Michael Masser
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Michael Masser a former stockbroker, is a composer and producer of popular music
. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music. Masser and his wife Ogniana live in Encino, California
.
Masser's first major composition hit
, co-written with Ron Miller
, was "Touch Me in the Morning
," recorded by Diana Ross
. He co-wrote several other hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, including four made famous by Whitney Houston
, "Greatest Love of All
," "Didn't We Almost Have It All
," "All at Once
," and "Saving All My Love for You
."
Other hit songs include "Hold Me
" (Teddy Pendergrass
and Whitney Houston
), "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (Roberta Flack
and Peabo Bryson
), "If Ever You're in My Arms Again
" (Peabo Bryson
), "In Your Eyes" (Jeffrey Osborne
, George Benson
), "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
" (George Benson
, Glenn Medeiros
), "Miss You Like Crazy" (Natalie Cole
) and "Someone That I Used To Love" (Natalie Cole
), "The Greatest Love of All" (George Benson
), "So Sad the Song" (Teddy Pendergrass
, Gladys Knight
), and "It's My Turn
" and "Last Time I Saw Him
" (Diana Ross). A country cover of "Last Time I Saw Him" by Dottie West
also became a hit, peaking at #8 on the country charts. Masser was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976 for Best Music, Original Song, for "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
," which he wrote with Gerry Goffin
. The song had actually been first recorded (also in 1975) by fellow Motown labelmate Thelma Houston
as a planned single but was pulled before release so that Diana Ross could release it as a theme song (and single) for her film Mahogany.
Among the many recordings
that he has produced are Barbra Streisand
's "Someone That I Used to Love" (originally a hit for Natalie Cole
) and the duet
by Judy Collins
and T. G. Sheppard
, "Home Again."
Masser was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 2007.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
. He attended the University of Illinois College of Law, but left to pursue his interest in music. Masser and his wife Ogniana live in Encino, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Masser's first major composition hit
Hit record
A hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" one of the popular chart listings...
, co-written with Ron Miller
Ron Miller (songwriter)
Ronald Norman Miller was an American popular songwriter and record producer, who attained many Top 10 hits with ballads written for Motown artists in the 1960s and 1970s....
, was "Touch Me in the Morning
Touch Me in the Morning
"Touch Me in the Morning" is a popular song recorded by Diana Ross on the Motown label. It became her second solo number-one single in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973....
," recorded by Diana Ross
Diana Ross
Diana Ernestine Earle Ross is an American singer, record producer, and actress. Ross was lead singer of the Motown group The Supremes during the 1960s. After leaving the group in 1970, Ross began a solo career that included successful ventures into film and Broadway...
. He co-wrote several other hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s, including four made famous by Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
, "Greatest Love of All
Greatest Love of All
"The Greatest Love of All" is a song written by Michael Masser and Linda Creed and originally recorded by George Benson for the 1977 Muhammad Ali biopic The Greatest. The song was later popularized by Whitney Houston. Creed wrote the lyrics in the midst of her struggle with breast cancer...
," "Didn't We Almost Have It All
Didn't We Almost Have It All
"Didn't We Almost Have It All" is the second single from Whitney Houston's second album Whitney, and was nominated for Song of the Year at the 1988 Grammy Awards. The song was written by Michael Masser and Will Jennings and was released in August 1987...
," "All at Once
All at Once (Whitney Houston song)
"All at Once" is a song written by Michael Masser and Jeffrey Osborne and recorded by Whitney Houston. It was released as a single in Japan and several European countries in 1986. While it did not receive an official single release domestically , the song did receive significant radio airplay...
," and "Saving All My Love for You
Saving All My Love for You
"Saving All My Love for You" is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin with arrangement by Gene Page. It was originally a minor hit for Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. in 1978 on their album Marilyn & Billy...
."
Other hit songs include "Hold Me
Hold Me (Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston song)
"Hold Me" is a 1984 duet by Teddy Pendergrass and Whitney Houston released as a single from Pendergrass's album Love Language and Houston's self-titled debut album Whitney Houston...
" (Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...
and Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
), "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" (Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack
Roberta Flack is an American singer, songwriter, and musician who is notable for jazz, soul, R&B, and folk music...
and Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
), "If Ever You're in My Arms Again
If Ever You're in My Arms Again
"If Ever You're in My Arms Again" is a 1984 popular song recorded by the American R&B singer Peabo Bryson. Released as a single from his album Straight from the Heart, the single became Bryson's first Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where it peaked at #10 during the summer of 1984...
" (Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson
Peabo Bryson is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, born in Greenville, South Carolina...
), "In Your Eyes" (Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Linton Osborne is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, lyricist, and former lead singer of the band, L.T.D.-Early life and career:...
, George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
), "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You
Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" is a popular song by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser. It was originally recorded by George Benson for his 1984 album 20/20....
" (George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
, Glenn Medeiros
Glenn Medeiros
Glenn Alan Medeiros is a Hispanic Hawaiian singer and rapper who was a teenage star in the 1980s.-Biography:...
