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Lee Adams(I)

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Best known for his songs for "Bye Bye Birdie", but also a prolific composer for Broadway's "All American", "Golden Boy", and "It's a Bird ... It's a Plane ... It's Superman", and off-Broadway revues "The Littlest Revue" and "Shoestring '57". He was educated at Ohio State University (BA), and Columbia Grad. School of Journalism (M.Sc.J). He wrote summer-camp shows at Green Mansions. His song credits include "The Arts", "Put On a Happy Face", "The Telephone Hour", "One Boy", "A Lot of Livin' To Do", "Kids", "How Lovely to Be a Woman", "Once Upon a Time", "What A Country", "Night Life", "Night Song", "I Want to Be With You", "Lorna's Here", "While The City Sleeps", "Yes I Can", and "You've Got Possibilities".
BornAugust 14, 1924
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins total

    Known for

    Vanessa Williams, Jason Alexander, and Marc Kudisch in Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
    Bye Bye Birdie
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Music Department
    • 1995
    Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings, and Tyler Hilton in Charlie Bartlett (2007)
    Charlie Bartlett
    6.9
    • Soundtrack
    • 2007
    Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
    Bye Bye Birdie
    6.6
    • Music Department
    • 1963
    Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in The Post (2017)
    The Post
    7.2
    • Soundtrack
    • 2017

    Credits

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    • Vanessa Williams, Jason Alexander, and Marc Kudisch in Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
      Bye Bye Birdie
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • lyrics
      • 1995
    • Carroll O'Connor in Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
      Archie Bunker's Place
      6.4
      TV Series
      • composer: opening theme
      • 1979–1983
    • Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Carroll O'Connor, and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
      All in the Family
      8.4
      TV Series
      • composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days"
      • composer: opening theme
      • 1971–1979
    • When Things Were Rotten (1975)
      When Things Were Rotten
      7.3
      TV Series
      • lyricist
      • 1975
    • Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton in All in the Family (1971)
      Justice for All
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • lyrics
      • 1968
    • Sammy Davis and the Wonderful World of Children
      TV Special
      • music by
      • 1965
    • Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
      Bye Bye Birdie
      6.6
      • lyrics by
      • 1963

    Actor



    • Sophia Loren, John Wayne, and Susan Hayward in The Fighting Seabees (1944)
      The Fighting Seabees
      6.4
      • Construction Worker (uncredited)
      • 1944

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    • The Legacy Project (2011)
      The Legacy Project
      TV Series
      • archival materials courtesy of
      • 2011

    Personal details

    • Born
      • August 14, 1924
      • Mansfield, Ohio, USA
    • Other works
      1960: lyrics for Broadway musical "Bye, Bye Birdie".

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      Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989.

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