Jerry Perenchio, you are one of the most incredibly caring and ethical people I have ever known, and I love you very much.
Brad and Cassandra Grey, you enrich our lives with your kindness and friendship, and you have honored us more than words can say by making us godparents to your beautiful son Jules.
Michael Govan, your vision and passion inspire me to help do what I can to make Los Angeles a world-class center of art, and in doing so you and Katherine have also become dear friends.
Carole Childs, my high school girlfriend, you were my original fan and supported my songwriting before I’d ever even had a hit.
Barbara Davis, you and your late husband Marvin showed me love and kindness from the day we met long ago in Denver, and I value you in my life.
Henry Winkler, you have always taken up my cause and have never been anything but kind and loving to me, and I will appreciate that always.
Tien Ly, thank you for teaching me so much more about being an artist than I could have ever learned alone, and thank you for being one of the kindest men I’ve ever known.
Shelli and Irving Azoff, you are family to me and I so appreciate our shared history.
Laurie Gonlag, Maybelle and Johnny Yap, Ann McDowell, José Eber, Fran Cooper, Waldo Fernandez, Cary MacMiller, Gary Stiffelman, Katja van Herle, Peter Lau, Piero Morovich, I thank you for taking care of me and making my life infinitely better just by being in it.
And then there are so many other friends, old and new—too many to list in this limited space—who have touched, and continue to touch, my heart. I hope you all know who you are, and if you’re not sure, call me.
AMANDA URBAN, YOU MADE me understand that writing is rewriting, and believed I could dig deeper. I’m very lucky to have you in my life.
Courtney Hodell, you helped me, long distance, to really understand the nature of writing a memoir, and taught me a rule I will never forget: Don’t Tell Us, Show Us. I thank you for that.
Paul Slansky, you are not only a great editor, you are the man who was able to access in me a part of myself I didn’t know how to find, and then helped me to bring it to life, and find my voice on the printed page. I am forever grateful. And through it all we enjoyed the by-products of laughter and friendship.
Megan Hogan, Larry Hughes, and Dana Trocker, thank you for making the road from manuscript to finished book easier for me by being so available to answer all of my many questions.
And lastly, to Jonathan Karp, who as a boy saw his first Broadway musical, They’re Playing Our Song, and, luckily for me, loved it. Thank you for stewarding my memoir so enthusiastically. I feel ever grateful you were at the helm of it all helping me to make it even better. As an added bonus, I loved our entertaining e-mails, and how quickly they flew back and forth. When Binky Urban sent you my book to read, I was blessed.
Appendix
2016
“Stronger Together”
Jessica Sanchez
Carole Bayer Sager/Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds/Bruce Roberts
2008
“So Many People to Love”
Carly Simon
Carole Bayer Sager/Carly Simon/Wade Robson
2007
“Grace is Gone” (MOVIE SONG)
Jamie Cullum
Carole Bayer Sager/Clint Eastwood
“Thankful”
Josh Groban
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Richard Page
2005
“State of My Heart”
LaToya London
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Linda Thompson
2004
“A Mother’s Prayer”
Céline Dion
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“The Prayer”
Anthony Callea
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“We’ve Had Enough”
Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael Jackson/Rodney Jerkins/Fred Jerkins III/LaShawn Daniels
2003
“If You Wanna”
Justin Guarini
Carole Bayer Sager/Justin Guarini/Wade Robson
“When I Need You”
Clay Aiken
Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
2002
“Try It on My Own”
Whitney Houston
Carole Bayer Sager/Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds/Jason Edmonds/Aleese Simmons/Nathan Walton
2001
“I Wasn’t Gonna Fall in Love”
Carole King
Carole Bayer Sager/Carole King
“It Could Have Been Anyone”
Carole King
Carole Bayer Sager/Carole King/David Foster
“You Are My Life”
Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael Jackson/Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
“You Can Do Anything”
Carole King
Carole Bayer Sager/Carole King/Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