), "Miss You Like Crazy" (Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
) and "Someone That I Used To Love" (Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
), "The Greatest Love of All" (George Benson
George Benson
George Benson is a ten Grammy Award winning American musician, whose production career began at the age of twenty-one as a jazz guitarist....
), "So Sad the Song" (Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade...
, Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
Gladys Maria Knight , known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, humanitarian, and author...
), and "It's My Turn
It's My Turn
"It's My Turn" is a 1980 song used as the theme to the film of the same name. The song, written by Carole Bayer Sager and Michael Masser for Diana Ross, was released as a single and became a top ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number nine.Aretha Franklin recorded the song for her...
" and "Last Time I Saw Him
Last Time I Saw Him (song)
"Last Time I Saw Him" is the title of a 1973 single release by Diana Ross, being a composition by Michael Masser and lyricist Pam Sawyer: the track was produced by Masser and released in December 1973 at the same time as Ross' Last Time I Saw Him album....
" (Diana Ross). A country cover of "Last Time I Saw Him" by Dottie West
Dottie West
Dottie West was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and co-recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists...
also became a hit, peaking at #8 on the country charts. Masser was nominated for an Academy Award in 1976 for Best Music, Original Song, for "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)
"Theme from Mahogany " is a song written by Michael Masser and Gerald Goffin, and recorded by American singer Diana Ross as the theme to the 1975 Motown/Paramount film Mahogany...
," which he wrote with Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin
Gerry Goffin is an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990 with former songwriting partner and first wife, Carole King. he has co-written six Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppers.-Career:Goffin enlisted with the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from...
. The song had actually been first recorded (also in 1975) by fellow Motown labelmate Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston
Thelma Houston is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She scored a number-one hit in 1976 with her cover version of the song "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the 1978 Grammy Award for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.-Early life & career:Houston is the daughter of a cotton picking mother...
as a planned single but was pulled before release so that Diana Ross could release it as a theme song (and single) for her film Mahogany.
Among the many recordings
Sound recording and reproduction
Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...
that he has produced are Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
's "Someone That I Used to Love" (originally a hit for Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole , is an American singer, songwriter and performer. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole, Cole rode to musical success in the mid-1970s as an R&B artist with the hits "This Will Be ", "Inseparable" and "Our Love"...
) and the duet
Duet (music)
A duet is a musical composition for two performers. In classical music, the term is most often used for a composition for two singers or pianists; with other instruments, the word duo is also often used. A piece performed by two pianists performing together on the same piano is referred to as...
by Judy Collins
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
and T. G. Sheppard
T. G. Sheppard
T. G. Sheppard is an American country music singer, who had 14 number one hits during the 1970s and 1980s.-Early life:...
, "Home Again."
Masser was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
Songwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond. The goal is to create a museum but as of April, 2008, the means do not yet exist and so instead it is an online...
in 2007.
Songs Composed
| Song | Artist/Album/Label/Year | Writers |
|---|---|---|
| "Hold Me" | Whitney Houston & Teddy Pendergrass, Whitney Houston, Arista 1984 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "Saving All My Love For You" | Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "The Greatest Love of All" | Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "All At Once" | Whitney Houston, Whitney Houston, Arista 1986 | Michael Masser/Jeffrey Osborne |
| "Didn't We Almost Have It All" | Whitney Houston, Whitney, Arista 1987 | Michael Masser/Will Jennings |
| "You're Still My Man" | Whitney Houston, Whitney, Arista 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "After We Make Love" | Whitney Houston, I'm Your Baby Tonight, Arista 1991 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Some Changes Are For Good" | Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager |
| "This Time Is Ours" | Dionne Warwick, Some Changes Are For Good (B-side) - later released on No Night So Long (CD), Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "There's A Long Road Ahead Of Us" | Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Now We're Starting Over Again" | Dionne Warwick, Hot! Live and Otherwise, Arista 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Touch Me In The Morning" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Ron Miller |
| "Last Time I Saw Him" | Diana Ross, Last Time I Saw Him, Motown 1974 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "No One's Gonna Be A Fool Forever" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1975 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" | Diana Ross, single 1975 & 'Ross' album 1978, Motown | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Together" | Diana Ross, single 1975 & 'Ross' album 1978, Motown | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Do You Know Where You're Going To (Theme From Mahogany)" | Diana Ross, Mahogany, Motown 1975 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "I Thought It Took A Little Time (But Today I Fell In Love)" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1976 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "After You" | Diana Ross, Diana Ross, Motown 1976 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "To Love Again" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1978 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "It's My Turn" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, It's My Turn (soundtrack), Motown 1980 | Michael Masser/Carole Bayer Sager |
