Cynthia Weil

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Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is an American songwriter who wrote many songs with her husband Barry Mann.

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Life and career

Weil was born in New York City, and grew up in a Conservative Jewish family. His father is Morris Weil, the owner of a furniture store and the son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants, and his mother is Dorothy Mendez, who grew up in a Sephardic Jewish family in Brooklyn. Weil was trained as an actress and dancer, but soon showed her songwriting skills leading to her collaboration with Barry Mann, whom she married in August 1961. The couple had one daughter, Dr. Jenn Mann, AKA "Dr. Jenn". Weil became one of the 1960s Brill Building songwriters, and one of the most important authors during the advent of rock and roll.

She and her husband went on to create songs for many contemporary artists, winning several Grammy Awards as well as Academy Award nominations for their compositions for the film. As Rock and Roll Hall of Fame imagines, in part: "Mann and Weil... [works from] epic ballads (" On Broadway, "" You're Losing That Lovin 'Feelin' ") for live rockers (" Kicks, " "We Should Get Out of This Place") and they put emphasis on meaningful lyrics in their songwriting.With Weil writing words and Mann music, they came up with a number of songs aimed at serious subjects such as racial differences and [...] "Uptown,"... and the difficult reality of making it in a big city ("On Broadway"...). "Only in America" ​​... dealt with segregation and racism, making it a bit too controversial for Drifter, "We Must Get Out of This Place"... a national anthem for the Vietnamese army, anti-war protesters, and young people who see it as a national anthem of greater opportunity. "

In 1987, he was appointed with her husband, Mann, into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2004, Mann and Weil's They Wrote That? , musical performances based on their song, opened in New York. Inside, Mann sang and Weil told stories about their personal songs and histories.

Weil and Mann were selected among the recipients of the 2010 Ahmet Ertaks Awards from Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria, broadcast on cable TV channel Fuse, songwriter Carole King inaugurated Mann and Weil and other co-songwriters from the 1950s and early 1960s, including Ellie Greenwich (posthumous) and Jeff Barry, Otis Blackwell (posthumous), Mort Shuman, and Jesse Stone (posthumous). "From the bottom of my heart and with great humility," said Ms. Weil in his acceptance, "I thought you would never ask." Eric Burdon of the Animals and Ronnie Spector of the Ronettes performed at the ceremony. In 2011 Mann and Weil received the Johnny Mercer Award - the highest award of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 2015, Weil published his first novel, I'm Glad I Did , a collection of mysteries in 1963.

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Songs by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

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References

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External links

• Audio interview with Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann at Sodajerker in Songwriting podcast
• Cynthia Weil biography on the Allmusic website
• Cynthia Weil on IMDb

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