2000
“Why”
M2M
Carole Bayer Sager/Marion Elise Ravn/Marit Elisabeth Larsen
1999
“On My Father’s Wings” (MOVIE SONG)
The Corrs
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“Why Should I Care?” (MOVIE SONG)
Diana Krall
Carole Bayer Sager/Clint Eastwood/Linda Thompson
“The Prayer” (Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, 1998)
Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“Without You” (Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Music and Lyrics, 2000)
Liza Minnelli
Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
1998
“Anyone at All” (Golden Satellite Nomination for Best Original Song in a Motion Picture, 1999)
Carole King
Carole Bayer Sager/Carole King
“I Stand Alone” (MOVIE SONG)
Steve Perry
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Steve Perry
“My One True Friend” (MOVIE SONG)
Bette Midler
Carole Bayer Sager/Carole King/David Foster
“She Says That She Needs Me”
Brian Wilson
Carole Bayer Sager/Brian Wilson/Russ Titelman
1997
“Don’t Say You Love Me”
The Corrs
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/The Corrs
“I Never Loved You Anyway”
The Corrs
Carole Bayer Sager/The Corrs
“If I Didn’t Have You” (MOVIE SONG)
Eric Idle and Don Rickles
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“Looking Through Your Eyes” (MOVIE SONG)
LeAnn Rimes
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“One Man”
Sheena Easton
Carole Bayer Sager/Clifton Magness/Sheena Easton
“Still It’s You”
Phil Perry and Wendy Moten
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael Gore/James Ingram
1996
“I Do” (MOVIE SONG)
Dave A. Stewart
Carole Bayer Sager/Dave Stewart
“It’s Still Okay to Dream”
Babyface
Carole Bayer Sager/Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds
“You Love Who You Love”
Alannah Myles
Carole Bayer Sager/Paddy Moloney
1995
“Forever Yours” (MOVIE SONG)
Wendy Moten
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/James Ingram
“When You Love Someone” (MOVIE SONG)
Anita Baker and James Ingram
Carole Bayer Sager/Marc Shaiman/Anita Baker
1994
“Once Before You Go”
Klymaxx
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Joyce Irby
1993
“Any Kind of Love”
Jam
es Ingram
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/James Ingram
“Colors of Love” (MOVIE SONG)
Lisa Fischer
Carole Bayer Sager/James Ingram
“The Day I Fall in Love” (Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song, 1994; Grammy Nomination for Best Song, 1995)
Dolly Parton and James Ingram
Carole Bayer Sager/Clif Magness/James Ingram
“Look What Love Has Done” (Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song, 1995; Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song, 1994)
Patty Smyth
Carole Bayer Sager/James Ingram/Patty Smyth/James Newton Howard
1991
“Everchanging Times”
Aretha Franklin and Michael McDonald
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Bill Conti
“Hang Your Teardrops Up to Dry”
The Stylistics
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Gerald Goffin
“Someone Else’s Eyes”
Aretha Franklin
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Bruce Roberts
1989
“Take Good Care of You & Me”
Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Gerald Goffin
“Why Can’t We Be Together”
June Pointer and Phil Perry
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/Burt Bacharach
1988
“A Groovy Kind of Love” (BMI Top 100 Songs of the Century)
Phil Collins
Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine
“Love Light”
Barbra Streisand
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“One More Time Around”
Barbra Streisand
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Tom Keane
“You and Me for Always”
Barbra Streisand
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
1987
“Heartbreak of Love”
Dionne Warwick and June Pointer
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Diane Warren
“In My Reality”
Natalie Cole
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Love is Fire (Love is Ice)”
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Love Power”
Dionne Warwick and Jeffrey Osborne
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“The Minute I Saw You” (MOVIE SONG)
John Parr
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/John Parr/Marvin Hamlisch
“Over You”
Ray Parker, Jr. and Natalie Cole
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Ray Parker, Jr.
