1. Mortimer Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas".
10 Facts About Mort Shuman
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Mort Shuman wrote a couple of hits in the UK, as well as a musical, Budgie.
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In 1968, Mort Shuman teamed with Eric Blau and adapted the French lyrics of songs by the Belgian composer Jacques Brel used as the basis of the successful off-Broadway production Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
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Mort Shuman appeared in both the stage revue and the 1975 film adaptation.
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Mort Shuman did many collaborations with the Israeli singer Mike Brant, and composed film scores, often French movies, including A Day at the Beach, Romance of a Horsethief, Black Thursday, A nous les petites Anglaises, Monsieur Papa and The More It Goes, the Less It Goes.
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Mort Shuman was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992.
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Mort Shuman worked occasionally as an actor, notably appearing with Jodie Foster in The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane.
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Mort Shuman died of cancer on 2 November 1991, leaving his wife, Maria-Pia and their four daughters, Maria-Cella, Barbara, Maria-Pia and Eva-Maria.
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Mort Shuman was named one of the 2010 recipients of the Ahmet Ertegun Award from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Mort Shuman joined his early collaborator Doc Pomus, who was inducted in 1992.