| "Stay With Me" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "One More Chance" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Crying My Heart Out For You" | Diana Ross, To Love Again, Motown 1981 | Michael Masser/Allee Willis |
| "In Your Arms" | Diana Ross, Silk Electric, RCA 1983 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "First You Have To Say You Love Me" | Neil Diamond, Heartlight, Columbia 1982 | Michael Masser/Neil Diamond |
| "Can't Stop Thinking About You" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "Coming Alive" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Now We're Starting Over Again" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "He's Just Not You" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "I'm Not The Same Girl" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "Toughen Up" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Rand Goodrum |
| "Together" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "I Thought It Took A Little Time" | Stacy Lattisaw, I'm Not The Same Girl, Cotillion 1985 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" | Glenn Medeiros, Glenn Medeiros, Amherst 1987 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "A Long and Lasting Love" | Glenn Medeiros, Not Me, Amherst 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin (verses)/Dan Hill (chorus) |
| "The Greatest Love of All" | George Benson, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "I Always Knew I Had It In Me" | George Benson, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "In Your Eyes" | George Benson, In Your Eyes, Warner Brothers 1983 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" | George Benson, 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "You Are the Love of My Life" | George Benson & Roberta Flack, 20/20, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "Ali's Theme (Instrumental)" | Michael Masser, The Greatest (soundtrack), Arista 1977 | Michael Masser |
| "After You" | Roberta Flack, Blue Lights in the Basement, Atlantic 1978 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Stay With Me" | Roberta Flack, Roberta Flack Featuring Donny Hathaway, Atlantic 1979 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" | Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, Born to Love, EMI 1983 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Comin' Alive" | Peabo Bryson & Roberta Flack, Born to Love, EMI 1983 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "If Ever You're In My Arms Again" | Peabo Bryson, Straight From The Heart, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Tom Snow/Cynthia Weil |
| "Learning The Ways of Love" | Peabo Bryson, Straight From The Heart, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "You're My Only Girl (Jenny)" | Barry Manilow, Greatest Hits Vol. 3, Arista 1989 | Michael Masser/Barry Manilow/John Bettis |
| "Nobody Wants To Be Alone" | Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Rhonda Fleming |
| "A Long and Lasting Love" | Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "You Were There For Me" | Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |
| "A New Way To Say I Love You" | Crystal Gayle, Nobody Wants To Be Alone, Warner Brothers 1985 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Crazy" | Gene Wilder, Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "Love" | Randy Goodrum, Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records, 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "Nothing Can Stop Us Now" | Kiki Dee, Stir Crazy (Soundtrack), Quality Records 1981 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "Hold Me" | Teddy Pendergrass & Whitney Houston, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "In My Time" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |
| "So Sad The Song" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Hot Love" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/R. Parker, Jr/Linda Creed |
| "Stay With Me" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Love" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Randy Goodrum |
| "This Time Is Ours" | Teddy Pendergrass, Love Language, Elektra/Asylum 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "In Your Eyes" | Jeffrey Osborne, So Emotional, A&M Records 1987 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| "In Your Eyes" | Dan Hill, Love in the Shadows, Polygram Records 1983 | Michael Masser/Dan Hill |
| "Piano Man" | Thelma Houston, A-side single release (later on "Motown Superstar Series" LP), Mowest/Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/K. L. Dunham |
| "I'm Just a Part of Yesterday" | Thelma Houston, B-side single release (later on "Best of Thelma Houston" LP), Mowest/Motown 1973 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "No One's Gonna Be a Fool Forever" | Thelma Houston, A-side single release (later on "Best Of Thelma Houston" LP), Mowest/Motown 1972 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Your Eyes" | Thelma Houston, The Devil In Me, Motown 1977 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Someone That I Used to Love" | Natalie Cole, Don't Look Back, Capitol 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Miss You Like Crazy" | Natalie Cole, Good To Be Back, EMI 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin/Preston Glass |
| "Starting Over Again" | Natalie Cole, Good To Be Back, EMI 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "No More Blue Christmas'" | Natalie Cole, single release, EMI 1990 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Home Again" | Judy Collins & T. G. Sheppard, Home Again, Elektra 1984 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "A Long and Lasting Love" | Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "The Greatest Love of All" | Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "To Love Again" | Jane Olivor, Best Side of Goodbye, Columbia 1980 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Last Time I Saw Him" | Dottie West, Essential, RCA 1974 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "So Sad The Song" | Gladys Knight & The Pips, Pipe Dreams, Buddah 1976 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Sorry Doesn't Always Make It Right" | Gladys Knight & The Pips, The One and Only, Buddah 1977 | Michael Masser/Pam Sawyer |
| "Someone to Love" | Phyllis Hyman, Forever With You, Philadelphia International 1998 | Michael Masser/Linda Creed |
| "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | Mariah Carey, Rainbow (French edition - hidden bonus track), Columbia 1999 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Someone That I Used To Love" | Barbra Streisand, A Collection: Greatest Hits & More, Columbia 1989 | Michael Masser/Gerry Goffin |
| "Halfway Through the Night" | Barbra Streisand, (unreleased), Columbia 1989 | Michael Masser/Cynthia Weil |