Norman Gimbel was an American lyricist and songwriter of popular songs and themes to television shows and films.
16 Facts About Norman Gimbel
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Norman Gimbel wrote the lyrics for songs including "Ready to Take a Chance Again" and "Canadian Sunset".
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Norman Gimbel arranged Lori Lieberman's original song, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" with Fox.
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Norman Gimbel was born on November 16,1927, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Lottie and businessman Morris Norman Gimbel.
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Norman Gimbel studied English at Baruch College and Columbia University.
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Norman Gimbel wrote the lyrics for the song "Tennessee Wig Walk", composed by Larry Coleman and recorded by Bonnie Lou in 1953.
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In 1963, Norman Gimbel was introduced by music publisher Lou Levy to a group of young Brazilian bossa nova composers, including Antonio Carlos Jobim, Luiz Bonfa and Baden Powell, for whose works he started writing English-language lyrics.
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Norman Gimbel provided the lyrics for French composers Michel Legrand, Eddy Marnay and Emil Stern and singer-composer Gilbert Becaud.
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Norman Gimbel provided the lyrics for Belgian jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans.
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In October 1968, Norman Gimbel moved to Los Angeles, where he became active in film and television.
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Aged 44 years, Norman Gimbel began an extra-marital affair with Lieberman which would last several years.
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The song was very profitable for Norman Gimbel, and won him his second Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
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In 1979, Norman Gimbel had his only Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for The Paper Chase, which he again shared with Fox.
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In 1984, Norman Gimbel was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and continued to be active in film into 2009.
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Norman Gimbel had been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences since 1970.
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Norman Gimbel died on December 19,2018, in Montecito, California, aged 91.