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Carole Bayer Sager

Biography

Carole Bayer Sager

Carole Bayer Sager has written more than 400 songs. Nominated for over 15 awards, she has won an Oscar, two Golden Globes, and a Grammy for Song of the Year. She recorded three solo albums and with Marvin Hamlisch wrote the hit Broadway musical, "They’re Playing Our Song." With Peter Allen she co-wrote half of the songs used in in the Broadway musical "The Boy From Oz," which starred Hugh Jackman and told the story of Peter’s life. She is a member of the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame and was awarded a Star on Hollywood Boulevard. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Robert Daly, and shares their bed with three unruly dogs who are unimpressed with their accomplishments.

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Books by Carole Bayer Sager

by Carole Bayer Sager - Memoir, Music, Nonfiction

For five decades, Carole Bayer Sager has been among the most admired and successful songwriters at work, responsible for her lyrical contributions to some of the most popular songs in the English language. But while her professional life was filled with success and fascinating people, her personal life was far more difficult and dramatic. In this memoir, Sager tells the surprisingly frank and darkly humorous story of a woman whose sometimes crippling fears and devastating relationships inspired many of the songs she would ultimately write.