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Peter Udell
Peter Udell (born 1934) is an American lyricist and writer, best known for his collaborations with composer Gary Geld. He started his career in popular music in the 1960s, writing lyrics for songs including " Sealed With A Kiss", " Save Your Heart for Me" and "Hurting Each Other". Udell wrote the lyrics and co-wrote the book for the Broadway musicals ''Purlie'' (1970), '' Shenandoah'' (1975), ''Angel'' (1978), ''Comin' Uptown'' (1979) and '' Amen Corner'' (1983). He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligib ... for ''Shenandoah'', and was also nominated for Best Original Score. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Udell, Peter American lyricists 1934 births Broadway composers and lyricists Living people Tony Award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Geld
Gary Geld (born October 18, 1935, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American composer known for his work creating musicals and popular songs with his lyricist partner Peter Udell. Raised in Clifton, New Jersey, Geld graduated from Clifton High School, where he won a songwriting competition. A graduate of New York University, Geld composed the music to the popular songs " Sealed With A Kiss", " Save Your Heart for Me" and "Hurting Each Other" with Udell as lyricist. The two men also co-created the Broadway musicals ''Purlie'' (1970, a nominee for the Tony Award for Best Musical), '' Shenandoah'' (1975), and ''Angel'' (1978). His music for ''Shenandoah'' was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Original Score in 1975. Geld and Udell also contributed songs to the musical dance revue ''American Dance Machine The American Dance Machine was a theatrical dance company created by Lee Theodore, which played on Broadway at the Century Theatre, opening Jun 14, 1978 and in total running 199 perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Save Your Heart For Me
"Save Your Heart for Me" is a song written by Gary Geld and Peter Udell. The song was originally written for and recorded by singer Brian Hyland in 1963. Although not released as a single in its own right, it was included as the B-side to Hyland's song, "I'm Afraid to Go Home," and appeared on Hyland's 1994 greatest hits album. "Save Your Heart for Me" is best known in a version recorded in 1965 by American pop group Gary Lewis & the Playboys and appears on the group's 1965 album ''A Session with Gary Lewis and the Playboys''. Lewis and his band released their version as a single in June 1965, and it peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart the week of August 21, 1965, behind "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher Whitburn, Joel (1996). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 6th Edition (Billboard Publications) It went to number one on the ''Billboard'' easy listening chart for three weeks in August 1965.Hyatt, Wesley (1999). ''The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contempora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hurting Each Other
"Hurting Each Other" is a song popularized by the Carpenters in 1972. It was written in 1965 by Gary Geld and Peter Udell, and has been recorded many times by artists ranging from Ruby & the Romantics to Rosemary Clooney. Previous versions The original version of the song was recorded by Jimmy Clanton and released in 1965 as a single on Mala Records. According to Richard Carpenter, this version of "Hurting Each Other" had a very different feel from the Carpenters' product. However, there are definite similarities in the vocal refrain. Clanton's 1965 single of the song failed to chart. Chad Allan & the Expressions, who later became The Guess Who, also recorded the song in 1965 on their Canadian LP '' Hey Ho (What You Do to Me!)''. Released as a single, the song hit #19 on the Canadian charts in early 1966. In June 1966 a version by Ruth Lewis, produced by Udell and Geld, was released as a single by RCA Victor records. A version also appeared on The Walker Brothers' second albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purlie
''Purlie'' is a musical with a book by Ossie Davis, Philip Rose, and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell and music by Gary Geld. It is based on Davis's 1961 play ''Purlie Victorious'', which was later made into the 1963 film ''Gone Are the Days!'' and which included many of the original Broadway cast, including Davis, Ruby Dee, Alan Alda, Beah Richards, Godfrey Cambridge, and Sorrell Booke. Plot ''Purlie'' is set in an era when Jim Crow laws still were in effect in the American South. Its focus is on the dynamic traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson, who returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community's church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol' Cap'n Cotchipee's plantation. With the assistance of Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins, Purlie hopes to pry loose from Cotchipee an inheritance due his long-lost cousin and use the money to achieve his goals. Also playing a part in Purlie's plans is Cotchipee's son Charlie, who ultimately p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenandoah (musical)
