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In the 1960s and 1970s, Bricusse enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley. They wrote the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961), which was the basis of a 1966 film version and featured the Grammy winning Song of the Year “ What Kind of Fool Am I?
With songwriting partner Leslie Bricusse, Newley was nominated for an Academy Award for the film score of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), featuring "Pure Imagination", which has been recorded by dozens of singers.
Oct 20, 2021 · The songwriter Leslie Bricusse, who has died aged 90, was a quiet man with an unshakeable sense of his own worth, an outlook justly cultivated in the early 1960s when his two stage musicals...
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"Feeling Good" (also known as "Feelin' Good") is a song written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd. It was first performed on stage in 1964 by Cy Grant on the UK tour.
- 1964 by Musical Comedy Productions
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Jan 22, 2024 · In the late spring of 1962, two young British songwriters were following up on their first hit play, “Stop the World — I Want to Get Off.”. The songwriting team — Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley — were up-by-the-bootstraps types, just hitting their 30s, and would become big stars.
Oct 20, 2021 · Born in Pinner, north west London, Bricusse and Newley's fruitful partnership saw them write 1961 musical Stop the World I Want to Get Off and the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate...
Oct 20, 2021 · The songwriter Leslie Bricusse, left, with his longtime collaborator, Anthony Newley, in an undated photo. Among the many songs they wrote together were “Who Can I Turn To?” and “The Candy ...