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UK's top songwriter of 1950s. While Bob Merrill's songwriting credits speak for themselves, his talents are diverse including successful endeavors in screenplay writing, acting and teaching. Born in Atlantic City in the city's pre-casino period, he did most of his growing up in the nearby Philadelphia area, graduating from high school there.
First, the confusion: Bob Merrill was not the same person as opera star Robert Merrill, nor was he the popular trumpeter named Bob Merrill. Born Henry Levan, Robert Merrill was taken as a stage name, then abbreviated to Bob to avoid confusion. It sort of worked, but a lot of people who watch the New York Yankees think the late opera singer also ...
Feb 21, 1998 · LOS ANGELES -- Bob Merrill, 77, a Grammy winner and Tony and Oscar nominee who wrote the scores for the musicals "Funny Girl" and "Carnival," died Feb. 17 in Los Angeles. Mr. Merrill, who had...
February 19, 1998. Bob Merrill, the Broadway songwriter who enjoyed hits both as a lyricist ( Funny Girl) and as a composer/lyricist ( Carnival) died Feb. 17 at age 78, an apparent suicide....
Feb 17, 1998 · Born: Henry Robert Merrill Levan May 17, 1921, Atlantic City, New Jersey (US) Died: February 17, 1998 (age 77) Beverly Hills, California. Primary songwriting role: lyricist, also composer, screenwriter, director, and producer. Co-writers: chiefly Jule Styne. For songs written with Styne and six others, view the DBOPM database.
Biography: Bob Merrill was an American songwriter, composer, and lyricist who achieved considerable success in the worlds of popular music and Broadway during the mid-20th century.
Merrill first hit Broadway in 1957 with New Girl in Town, an adaptation of a Eugene O’Neill play that starred Gwen Verdon and Thelma Ritter, both of whom won the Tony® that year for Best Actress in a Musical.
