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Mortimer Shuman (12 November 1938 – 2 November 1991) was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas".
The Best Of Mort Shuman. Label: Philips – 9120 258. Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation. Country: Germany. Released: 1977.
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Nov 28, 2000 · Mort Shuman [Compilation] by Mort Shuman released in 2000. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Discover Mort Shuman, a renowned songwriter and esteemed member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. With 30M+ records sold, creator of unforgettable hits such as Teenager in Love & Save the Last Dance for Me, which remains one of the 25 most performed songs of all time.
Mortimer Shuman was born on 12 November 1938 in Brighton Beach (Brooklyn by the Sea, as he called it in his 1973 song of that name). His parents, Louis and Esther, were immigrant Polish Jews. He lived in the same apartment block as Neil Sedaka and both of them learnt classical piano at the Juillard School of Music.
talents. Shuman’s musical arrangements, which reflected time spent at the Palladium Ballroom, doing the mambo and cha' cha-cha, provided the perfect foundation for Pomus’s crafted lyrics on some of the greatest hits for the Drifters (“This Magic Moment,” “Save the Last Dance for Me”) and Elvis Presley, for
