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Norman Gimbel (November 16, 1927 – December 19, 2018) was an American lyricist and songwriter of popular songs and themes to television shows and films. He wrote the lyrics for songs including " Ready to Take a Chance Again " (with composer Charles Fox ) and " Canadian Sunset ".
Jan 1, 2019 · Norman Gimbel, the wildly versatile Brooklyn-born lyricist who won a Grammy Award for a blues hit, “Killing Me Softly With His Song”; an Oscar for a folk ballad, “It Goes Like It Goes ...
His English lyrics for “The Girl from Ipanema,” made the Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz standard an international sensation and one of the most covered songs of all time, winning the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965.
Jan 3, 2019 · One of the greatest lyricists to ever set words to melody, Norman Gimbel, has died. Gimbel penned a wide-ranging catalog of hits, including the classic "Killing Me Softly With His Song," which earned Gimbel a GRAMMY Award for Song Of The Year at the 16th GRAMMY Awards. He was 91 years old.
Dec 28, 2018 · Norman Gimbel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning lyricist whose career included Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name” and the themes to Happy Days and...
Jan 2, 2019 · A Bronx-born songwriter who studied under Frank Loesser, the celebrated composer of “Guys and Dolls,” Gimbel co-wrote a pair of Broadway musicals and several 1950s pop hits, including the Andy ...
Norman Gimbel. Soundtrack: Happy Days. Norman Gimbel was a native New Yorker who put his teaching degree from Columbia University into his safe and went downtown to pursue a career in songwriting instead.
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