Cynthia Weil is one of the most gifted and influential pop lyricists of the last twenty-five years. Along with collaborator Barry Mann, she received the first-ever National Academy of Songwriters (NAS) Life Achievement Award, honoring her for their many early hits, including "On Broadway," and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" as well as their contemporary successes ranging from "Just Once," "Here You Come Again," "Never Gonna Let You Go" and the Academy Award and Golden Globe nominated Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram hit, "Somewhere Out There" from Steven Spielberg's An American Tail.
Weil has achieved her preeminent place in contemporary music not simply because her lyrics have endured, but because they have defined what it means to be young, to be in love, to be committed and passionate-in short, to define the many emotions that make up the human condition. Considered by some critics to be the most socially conscious writing team among their early peers, Mann and Weil delivered such classics as "Uptown" (the Crystals), "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (the Animals), and the anti-drug song, "Kicks" (Paul Revere and the Raiders).
From the Drifters to the Girl Groups to the British Revolution, Mann and Weil's songs encompassed every genre of music, establishing them as one of the most stylistically diverse teams of the early pop era. This diversity remains stronger than ever today.
Cynthia Weil was born on October 18, 1940 in New York City. As a young actress, singer and dancer, she began her songwriting career as a protégé or Tin Pan Alley songwriter, Frank Loesser. She was soon put under contract with Al Nevins…
Discography Highlights
YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELING
Phil Spector, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil
Abkco Music, Inc./Mother Bertha Music, Inc./Screen Gems - EMI Music, Inc.
IF EVER YOU’RE IN MY ARMS AGAIN
Michael Masser, Thomas Snow, Cynthia Weil
Snow Music/Dyad Music Ltd.
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