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- Birth nameMartin Jay Charnin
- Songwriter ("Easy Come, Easy Go"), composer, actor and author. He performed in the Broadway stage production of "West Side Story", and wrote the lyrics for other stage offerings, including the off-Broadway production "Fallout", Julius Monk's night club revues, the Broadway show "The Girls Against the Boys", and the 1964 New York World's Fair show "To Broadway With Love". He wrote the Broadway stage score for "Hot Spot". Joining ASCAP in 1962, his chief musical collaborator was Mary Rodgers, and his other popular-song compositions include "Perfect Strangers", "Gabie", "Hey, Love", "I Think the World of You", "Welcome to Our Country", "A Little Trouble Goes a Long, Long Way", "Nebraska", "Big Meeting Tonight", "That's Good - That's Bad", and "Ten Good Years".
- IMDb mini biography by: Hup234!
- SpousesBurch, Shelly(2006 - July 7, 2019) (his death)Jade Hobson(December 1984 - ?) (divorced)Genii Prior(January 8, 1962 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)Lynn Ross(March 2, 1958 - 1961) (divorced, 1 child)
- Won Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Score, comprising his lyrics and Charles Strouse's music, for "Annie," a show for which he was also nominated as Best Director (Musical). In 1982, he had similar dual Tony nominations for "The First:" as Best Director (Musical), and, with collaborator Joel Siegel, as Best Book (Musical).
- You're never fully dressed without a smile.
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