“Overnight Success”
Gladys Knight and The Pips
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Split Decision”
Natalie Cole
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
1986
“I’ll See You on the Radio (Laura)”
Neil Diamond
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Neil Diamond
“Love Always”
El DeBarge
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Bruce Roberts
“On My Own”
Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To” (MOVIE SONG)
Kenny Rogers
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Under Your Spell”
Bob Dylan
Carole Bayer Sager/Bob Dylan
1985
“Finder of Lost Loves”
Dionne Warwick and Glenn Jones
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Love (It’s Just the Way It Goes)” (MOVIE SONG)
John Farnham and Sarah M. Taylor
Carole Bayer Sager/Quincy Jones/Clif Magness/Glen Ballard
“Sleep With Me Tonight”
Patti LaBelle
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Neil Diamond
“That’s What Friends Are For” (Grammy Award for Song of the Year, 1987)
Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, and Dionne Warwick
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
1984
“A Chance for Heaven” (1984 OLYMPICS SONG)
Christopher Cross
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Christopher Cross
“Moonlight Lady”
Julio Iglesias
Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
“Turn Around”
Neil Diamond
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Neil Diamond
1983
“Blame It On Me”
Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Maybe” (MOVIE SONG)
Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Marvin Hamlisch
1982
“Girls Know How” (MOVIE SONG)
Al Jarreau
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Burt Bacharach
“Heartlight”
Neil Diamond
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Neil Diamond
“Making Love” (Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song, 1982)
Roberta Flack
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Bruce Roberts
“One Hello” (MOVIE SONG)
Randy Crawford
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
1981
“Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)” (Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, 1982)
Christopher Cross
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Peter Allen/Christopher Cross
“Easy to Love Again”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Fool Me Again” (MOVIE SONG)
Nicolette Larson
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Just Friends”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“On The Way to The Sky”
Neil Diamond
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Diamond
“Roses & Rainbows”
Julie Budd
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Some Changes are for Good”
Dionne Warwick
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael Masser
“Sometimes Late at Night”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
“Stronger Than Before”
Carole Bayer Sager
Chaka Kahn
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Bruce Roberts
“Truth and Honesty”
Aretha Franklin
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach/Peter Allen
“You Don’t Know Me”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
1980
“Blueberry Pie”
Bette Midler
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/Bette Midler
“Don’t You Love Me Anymore?”
Ray Charles
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“Fool That I Am”
Rita Coolidge
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“It’s My Turn” (MOVIE SONG)
Diana Ross
Aretha Franklin
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael Masser
“Fly Away”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Peter Allen
“Pass This Time”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Peter Allen
“Take It from the Boys”
Cher
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“Where Did the Time Go?”
The Pointer Sisters
Carole Bayer Sager/Burt Bacharach
1979
“Don’t Call It Love” (MOVIE SONG)
Henry Mancini
Carole Bayer Sager/Henry Mancini
“Easy for You” (MOVIE SONG)
Candice Bergen
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Fallin’ ”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Fill in the Words”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“I Still Believe in Love”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“I’m On Your Side” (MOVIE SONG)
Marilyn McCoo
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“If He Really Knew Me”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“If You Remember Me” (MOVIE SONG)
Chris Thompson
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“It’s The Falling in Love”
Michael Jackson
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“Just for Tonight”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Niagara”
Barbra Streisand
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch/Bruce Roberts
“Right”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Starting Over” (MOVIE SONG)
Candice Bergen
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“That Kind”
Neil Diamond
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Diamond
“They’re Playing Our Song”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Looking Through The Eyes of Love” (Grammy Nomination for Best Album of Original Score, 1980; Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song, 1980; Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song, 1980)
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Two Boys”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch/Peter Allen
“You’re The Only One”
Dolly Parton
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“When You’re in My Arms”
They’re Playing Our Song
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Why Can’t We Fall in Love”
Deniece Williams
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster/Deniece Williams
“Workin’ It Out”
They’re Playing Our Song
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