- Tom Glazer
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Name=Tom Glazer
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|Birth_name=Thomas Zachariah Glazer
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Born=September 2 ,1914 ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died=February 21 ,2003 ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Occupation=singer-songwriter
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Label=Young People's Records (1940's)
Associated_acts=Dottie Evans
URL=Thomas Zachariah "Tom" Glazer (
September 2 ,1914 -February 21 ,2003 ) was an Americanfolk singer andsongwriter known primarily as a composer ofballad s, including: "Because All Men Are Brothers", recorded byThe Weavers andPeter, Paul and Mary , "Talking Inflation Blues", recorded byBob Dylan , and "A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore". He wrote the lyrics to the songs "Melody of Love " (1954), and "Skokian" (1954).Cinema
He also wrote the musical score to the film "
A Face in the Crowd " (1957). Glazer also wrote and sang the eco-conscious title song in the 1966 movie "Namu the Killer Whale" starring Robert Lansing andLee Meriwether .Glazer was married to Miriam Reed Eisenberg; the marriage ended in
divorce .Children's Songs
Glazer, with
Dottie Evans , recorded three children's records in 1959 and 1960 that were part of a six-album set known as the "Singing Science Records". They contained songs intended to explain science concepts for young children, all of which were written byHy Zaret (lyrics) and Lou Singer (music). One of these albums, "Space Songs ", included the song "Why Does the Sun Shine? " which was later covered byThey Might Be Giants .His greatest commercial success came with his original recording of the song parody "On Top of Spaghetti ".External links
* [http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/ Downloadable audio files of the songs on the Singing Science records]
*" [http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/26/glazer.obit.ap/index.html 'On Top of Spaghetti' singer Glazer dies] "
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