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'''Ayn Robbins''' co-wrote with [[Carol Connors]] the lyrics for two [[Academy Award]] and [[Grammy]] nominated songs, "[[Gonna Fly Now]]" from ''[[Rocky]]'' (1976) and "Someone's Waiting for You" from [[The Rescuers]] (1977).
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'''Ayn Robbins''' is a lyricist and poet. She is best known for co-writing with [[Carol Connors (singer)|Carol Connors]] the lyrics for two [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] and [[Grammy]] nominated songs, "[[Gonna Fly Now]]" from ''[[Rocky]]'' (1976; music by [[Bill Conti]])<ref name="Studwell1994">{{cite book|last=Studwell|first=William Emmett|title=The popular song reader: a sampler of well-known twentieth century-songs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t3AEWtKgklsC&pg=PA212|year=1994|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-56024-369-4|page=212}}</ref> and "Someone's Waiting for You" from ''[[The Rescuers]]'' (1977; music by [[Sammy Fain]]).


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Ayn Robbins is a lyricist and poet. She is best known for co-writing with Carol Connors the lyrics for two Academy Award and Grammy nominated songs, "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky (1976; music by Bill Conti)[1] and "Someone's Waiting for You" from The Rescuers (1977; music by Sammy Fain).

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  1. ^ Studwell, William Emmett (1994). The popular song reader: a sampler of well-known twentieth century-songs. Routledge. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-56024-369-4.