Marilyn Bergman has died.

[Hardbopjazz]

Composer Marilyn Bergman has passed away at the age of 93. Probably her best known composition was,  “what are you doing the rest of your life?”  

Edited January 9, 2022 by Hardbopjazz

[sonnymax]

Marilyn Bergman was an Oscar, Emmy & Grammy-winning lyricist, not a composer. She and her husband Alan collaborated with Marvin Hamlisch ("The Way We Were"), Lew Spence ("Nice 'n' Easy"), Quincy Jones ("In the Heat of the Night"), Michel Legrand ("The Windmills of Your Mind") and many others. "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" was composed by Legrand, with lyrics by the Bergmans.

[Hardbopjazz]

Thanks for clearing that up. But I do see her name as one of the composers for “what are you doing the rest of your life.”  It must be a mistake on the lp. I know Michel Legrand and Allen Bergman are the composers. Maybe she had something to do with the writing of that tune as well. 

Edited January 9, 2022 by Hardbopjazz

[sonnymax]

58 minutes ago, Hardbopjazz said:

Thanks for clearing that up. But I do see her name as one of the composers for “what are you doing the rest of your life.”  It must be a mistake on the lp. I know Michel Legrand and Allen Bergman are the composers. Maybe she had something to do with the writing of that tune as well. 

45 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:

The Legrands wrote lyrics for others’ compositions. They were a prolific pair who wrote many great lyrics.

You mean "the Bergmans", of course.

[Ken Dryden]

Of course that’s what I meant… Senior moments this soon?

[JSngry]

So, what are you doing the rest of your life?

[Teasing the Korean]

Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand, featuring lyrics primarily by the Bergmans, is the greatest album Scott Walker never made. Jack signed my copy, and said it is one of his favorites among his own catalog.

RIP Marilyn.

 

[Teasing the Korean]

The first time I saw Jack live, with orchestra, he did this song, and this arrangement.  

 

[Teasing the Korean]

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Edited February 1, 2022 by Teasing the Korean

[Gheorghe]

I have not heard of her, but the title "what have you been doin for the rest of your life" I know from a later Earl Coleman album, I think it was on Xanadu in 1977. 

[sgcim]

RIP. The Bergman's were extraordinarily prolific, and just had that gift for coming up with lyrics that never seemed forced, or trite.