Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8 1947) is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer.

Born in New York City, Sager co-wrote her first pop hit, "A Groovy Kind of Love", with Toni Wine, while a student at the New York City High School of Music and Art. It was recorded by the British invasion band The Mindbenders, whose version was a worldwide hit, reaching #2 on the Billboard Hot 100). The song was subsequently recorded by Sonny & Cher, Petula Clark, and Phil Collins, whose rendition for film "Buster" hit #1 in 1988.

Sager was graduated from New York University, where she majored in English, Dramatic Arts and Speech. Her first recording as a singer was the 1977 album "Carole Bayer Sager", which included the #1 international single "You're Moving Out Today", a song which she co-wrote with Bette Midler. (Paul Buckmaster provided horn and string arrangements for the album.) The album went platinum in Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom. It was followed by "...Too" in 1978 and a third and last album, co-produced by Burt Bacharach, entitled "Sometimes Late at Night" (1981), which included a top 30 hit single "Stronger Than Before", later recorded by Dionne Warwick and Chaka Khan.

Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her former husband, composer Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Masser, Peter Allen, Bruce Roberts, Neil Sedaka, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Donald Fagen, Babyface and Clint Eastwood (for the film "True Crime").

Sager has won an Oscar (six nominations), a Grammy (nine nominations), two Golden Globe awards (seven nominations). She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.

Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the theme song from the film "Arthur". She shared the award with co-writers Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, and Christopher Cross.

Sager received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For", which she co-wrote with Bacharach. The song was originally written for the 1982 film "Night Shift" and was recorded for the movie by Rod Stewart. The song was honored for its 1986 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John, which became a number one hit, raising millions of dollars for AIDS.

Sager performed at a record industry conference in Hilton Head, South Carolina, during which Elvis Presley died. At first dismissive of the news, attendees subsequently rushed to make arrangements for the massive increase in sales of Presley recordings immediately following his death.

Sager now lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband Robert A. Daly, former chairman CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team and former chairman of Warner Brothers. Daly is currently Chairman (CEO) of the charitable organization Save The Children as well as an advisor to Tom Freston and Brad Grey at Paramount Pictures (Viacom). Sager and Daly co-chair the Los Angeles Advisory Board of DonorsChoose.

Sager has one son from her previous marriage, Cristopher Bacharach.

In May 2006 she was honored at a lunch at NYU's Steinhart School and later that evening received the Distinguished Alumni Award from New York University.

She appeared on the January 24 2007 episode of "American Idol" as a judge during the Manhattan auditions.

elected songs

*Peter Allen ("Fly Away" "Everything Old Is New Again", etc...)
*Bette Midler ("Blueberry Pie", "My One True Friend (Theme from One True Thing)", etc...)
*Melissa Manchester ("Midnight Blue", "Come In From The Rain", "Don't Cry Out Loud", "Theme from "Ice Castles" (Through the Eyes of Love)", etc..)
*Helen Reddy ("A Bit of OK", "Ah, My Sister", "Never Say Goodbye (Theme form "Continental Divide")
*Dolly Parton ("You're The Only One", "Heartbreaker", "The Day I Fall In Love (Theme from "Beethoven's 2nd")
*Carly Simon ("Nobody Does It Better (Theme from "The Spy Who Loved Me")")
*Dusty Springfield ("Dream On", "Home to Myself", "I'd Rather Leave While I'm in Love", etc...)
*Rita Coolidge ("Fool That I Am (song from Coast to Coast)" "I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love")
*Bernadette Peters ("Only Wounded" and "Sweet Alibi")
*Barbra Streisand ("Niagara", "Love Light", "You and Me for Alway" "One More Time Around")
*Liza Minnelli ("More Than I Like You", "Don't Cry Out Loud")
*Carole King ("Anyone At All (Theme from 'You've Got Mail')").
*Rod Stewart ("That's What Friends Are For (theme from "Night Shift")")
*Dionne & Friends (Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder) ("That's What Friends Are For")
*Dionne Warwick ("Extravagant Gestures" "Love Power" "Stronger Than Before", etc...)
*Diana Ross ("It's My Turn", "Come in from the rain")
*Shirley Bassey ("Better Off Alone" etc...)
*Roberta Flack ("Maybe (Theme from "Romantic Comedy" and ""Making Love"")
*Aretha Franklin ("Someone Else's Eyes", "Ever Changing Times")
*Randy Crawford ("One Hello (theme from "I Ought To Be In Pictures")")
*Patti LaBelle ("On My Own", "Sleep With Me Tonight", "Need a Little Faith")
*Anita Baker ("When You Love Someone (Theme from "Forget Paris")")
*Frank Sinatra ("You and Me (We Wanted It All)")
*Leo Sayer ("When I Need You")
*Neil Diamond ("Heartlight", "On The Way To The Sky", "Front Page Story", "Crazy", etc..)
*Christopher Cross ("Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (theme from "Arthur"))
*Kenny Rogers ("They Don't Make Them Like They Used To (Theme from "Tough Guys")
*Johnny Mathis ("Fly Away", "When I Need You", "Midnight Blue")
*Michael Jackson ("It's The Falling In Love", "You Are My Life", "We've Had Enough")
*Céline Dion & Andrea Bocelli ("The Prayer" (Theme from "Quest for Camelot")
*Josh Groban & Charlotte Church ("The Prayer")
*The Corrs ("I Never Loved You Anyway" and "Don't Say You Love Me")
*Diana Krall ("Why Should I Care" (from "True Crime"))

Works for stage

*"Georgy" (1970) - musical - lyricist
*"Dancin' " (1978) - revue - featured lyricist for "If It Feels Good, Let It Ride" and "Easy"
*"They're Playing Our Song" (1979) - musical - lyricist
*"Up in One" (1979) - revue - featured songwriter
*"The Madwoman of Central Park West" (1979) - musical - featured songwriter
*"Barbara Cook: A Concert for the Theatre" (1987) - concert - featured songwriter
*"The Boy from Oz" (2003) - musical - featured songwriter with Peter Allen

External links

* [http://www.carolebayersager.com Official Website for Carole Bayer Sager]
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* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:5hzsa9ygb238~T00 All Music Guide]
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