''Shenandoah'' is a musical that was composed during 1974 with music by Gary Geld, lyrics by Peter Udell, and book by Udell, Philip Rose, and James Lee Barrett. The musical is based on Barrett's original screenplay for the 1965 film ''Shenandoah''. Plot Charlie Anderson, a widower, lives with his large family in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, during the American Civil War. Anderson does not wish to be involved with the war because he doesn't consider it "his" war, but he is forced to take action when his youngest son Robert is taken prisoner by Union soldiers. In the course of searching for Robert, Charlie, his daughter Jenny, and some of his sons rescue Sam (Jenny's newlywed Confederate soldier husband) from a Yankee POW train. After enduring the tragedy of losing his eldest son Jacob (to a sniper) and his second eldest son James and James' wife Anne (to deserters), Charlie and the rest of the family return home, defeated. In his despair, Charlie is reminded to return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel (musical)
''Angel'' is a Broadway musical that opened at the Minskoff Theatre in New York on May 4, 1978. It was based on Ketti Frings’ Pulitzer Prize winning 1957 theatrical adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's best-selling 1929 novel, ''Look Homeward, Angel''. The musical featured songs with lyrics by Peter Udell and music by Gary Geld—the same team who created the musicals '' Shenandoah'' and ''Purlie''. Frings and Udell collaborated on the book. ''Angel'' was directed by Philip Rose and choreographed by Robert Tucker. The production featured costumes by Pearl Somner, lighting design by John Gleason and scenery by Ming Cho Lee. For her performance, Frances Sternhagen received a 1978 Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical. Additionally, Joel Higgins was nominated for a 1978 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical. The musical was savaged by the critics, and closed on May 13 after only five performances. Songs ''Angel'' is set in Altamount, North Carol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amen Corner (musical)
''Amen Corner'' is a musical with a book by Philip Rose and Peter Udell, lyrics by Udell, music by Garry Sherman, orchestration by Garry Sherman & Dunn Pearson and dance arrangements by Dunn Pearson & George Butcher, based on the 1954 play of the same title by James Baldwin. The score consists of mostly gospel-inspired music. After 12 previews, the Broadway production, directed by Rose and choreographed by Al Perryman, opened on November 10, 1983, at the Nederlander Theatre, where it ran for 28 performances. The cast included Rhetta Hughes as Margaret, Keith Lorenzo Amos as David, Roger Robinson as Luke, Ruth Brown as Odessa, Helena-Joyce Wright as Sister Boxer, Jean Cheek as Sister Moore, and Chuck Cooper as Brother Boxer. Hughes was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. The production received poor reviews. The musical was produced in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Drama Guild in 1986 and has been produced a number of times since. Synopsis Margaret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award For Best Book Of A Musical
The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play. Eligibility is restricted to works with original narrative framework; plotless revues and revivals are ineligible. This award was originally called the Tony Award for Best Author, until musicals were split off from dramas. Winners and nominees 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Award records ;3 Wins * Hugh Wheeler (2 consecutive) * Thomas Meehan * James Lapine ;2 Wins * Terrence McNally * Larry Gelbart * Peter Stone Nomination records ;5 Nominations * Michael Stewart ;4 Nominations * Douglas Carter Beane * James Lapine * Terrence McNally * Peter Stone * Hugh Wheeler ;3 Nominations * Chad Beguelin * Harvey Fierstein * Michael John LaChiusa * George C. Wolfe ;2 Nominations * Walter Bobbie * Alain Boublil * Mark Bramble * Leslie Bricusse * Betty Comden * Joe DiPietro * Bob Fosse * Larry Gelbart * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award For Best Original Score
The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical theatre, musical or Play (theatre), play in that year. The score consists of music and/or lyrics. To be eligible, a score must be written specifically for the theatre and must be original; compilations of non-theatrical music or compilations of earlier theatrical music are not eligible for consideration. History The award has undergone a number of minor changes. In 1947, 1950, 1951, and 1962, the award went to the composer only. Otherwise, the award has gone to the composer and lyricist for their combined contributions, except for 1971 when the two awards were split (although Stephen Sondheim won both, for ''Company (musical), Company)''. In only nine years have non-musical plays been nominated for Tony Awards in this category: ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in 1973, ''The Good Doctor (play), The Good Doctor'' in 1974, ''The Song of Jacob Zulu' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Lyricists
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1934 Births
Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people. * January 26 – A 10-year German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed by Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic. * January 30 ** In Nazi Germany, the political power of federal states such as Prussia is substantially abolished, by the "Law on the Reconstruction of the Reich" (''Gesetz über den Neuaufbau des Reiches''). ** Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, signs the Gold Reserve Act: all gold held in the Federal Reserve is to be surrendered to the United States Department of the Treasury; immediately following, the President raises the statutory gold price from US$20.67 per ounce to $35. * February 6 – F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
