Diane Lampert

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Diane Charlotte Lampert (born September 25, 1924 in the Bronx , New York ; died February 22, 2013 in Manhattan , New York ) was an American songwriter and occasional screenwriter. Her greatest creative period spans the 1950s and 1960s. But even after that she was successful.

She wrote lyrics for artists such as Brenda Lee , Harry Nilsson , George Jones , Red Foley , The Seekers and The Lettermen and others. a. One of her songs, "Break It To Me Gently", sung by Juice Newton , received a Grammy in 1983 for " Best Female Country Vocal Performance " (see Grammy Awards 1983 ).

In collaboration with other songwriters Lampert wrote the text for the Rockabilly song can "Nothin 'Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)," which the Beatles in 1963 for a radio show of the BBC recordings. The song was first released on phonograms in 1994 on the album Live at the BBC . For Johnny Cash she wrote the lyrics for "Breaking Bread" (music: Paul Overstreet ). The song appeared on Cash's album Unearthed in November 2003 .

The films she wrote lyrics for include: a. The Snow Queen (Soviet cartoon, 1957), Juke Box Rhythm (1959), Sweden - Just for Love (1965), Billie (1965) and Silent in Space (1972) , as well as song lyrics for the western Tomorrow It's Your Turn (1959 ) and the Steve Buscemi film Trees Lounge - The bar where everything turns (1996).

She also appeared as a screenwriter for the Canadian television film Ten Girls ago (1962, with Buster Keaton ). She also wrote the libretto and lyrics for the children's jazz musical "Suite for Human Nature" (2004), which deals with the delicate interplay of mother nature , father time and their imperfect human children. It was musically accompanied by Wynton Marsalis . A children's book based on their texts was published in May 2016 under the same title.

She was married to Fred Stuart , the head of the Rainbow Music Corporation record label in New York.

She died of heart failure in a New York hospital at the age of 88 .

Web links

literature

  • Diane Lampert: Suite for Human Nature. Atheneum / Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, New York 2016, ISBN 978-1416953739 (in English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ben Ratkliff: A Children's Lesson About Seasons and People. The New York Times , December 18, 2004, accessed July 15, 2015 .
  2. ↑ AP : Songwriter Diane Lampert Dead at 88. In: AP. February 23, 2013, accessed June 12, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Lampert, Diane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lampert, Diane Charlotte (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter and occasional screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York
DATE OF DEATH February 22, 2013
Place of death Manhattan , New York