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Howard Greenfield (March 15, 1936 – March 4, 1986) was an American lyricist and songwriter. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A lyricist is a Writer who specializes in Song Lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song(s A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both

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Career

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Greenfield worked out of the famous Brill Building with Neil Sedaka, a friend he had met as a teenager when they both lived in the same apartment building, in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The City of New York The Brill Building (built 1931 is an office building located at 1619 Broadway in New York City, just north of Times Square. Neil Sedaka (born March 13, 1939 in Brooklyn New York) is an American pop Singer, Pianist, and Songwriter BrightonCOOPsJPG|thumb|Newly built luxury condos on Brighton Beach]]BrightonSchool1438 Greenfield was educated at Abraham Lincoln High School. Abraham Lincoln High School is a Public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway Brooklyn New York, and is part of Region 7 in the New York City Department

After first supplying "Passing Time" to The Cookies[1], Sedaka and Greenfield scored their first major pop hit single with Connie Francis' "Stupid Cupid". This article is about the US pop group For the Hong Kong pop group see Cookies (group. Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular Connie Francis (born December 12, 1938 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Pop singer best known for international hit songs When, in 1959, Sedaka signed to RCA Records as a solo artist, he and Greenfield composed a string of hits - among them "Oh! Carol", "Stairway to Heaven", "Calendar Girl", "Little Devil", "Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen", "Next Door to an Angel" and the chart-topping "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" - which sold a combined 25 million records. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. In Music, a solo (from the Italian solo, meaning alone) is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single performer A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a " Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen " is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka. In Popular music, a chart-topper is an extremely popular recording, identified by its inclusion in a ranked list&mdasha Chart &mdashof top " Breaking Up Is Hard to Do " is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka and described by Allmusic as "two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure pop magic" [2]

After Sedaka's career cooled in 1963, the duo continued writing hits for other artists, including Patty Drew's, and the The Fifth Dimension's "Workin' on a Groovy Thing" and Tom Jones' "Puppet Man". The Fifth Dimension, also known as The 5th Dimension, is an American Popular music Vocal group, whose repertoire also includes pop Tom Jones can refer to Tom Jones (singer (born 1940 Welsh pop music singer Tommy Lee Jones (born 1946 American actor and director Apart from Sedaka, Greenfield also collaborated with Carole King ("Crying in the Rain"), Helen Miller ("Foolish Little Girl", The Shirelles' final Top Ten hit), and Jack Keller. Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Pianist. " Crying in the Rain " is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King and was originally recorded by the Everly Brothers, which reached The Shirelles were an American Girl group in the early 1960s and the first to have a number one single on the Billboard Hot 100. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Jack Keller may refer to Jack Keller (comics, a Marvel Comics artist Jack Keller (poker player Jack Keller (songwriter The latter was his songwriting partner on "Breakin' in a Brand New Broken Heart", "Everybody's Somebody's Fool", "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own" and "When Somebody Loves You". " Everybody's Somebody's Fool " is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield. " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own " is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller. In addition Greenfield and Keller supplied the theme music for U.S. television programs such as Bewitched and The Flying Nun. The phrase theme music usually refers to that of a radio program, Television program, or Movie. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Bewitched is an American Situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972. The Flying Nun is a Sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios

Although Sedaka and Greenfield ended their partnership in 1973, two years later their song "Love Will Keep Us Together" topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for Captain & Tennille, as well as earning a Grammy for Record of the Year. " Love Will Keep Us Together " is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in 1973 Record chart are a method of ranking Music according to Popularity during a given period of time Captain & Tennille are US Pop music recording artists who achieved recording chart success from 1976-80 with a repertoire of romance and novelty hit songs The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually He and Sedaka later resumed their collaboration, and continued writing together in the years to follow. [3]

Greenfield died, aged 49, in Los Angeles, California in 1986 from AIDS. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries

In 1991, Howard Greenfield was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.

Songs

[*"Stupid Cupid"]

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Quotation

"After Howie's mother Ella had seen me, he came ringing my doorbell. " Breaking Up Is Hard to Do " is a song recorded by Neil Sedaka and described by Allmusic as "two minutes and sixteen seconds of pure pop magic" " Crying in the Rain " is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Carole King and was originally recorded by the Everly Brothers, which reached " Everybody's Somebody's Fool " is a song written by Jack Keller and Howard Greenfield. " Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen " is a pop song released in 1961 by Neil Sedaka. " Is This the Way to Amarillo " is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, referring to Amarillo Texas. " Love Will Keep Us Together " is a popular song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield in 1973 " My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own " is a song written by Howard Greenfield and Jack Keller. Dates of induction to the "Songwriters Hall of Fame" are given alongside the names A Adams Lee (1989 Adamson Harold Aldon Music was a New York-based music publishing company founded by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins in 1958 Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and I was playing Chopin, and he said, My mother heard you play and thought we could write a song together". - Neil Sedaka, in Goldmine magazine, recalling this event. Goldmine, established in 1974 is an American magazine that focuses on the collectors' market for records tapes CDs and music-related memorabilia Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally [4]

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References

  1. ^ History of Rock website - accessed December 2107
  2. ^ All Music Guide biography notes - accessed December 2007
  3. ^ All Music Guide biography notes - accessed December 2007
  4. ^ History of Rock website - accessed December 2107
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