** Cynthia Daniels ( engineer ), Hugh Fordin ( producer ), Mel Brooks ( composer / lyricist ) & the original Broadway cast with Nathan Lane & Matthew Broderick for The Producers

Jimmy Kennedy OBE ( 20 July 1902 – 6 April 1984 ) was an Irish songwriter, predominantly a lyricist, putting words to existing music such as " Teddy Bears ' Picnic " and " My Prayer ", or co-writing with the composers Michael Carr, Wilhelm Grosz ( aka Hugh Williams ) and Nat Simon amongst others.

He also released an album of his music called Hugh Sings Martin on the record label PS Classics, which drew from his catalog as a composer, lyricist, arranger and singer.

** George Martin ( producer ), Pete Townshend ( composer & lyricist ) & the original cast for The Who's Tommy

Martin Charnin ( born November 24, 1934 ) is an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director.

Most tracks were written by Tony Iommi and bassist / lyricist Bob Daisley ( although the vinyl version states that all songs were written by Iommi ), although some lyrics were subsequently modified by Geoff Nicholls and Tony Martin after he joined the band.

His wife, writer / lyricist Sylvia Fine, wrote many of the witty, tongue-twisting songs Danny Kaye became famous for.

Styne established his own dance band, which brought him to the notice of Hollywood, where he was championed by Frank Sinatra and where he began a collaboration with lyricist Sammy Cahn, with whom he wrote many songs for the movies, including " It's Been a Long, Long Time " (# 1 for 3 weeks for Harry James and His Orchestra in 1945 ), " Five Minutes More ," and the Oscar-winning " Three Coins in the Fountain ".

Hammerstein was the lyricist and playwright in his partnerships ; his collaborators wrote the music.

He wrote lyrics for a number of tracks on the IAMX albums " Kiss + Swallow " and " The Alternative " and released the album All These Lines Make Noises in 2005 as singer / songwriter / lyricist with the band transporter.

In 1938, composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Y. Harburg ( composers of " Over the Rainbow " and many other hits ) wrote the song " God's Country ", for the finale of the MGM musical Babes in Arms, starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney.

* John Waite, prolific lyricist / balladier, of The Babys and Bad English fame, who wrote many tunes while living here

The book, printed in both English and French, contains all of Watt's song lyrics from the Minutemen era as well as the tour journal he wrote during the Minutemen's only European tour with Black Flag, essays by former SST co-owner Joe Carducci, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, and Blue Öyster Cult lyricist and longtime Watt hero Richard Meltzer, and illustrations by Raymond Pettibon that had been used in all of the Minutemen's album artwork.

With Paramount lyricist Frank Loesser, he wrote " Two Sleepy People " in 1938.

Barry also wrote the scores to a number of musicals, including Passion Flower Hotel ( lyrics by Trevor Peacock ), the successful West End show Billy ( lyrics by Don Black ) and two major Broadway flops, The Little Prince and the Aviator and Lolita, My Love, the latter with Alan Jay Lerner as lyricist.

The album features a number of songs Barry wrote in collaboration with his lyricist friend, Don Black.

About then Schuman met lyricist Frank Loesser and wrote some forty songs with him.

Gershwin introduced Harburg to Jay Gorney, who collaborated with him on songs for an Earl Carroll Broadway review ( Earl Carroll's Sketchbook ): the show was successful and Harburg was engaged as lyricist for a series of successful revues, including Americana in 1932, for which he wrote the lyrics of Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

W. G. Rothery, a British lyricist who wrote the English lyrics for songs such as Handel's " Art Thou Troubled ," wrote the following lyrics to the tune of " The Londonderry Air ":

In addition to his film music, Bernstein wrote the scores for two Broadway musicals, How Now, Dow Jones, with lyricist Carolyn Leigh, in 1967 and Merlin, with lyricist Don Black, in 1983.

Together with lyricist and long-time collaborator Alfredo Le Pera, Gardel wrote several classic tangos.

He and lyricist Carl Sigman wrote " If You Could See Me Now " for Sarah Vaughan and it became one of her first signature songs.

Biographer Earl Conrad said, " Nobody clearly knew what he wrote or didn't write .... Publishers tend to credit him with writing the songs known to bear his name as a lyricist ....

Eugen Roth ( January 24, 1895 in Munich – April 28, 1976 in Munich ) was a German lyricist and poet, he wrote mostly humorous verse.

As a lyricist, Maschwitz wrote the screenplays of several successful films in the 1930s and 1940s, but is perhaps best remembered for his lyrics to 1940s popular songs such as " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square " ( music by Manning Sherwin and Jack Strachey ) and " These Foolish Things " ( music by Jack Strachey ).

Pitchfork Media placed Paid in Full at number fifty-two in its " Top 100 Albums of the 1980s "; editor Sam Chennault wrote that Rakim inspired a generation of MCs and " defined what it meant to be a hip-hop lyricist ".

* Frederick Weatherly, song lyricist who wrote the words to Danny Boy and Roses of Picardy

Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin wrote the song " Levon " for Helm.

In addition to becoming the band's drummer, Peart assumed the role of principal lyricist from Lee, who had very little interest in writing, despite penning the lyrics of the band's first album.

In addition, Max Webster lyricist Pye Dubois offered the band lyrics to a song he had written.

He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on the long-running Broadway musicals My Fair Lady and Camelot, with book and lyrics by Lerner, both of which were made into films.

In 1957, lyricist Mary Rogers penned lyrics to the tune, creating a newly titled Captain Kangaroo song.

After Fish left the group ( taking his lyrics with him ), Hogarth set to work crafting new lyrics to existing songs with lyricist and author John Helmer.

Most of the lyrics on the album were written by former Elton John lyricist Gary Osborne.

Both were given new English lyrics by lyricist Norman Gimbel.

Hall was the band's primary lyricist and philosopher, with Sutherland and Erickson both contributing lyrics as well as writing and arranging the group's music.

Geezer Butler thus resumed his traditional job as Black Sabbath's primary lyricist, and completely new lyrics for the album were written, including what became " Junior's Eyes ".

It was originally translated into English by Lilla Cayley Robinson in the early 20th century, but American lyricist Johnny Mercer later expanded and greatly revised her lyrics.

Veteran lyricist Ralph Maria Siegel penned a set of German lyrics, named " Die Liebe ist ein seltsames Spiel ", which, after some friction between Francis herself and her MGM executives, was recorded and released.

The lyrics had been written by Dean Pitchford, prolific writer of Fame, screenwriter of — and sole or joint lyricist of every song in the soundtrack of — the original 1984 film Footloose, and lyricist of the Solid Gold theme, and the music had been composed by Bill Goldstein, whose versatile career included the original music for NBC's Fame TV series.

Unlike their previous releases, Gilbert and Pundik also worked on lyrics alongside primary lyricist Steve Klein for the first time.

Specifically, lyrics alluding to the children's book include " red balloon, great green room ," and make reference to the childhood experience of the lyricist.

Howard Ashman, the original lyricist, had died, and additional lyrics were written by Tim Rice.