Songwriter Cynthia Weil is dead to me!

She's outlived Barry. Married since 1961. It's going to take some adjusting for Barry.

Brill Building Magicians

Make your own kind of music in heaven Cynth!

Cynthia wrote one of my favorite songs ever.

I saw her WIKI photo and thought "they've got it wrong, that's Steven Tyler, but, no, it's her.

[quote] She's outlived Barry. Married since 1961. It's going to take some adjusting for Barry.

I think you meant Barry outlived Cynthia. As you note, he's still alive and kicking at 84.

"I'll be certain he's my guy by the things he'll like to do, like Walking in the Rain..."

"But then he comes Uptown each evening to my tenement..."

I always had a soft spot for “Somewhere out There “.

For r9:

She wrote some awfully good music.

Article says this was her first hit. I love the Brill orchestration and background singers

My fave...

"Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - Eydie Gorme

She was a featured character in "Beautiful-The Carole King Musical."

[quote]She's outlived Barry. Married since 1961. It's going to take some adjusting for Barry.

They got married when he was 22 and she was 20. They were probably dating a few years before that. She died at age 82. He's currently 84. That's a long time together. Good for them. But bad for him now.

She was actually from Manhattan, usually these musical geniuses come from Brooklyn.

But Barry WAS from Brooklyn, it seems - see what I mean?

I wish people still wrote and recorded quality pop music.

In my opinion George Michael was the last big pop artist/singer.

[quote]I wish people still wrote and recorded quality pop music.

I was reading some article in an old 60s pop paper and it was about the "current" pop song writers and it ended "Imagine living in a world without a constant stream of new pop songs". I thought, gurl, I don't need to imagine it - I'm living it.

Cynthia and Barry Mann never wrote any songs about pimp popping a cap in the ass of some ho. I wonder what the Righteous Brothers could have done with that.

What a remarkable legacy.

She helped to free Eastern Europe, in a small but cool way.

R13, I love “Blame it on the Bossa Nova.”

[quote]I love “Blame it on the Bossa Nova.”

My mother must have bought that record at the time because it was around our house since forever. Nice to hear it again.

I always associate it with this one which was also on the same stack. My parents had good taste in pop.

Always loved this version of Here You Come Again

^ I prefer Dolly's version.

Your parents did have great taste in music, R24.

[quote] I love “Blame it on the Bossa Nova.”

The West Wing did the best version

Some Columbia 45s from that era had yellow labels. I wonder whether orange was for adult/pop and yellow for teen/rock records.

Barry & Cynthia, Carole and Gerry, Burt & Hal, Carole BS, Neil Sedaka

Them New York Jews really knew how to write a hit!

r28, my favorite musical moment from The West Wing also features Ainsley Hayes. "He Is an English Man" has made me cry since Chariots of Fire.

When that show was good, it was so good.

“She wants to be just like Zsa Zsa Gabor, Even though she’s the girl next door.”

Thanks for the great memory, R29!

Neil Sedaka on twitter:

Wow, she really did write some amazing songs.

Here You Come Again (Dolly)

Just a Little Lovin' (Dusty Springfield)

He's So Shy (Pointer Sisters)