Al Kasha (born 22 January 1937) is a Brooklyn–born composer, songwriter and arranger, as well as businessman. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such He is most noted for his years of collaboration with songwriter Joel Hirschhorn. Joel Hirschhorn, ( December 18 1938 &ndash September 18 2005) was an American Songwriter.
The songwriting duo won two Oscars for Best Song, "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure in 1972 and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno in 1974. The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture " The Morning After " (aka " The Song from 'The Poseidon Adventure' " is an Academy Award-winning song, first released in May 1973. Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - We May Never Love Like This Again is a song written by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn for the 1974 film The Towering Inferno. The Towering Inferno is a 1974 Disaster film starring Steve McQueen and Paul Newman and directed by John Guillermin Events January - The Ramones form January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported
Along with Hirshhorn, Kasha also received two Tony nominations for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Copperfield, two Grammy nominations and an Emmy, as well as four Golden Globe nominations and a People's Choice award. Joel Hirschhorn, ( December 18 1938 &ndash September 18 2005) was an American Songwriter. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical with a book by Lawrence Kasha and David Landay music by Gene de Paul, Al Kasha Copperfield is a 1981 musical with a book music and lyrics by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn, who were nominated for the 1981 Tony Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Note This article does not pertain to the People's Choice Awards presented at the British Comedy Awards show in the United Kingdom, or to an awards show