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by Carole Bayer Sager


  Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch

  1978

  “Better Off Alone”

  Shirley Bassey

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts

  “Come Light the Candles”

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch

  “Don’t Cry Out Loud”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Heartbreaker”

  Dolly Parton

  Carole Bayer Sager/David Wolfert

  “How Do the Fools Survive?”

  The Doobie Brothers

  Carole Bayer Sager/Michael McDonald

  “I Don’t Wanna Dance No More”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster

  “I’m Coming Home Again”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts

  “It’s The Falling in Love”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster

  “Nobody Does It Better” (Academy Award and Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song; ASCAP Award for Most Performed Feature Film Standard, 1989)

  Carly Simon

  Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch

  “You and Me (We Wanted It All)”

  Frank Sinatra

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  1977

  “Break It to Me Gently”

  Aretha Franklin

  Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch

  “Come in from the Rain”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “Don’t Wish Too Hard”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Home to Myself”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “I Don’t Wanna Go”

  Bruce Roberts

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts

  “I’d Rather Leave While I’m in Love”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Quiet Please, There’s a Lady On Stage”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Shy as a Violet”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Steal Away Again”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/ Bette Midler

  “Sweet Alibis”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch

  “When I Need You”

  Leo Sayer

  Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond

  “You and I”

  Albert Hammond

  Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond

  “You’re Moving Out Today”

  Carole Bayer Sager

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/Bette Midler

  1976

  “Can’t Go Back Anymore”

  Barry Manilow

  Carole Bayer Sager/Barry Manilow

  “Help Is On the Way”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “I Could Have Loved You”

  The Moments

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bette Midler/Bruce Roberts

  “Just You and I”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “Planes”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “She Loves to Hear the Music”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “With You”

  The Moments

  Carole Bayer Sager/Kenny Ascher

  1975

  “Midnight Blue”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “Skybird”

  Tony Orlando and Dawn

  Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts

  “This Lady’s Not Home Today”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “We’ve Got Time”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  1974

  “Ah, My Sister”

  Helen Reddy

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Continental American”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Everything Old Is New Again”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “More Than I Like You”

  Liza Minnelli

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “The Natural Thing to Do”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  “Ruby and The Dancer”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “Easy”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  “Home to Myself”

  Melissa Manchester

  Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester

  1972

  “The Same Way I Came In”

  Peter Allen

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  1971

  “The Girl I Left Behind Me”

  The Monkees

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “Jennifer”

  Bobby Sherman

  Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen

  1968

  “Cellophane Disguise”

  Steve Lawrence

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “Make the Music Play”

  Frankie Valli

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “Nobody’s Home to Go Home To”

  Jackie DeShannon

  Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine

  “Teach Me How”

  Eydie Gorme

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “We Were Made for Each Other”

  The Monkees

  Carole Bayer Sager/George Fischoff

  1967

  “Cold Girl”

  Bobby Sherman

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “Don’t Look Over Your Shoulder”

  Nancy Wilson

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  “Off and Running” (MOVIE SONG)

  The Mindbenders

  Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine

  “When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door)”

  The Monkees

  Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka

  1966

  “A Groovy Kind of Love”

  The Mindbenders

  Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine

  “Ashes to Ashes”

  The Mindbenders

  Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine

  About the Author

  CAROLE BAYER SAGER has written more than four hundred songs. Nominated for over fifteen awards, she has won an Oscar, two Golden Globes, and a Grammy for Song of the Year. She recorded three solo albums and with Marvin Hamlisch wrote the hit Broadway musical They’re Playing Our Song. With Peter Allen she cowrote half of the songs featured in the Broadway musical The Boy from Oz, which starred Hugh Jackman and told the story of Peter’s life. She is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Robert Daly, and the two share their bed with three unruly dogs who are unimpressed with their accomplishments.

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  ISBN 978-1-5011-5326-6

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