Mort Shuman

Real Name:
Mortimer Shuman
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Born 12.11. 1936 in New York City . Died 3.11.1991 in London. Brooklyn born songwriter.
Worked together with Doc Pomus. Their collaboration's output include classic such as Elvis Presley's "Surrender" and "His Latest Flame" or Drifters, The "Save The Last Dance For Me".
During a stay in Paris, he met Jacques Brel whose songs he adapted in English and made into the "Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris" musical.
His English adaptations of Brel's songs have been performed by many artists including Scott Walker, David Bowie or Dionne Warwick.
In the 60s he moved permanently to Paris, where he embarked on a very successful recording career in French, scoring six gold records and one genuine popular classic in the shape of "Le Lac Majeur".
He continued writing material for other artists until his death in 1991.

Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2010 (songwriter)
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Eric Blau And Mort Shuman - Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris (2xLP)

Columbia Masterworks 1968

Voila Comment..

(LP)
Philips 1973

Mort Shuman

(LP, Album)
Philips 1973

Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell With Jacques Brel - Eric Blau's Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris (2 versions)

Atlantic 1974

Des Chansons Sentimentales

(LP, Ste + Vinyl)
Philips 1974

Sex O'Clock U.S.A. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

(2 versions)
London Records 1976

Imagine...

(LP, Album)
Philips 1976

A Nous Les Petites Anglaises

(LP, Album)
Philips 1976

My Name Is Mortimer

(LP, Album)
Philips, Phonogram 1977

L'Hôtel De La Plage (Extraits De La Bande Originale Du Film De Michel Lang)

(LP, Album)
Philips 1978

Le Negre Blanc

(2 versions)
Philips 1979

Le Lac Majeur

(LP)
Philips 1979

Mein Gesicht

(LP)
Phonogram 1979

My Death

(2 versions)
Rev-Ola 2009

Amerika

(LP, Album)
Philips Unknown

Singles & EPs

Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Shawn Elliott, Alice Whitfield - Desperate Ones (Les Désespérés) / If We Only Have Love (Quand On A Que L'Amour) (7", Single, Promo)

Columbia 1968

Le Lac Majeur / Shami-Sha

(3 versions)
Philips 1973

Shami-Sha / Brooklyn By The Sea

(7")
Philips 1973

Brooklyn By The Sea

(7", Single, Mono)
Philips 1973

Sorrow / Botany Bay

(5 versions)
Philips 1976

Save The Last Dance For Me

(2 versions)
Philips 1976

Papa-Tango-Charly / Dansons

(7")
Philips 1976

Baby Come On / You're My Man

(12")
London Records 1976

Un Eté De Porcelaine

(7")
Philips 1977

Plus Ça Va, Moins Ça Va...

(7")
Philips 1977
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