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...DIED. JAMES WONG, 64, lyricist who helped father the sweetly infectious Canto-pop sounds of the 1980s and '90s; after a three-year battle with lung cancer; in Hong Kong. Wong also composed for films, television and advertising, and was also an accomplished actor, director, writer and TV talk-show host. He penned more than 1,000 songs, including the theme to Under the Lion Rock, a hit Hong Kong TV series of the 1970s...
...begun to dabble in LSD and found that its influence unleashed new possibilities for his music. His burgeoning sense of competition with the Beatles led to an escalating acid arms race. At the very height of his powers, Wilson partnered with intimidating quantities of hashish and a gifted young lyricist, Van Dyke Parks, and began to record what was very publicly billed as the greatest pop album of all time. That is, until he very publicly collapsed...
...Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb, who died this past month [MILESTONES, Sept. 27], collaborated with composer John Kander on a remarkable string of theatrical successes. They first teamed up on Broadway with the 1965 musical Flora, the Red Menace, starring Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland's daughter. In a cover story on Liza, TIME described Ebb's musical connection with...
...friend introduced [Liza] to Fred Ebb, the lyricist for an upcoming musical called Flora, the Red Menace. 'I remember this shy, awkward girl coming into the room,' says Ebb ... 'She just sat there and stared at me, and I stared back.' Liza convinced Ebb that she was his Flora, but she had a harder time with director George Abbott ... Liza's revenge was that the critics booed the play and raved over her. She received the 1965 Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical. At 19, she was the youngest actress-winner in the award's history. When Flora...
DIED. FRED EBB, 76, lyricist who, in partnership with composer John Kander, created the brassy, cynical-but-sweet scores of such Broadway musicals as Cabaret and Chicago; of a heart attack; in New York City. He grew up on the Lower East Side and first went to Hollywood to try to sell his short stories before turning to songwriting. After penning a few pop hits (including the novelty number Santa Baby), he teamed up with Kander for a renowned Broadway run that started with 1965's Flora the Red Menace. They were long associated with that show's star, Liza...