Mort Shuman
Mortimer Shuman (November 12, 1938 – November 2, 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as "Le Lac Majeur", "Papa-Tango-Charly", "Sha Mi Sha", "Un Été de Porcelaine", and "Brooklyn by the Sea" which became hits in France and several other European countries. Shuman wrote over 500 songs, including those for Ben E. King, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Andy Williams, and Janis Joplin. He was also responsible for the English-language production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Shuman was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
Genre: chanson, brill-building-pop, ye-ye, classic-french-pop
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Top Tracks
- Final
- Don't Fly Away
- Turn Me Loose
- Shami-Sha
- I'm a Man
- I'm a Man
- Save The Last Dance For Me
- My Death
- I'm A Man
- Kaipuu - Arranged for Choir
- I'm a Man
- If We Only Have Love (arr. Humphreys)
- A King For Tonight
- Teenager in Love
- Turn Me Loose
- Catarina
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Vraiment bien
- Sorrow
- Tango Funebre
Albums (40)
- Inédits et raretés 3 (2024)
- Singles & B-kanten (2023)
- Music from the Mudd Club New York City (2022)
- British Rock 'n' Roll Hits, 1956 - 1959, Vol. 2 (2021)
- Late Night Whisky Drinking Moods (2021)
- Tubes Chanson Française (2021)
- Rock Rock Rock (2020)
- Les grandes plumes de la chanson française (2020)
- Every Man Was Singing (2019)
- Mi Canción Italiana (2018)
- Original Debut Albums, Vol. 9 (1970)
- Wanna Dance? (2015)
- A Thousand Stars: The Best Of (2014)
- Rakkaudella (2013)
- British Rock & Roll, Vol. 2 (2012)
- Najpiękniejsze przeboje piosenki francuskiej (2012)
- Cinemagic 23 (2012)
- The Best Of British Rock N Roll (2012)
- Curiosités 1964/2009 (2011)
- The Best of British Rock 'n' Roll / 1956 - 1959, Vol. 2 (2010)
- Black Heaven (L'autre monde) [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (2010)
- Ciné Chansons (2008)
- Mort Shuman (2007)
- Universal Master (2006)
- Rare Soul & Disco 3 (2000)
- Rare Soul & Disco 10 (2000)
- The Best of Nikos Ignatiadis Deel 2 (1998)
- The 40th Anniversary Anthology (1998)
- Curiosités 1963/1992 (1998)
- University of Northern Colorado Bands 1997 (1997)
- Symphonic Elvis (1996)
- Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris (Revival 1995 London Cast) (1994)
- Golden Collection (Accordion) (1970)
- Monsieur papa (Coproduction Industrial Music) [Cinéma] (1977)
- Une femme fidèle (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (1970)
- A nous les petites Anglaises (Bande originale du film de Michel Lang) (1975)
- Amerika (1972)
- My Death (1970)
- Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording) (1970)
- Turn Me Loose (Mono Version) (1960)
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