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- Prolific songwriter ("Nice 'n' Easy", "Yellow Bird"), composer and author, educated at UCLA and the University of Northern Carolina (BA). During WW II, he wrote and directed Special Services shows, then directed TV shows for CBS in Philadelphia, PA from 1945-1953. He joined ASCAP in 1955 and wrote TV production numbers for Jo Stafford special shows, and songs for Fred Astaire and Marge and Gower Champion. He also wrote songs for revues and night club acts. His stage scores include "That's Life" (Los Angeles), "Ice Capades of 1957" and "Something More!" (Broadway). His chief musical collaborators include his wife Marilyn Bergman , Lew Spence, Norman Luboff, Paul Weston, Sammy Fain and Alex North. His other song compositions include "Cheatin' Billy", "Don't Know Where I'm Goin'", "I've Never Left Your Arms", "Marriage-Go-Round", "Sentimental Baby", "Sleep Warm", "Sogni D'Oro", "That Face", "Baby, The Ball Is Over", "Ol' MacDonald", "That's Him Over There" and "If I Were In Love". His albums include "Never Be Afraid" and "Aesop's Fables".
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseMarilyn Bergman(February 9, 1958 - January 8, 2022) (her death, 1 child)
- ChildrenJulie Rachel Bergman
- ParentsRuth MarguliesSamuel Bergman
- RelativesBenjamin Bergman(Sibling)
- Educated at Ethical Culture School, New York.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980.
- Coincidentally Alan and wife Marilyn Bergman were both born in the same Brooklyn hospital.
- He is the son of Ruth (Margulies), a community volunteer, and Samuel Bergman, who worked in children's clothing sales. He is of Russian Jewish and Austrian Jewish descent.
- Received the Songwriters Hall of Fame's Johnny Mercer Award in 1997.
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