Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager (2013)

Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8, 1944 in New York ) is an American songwriter , composer and singer .

life and career

Carole Bayer Sager was born in New York in 1944. She studied acting and piano at the New York City High School of Music and Art. During this time, she and Toni Wine composed A Groovy Kind of Love , with which The Mindbenders landed a world hit in 1966. She later graduated from New York University .

Her first recording as a singer was in 1977 entitled You're Moving Out Today , which she wrote with Bette Midler and which also became a hit.

Also in 1977 she wrote the song Nobody Does It Better for the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me , Marvin Hamlisch composed the music; this title was nominated for an Oscar and was a huge success for singer Carly Simon .

In 1982, Carole Bayer Sager received an Oscar ( best song ) and a Golden Globe ( best movie song ) together with Burt Bacharach , Peter Allen and Christopher Cross for the theme song for Arthur - No Child of Sadness . In 1987 she and Bacharach were awarded a Grammy for That's What Friends Are For (Song of the Year), in 1999 with another film song Golden Globe for The Prayer (from The Magic Sword - The Legend of Camelot ), and in 2007 with a Satellite Award for the theme song to Grace is Gone . She was nominated seven more times for the Golden Globe, five more times for the Oscar, two more times for the Grammy, one more time for the Satellite Award, once for the Emmy .

In 1986, Sager and Bacharach's On My Own , originally written for Dionne Warwick , became a number one hit in the US and Canada as played by Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald .

After the death of Casablanca Manager Neil Bogart in 1982 Bayer Sager founded together with his widow Joyce 1984 Foundation "Neil Bogart Memorial Fund", which is now "The Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program" is. She is a member of the Foundation's Board of Directors .

Private life

Carole Bayer Sager was married to Andrew Sager from 1970 to 1978. From 1982 to 1991 she was married to Burt Bacharach , who adopted a son. Today she is married to Robert A. Daly, the former director of the Warner Music Group . She lives in Los Angeles , California .

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1981	Sometimes late at night	-	US60 (22 weeks) US	First published: May 1981

More publishments:

• 1977: Carole Bayer Sager
• 1978: … Too

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		UK	US
1977	You're Moving Out Today Carole Bayer Sager	UK6 (9 weeks) UK	US69 (7 weeks) US	First published: May 1977
1981	Stronger Than Before Sometimes Late at Night	-	US30 (13 weeks) US	First published: May 1981

Works (selection)

• Peter Allen ( Fly Away , Everything Old Is New Again )
• Bette Midler ( Blueberry Pie , My One True Friend )
• Melissa Manchester ( Midnight Blue , Come In from the Rain , Don't Cry Out Loud )
• Dolly Parton ( You're the Only One , Heartbreaker , The Day I Fall in Love )
• Carly Simon ( Nobody Does It Better )
• Dusty Springfield ( Dream On , Home to Myself , I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love )
• Elkie Brooks ( Don't Cry Out Loud )
• Rita Coolidge ( Fool That I Am , I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love )
• Barbra Streisand ( Niagara , Love Light , You and Me for Always , One More Time Around )
• Liza Minnelli ( More Than I Like You , Don't Cry Out Loud )
• Carole King ( Anyone at All )
• Rod Stewart ( That's What Friends Are For )
• Dionne Warwick ( Extravagant Gestures , Love Power , Stronger Than Before )
• Diana Ross ( It's My Turn , Come In from the Rain )
• Shirley Bassey ( Better Off Alone )
• Roberta Flack ( Maybe )
• Aretha Franklin ( Someone Else's Eyes , Ever Changing Times )
• Randy Crawford ( One Hello )
• Patti LaBelle ( On My Own , Sleep with Me Tonight , Need a Little Faith )
• Anita Baker ( When You Love Someone )
• Frank Sinatra ( You and Me (We Wanted It All) )
• Leo Sayer ( When I Need You )
• Neil Diamond ( Heartlight , On the Way to the Sky , Front Page Story , I'm Guilty , Turn Around )
• Christopher Cross ( Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) )
• Kenny Rogers ( They Don't Make Them Like They Used To )
• Johnny Mathis ( Fly Away , When I Need You , Midnight Blue )
• Michael Jackson ( It's the Falling in Love , You Are My Life , We've Had Enough )
• Celine Dion & Andrea Bocelli ( The Prayer )
• The Corrs ( I Never Loved You Anyway , Don't Say You Love Me )
• Diana Krall ( Why Should I Care )

Web links

• Website of Carole Bayer Sager (English)
• Carole Bayer Sager in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ news.google.com: The Daily
2. ↑ nytimes.com: Chronicle
3. ↑ news.google.com: The Miami News
4. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: UK US