#829 - Jack Feldman

The Jack Feldman Interview is featured on The Paul Leslie Hour.

Are you here? Life is but a dream, if only were here. Okay, I’m pretty sure that this is real life and not a fantasy, but I can tell you what I know for sure. I know that this is The Paul Leslie Hour and that you are welcome to it.

I know this much too. We’ve got an interview from the archives with songwriter Jack Feldman. This is from quite a few years back, before Paul had a pretty nice microphone. I know, because he told me, he had a contraption to record phone calls for later radio broadcast. The results varied, but now you know.

Here’s what else you should know about our friend Jack. Jack Feldman is a Tony-award winning lyricist who has written many songs for theatre, recording artists, as well as animated motion pictures.

Along with composer Alan Menken, Jack Feldman wrote the score for Newsies, which won a Tony in 2012. Did you know that?

Okay, well know this: Jack Feldman has also had great success in the pop music world. With lyricist Bruce Sussman and composer Barry Manilow, Feldman wrote many songs for Barry Manilow including the classic "Copacabana (At the Copa).” Bet you know that one!

It’s worth knowing that other artists have recorded songs he has had a hand in writing including Wayne Newton and Bette Midler as well as several songs heard in Disney soundtracks.

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Now, let’s play that interview with lyricist Jack Feldman. There’s so much we need to know!