for Best Song.
Merrill was hired by producer David Merrick to produce additional songs for the film Hello, Dolly! Merrill performed two songs, "Motherhood March" and "Elegance," as well as some new lyrics to Jerry Herman's "It Takes a Woman." Merrill did not receive any compensation or praise for his updates to the score. He is also the lyricist of the 1970 Italian drama film "Loss Of Love," which was also composed by Henry Mancini.
Merrill's other Broadway credits include Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966), Henry, Sweet Henry (1967), Sugar (1972), Some Like It Hot (1992), and The Red Shoes (1993), Henry.
He wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Prettybelle (1971), which died in Boston after tryouts. Angela Lansbury appeared, with Gower Champion direction. He composed the music and lyrics for the musical The Prince of Grand Street (1978), which closed after it was banned in Boston. Robert Preston appeared in the musical and was directed by Gene Saks. An entire new first act was written for Boston due to raves after the Philadelphia tryout.
He was nominated for the Tony Award five times before, but he never won. However, he received the New York Drama Critics Award in 1961 for his work on Carnival! W. C. Fields and Me (1976), and the television films Portrait of a Showgirl (1982) and Tom Sawyer's Animated Adventures (1998). Two holiday specials, Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962) and The Dangerous Christmas of Red Riding Hood (1965), two of Merrill's television credits, were among Merrill's.