Paul Hampton

Paul Hampton (born August 20, 1937) is an American actor, singer, lyricist and writer. He is listed as one of one hundred major architects of American rock and roll in the British rock journal "Footsoldiers and Kings." While he was a sophomore at Dartmouth College, he was signed to Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures at the same time to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1960, with Bacharach he co-composed and performed the strange death disc "Two Hour Honeymoon" (Dot Records). After this initial outing he co-wrote hits for Don Gibson ("Sea of Heartbreak"), Gene Pitney ("Donna Means Heartbreak"), Johnny Tillotson ("I Rise, I Fall") and hits for overseas artists ("Angry at the Old Oak Tree.") Also he wrote the theme for "My Mother the Car" and sang it under the group name Albuquerque. He made two albums, "Beautiful Beginnings" and "Rest Home For Children."

Some of his songs have been recorded by Sammy Davis Jr., Bette Midler, Eddy Arnold, Tom Jones, Merle Haggard, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Gene Pitney and Johnny Cash.

His film career began in 1958 starring in ''Senior Prom''. Many television appearances ensued such as ''The New Phil Silvers Show'', ''The Doris Day Show'', ''The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour'', '' McCloud'', '' Ironside'', ''Combat!'', '' Benson'' and others. Some notable movie appearances were in '' Lady Sings the Blues'', '' Shivers'', '' Hit!'', '' More Dead Than Alive'', as a trigger-happy punk," and the award-winning television show ''Never Forget''. Hampton continues to act and compose today (2010).

In 2008 Tony Award-winning actress and singer Idina Menzel recorded Hampton's song "Hope" for the Major League Baseball Stand Up To Cancer
charitable program.

He is the ASCAP award-winning songwriter for "Sea of Heartbreak", used in the soundtrack for the films '' The Butcher Boy'', ''A Perfect World'', ''Heartbreak Ridge'' and ''Clay Pigeons''.
In 2010 singer Rosanne Cash covered the song in a duo with Bruce Springsteen which received a Grammy nomination and was promoted as the
single from her album The List.

Selected filmography

* 1958 ''Senior Prom'' as Tom Harper
* 1966 ''Women of the Prehistoric Planet'' as Wilson
* 1968 '' More Dead Than Alive'' as Billy
* 1970 ''Black Water Gold'' as Roger
* 1970 '' WUSA'' as Rusty Fargo
* 1971 '' Private Duty Nurses as Dewey
* 1972 '' Lady Sings the Blues'' as Harry
* 1973 '' Hit!'' as Barry Strong
* 1975 '' Shivers'' as Roger St. Luc
* 1982 ''Butterfly'' as Norton
* 1987 '' Winners Take All'' as Frank Bushing
* 1992 '' Waxwork II: Lost in Time'' as Prosecution
* 1993 ''The Thing Called Love'' as Doug Siskin
* 1993 '' Babylon 5: The Gathering'' as The Senator
* 1995 '' The Stranger'' as Buck

Music

*1957: ''Play it Cool'' b/w ''Classy Babe''
*1957: ''Rockin' Doll'' b/w ''Please Love Me''
*1957: ''Slam Bam Thank You Ma'am'' b/w ''Live A Life of Love''
*1958: ''Love'' b/w ''The Longer I Love You''
*1959: ''Write Me'' b/w ''Don't Unless You Love Me''
*1960: ''Two Hour Honeymoon'' b/w ''Creams''
*1963: ''I'm In Love With A Bunny* (At The Playboy* Club)'' b/w ''Bandera''
*1965: ''My Mother the Car'' – composer: theme music. Song performed by Hampton under the name Albuquerque.
*1970: ALBUM – ''Beautiful Beginnings'', Barnaby Records
*1974: ALBUM – ''Rest Home For Children'', Crested Butte Records

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1937 births
American male composers
21st-century American composers
American male film actors
Songwriters from Oklahoma
American male television actors
Dartmouth College alumni
Living people
Musicians from Oklahoma City
Male actors from Oklahoma City
21st-century American male musicians
American male songwriters