Cynthia Weil  

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Cynthia Weil (1940 – 2023) was an American songwriter and lyricist who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann.

Weil and Mann, both based at the Brill Building, were instrumental in shaping the sound of rock and roll in the 1960s, alongside their luminaries, Carole King, Burt Bacharach, and Neil Diamond.

Well-known songs include "On Broadway" (1963), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (1964) and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" (1965).

Songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

• "A World of Our Own" – Closing theme song from the 1991 film Return to the Blue Lagoon – Surface
• "Absolutely Green" – Dom DeLuise (co-written with Mann for the 1994 animated film A Troll in Central Park).
• "Beyond the Last Island" – Adam Ryen (co-written with James Horner for the animated film Ten Apples Up on Top!).
• "Black Butterfly" – Deniece Williams
• "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" – Eydie Gormé
• "Bless You" – Tony Orlando
• "Christmas Vacation" – Title song for the 1989 film of the same name
• "Don't Know Much" – Aaron Neville & Linda Ronstadt (also, earlier, Bill Medley and Bette Midler)
• "He's Sure the Boy I Love" – The Crystals
• "Heart" – Kenny Chandler
• "Here You Come Again" – Dolly Parton
• "Home of the Brave" - Bonnie and the Treasures, Jody Miller (also exists in an acetate demo by The Ronettes)
• "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" – Andy Williams
• "Hungry" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "I Just Can't Help Believing" – B. J. Thomas, Elvis Presley
• "I'm Gonna Be Strong" – Gene Pitney; covered by Cyndi Lauper
• "I Will Come to You" – Hanson
• "It's Not Easy" - Normie Rowe, The Will-O-Bees
• "Just a Little Lovin' (Early in the Morning)" – Dusty Springfield, Carmen McRae, Barbra Streisand, Billy Eckstine, Bobby Vinton
• "Just Once" – James Ingram with Quincy Jones
• "Kicks" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "Late at Night" – George Benson and Vicki Randle
• "Let Me In" (Rick Derringer/Weil) – Rick Derringer
• "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" – Gene Pitney, Marlena Shaw, The Partridge Family
• "Love Doesn't Ask Why" – co-written with Phil Galdston. Recorded by Celine Dion.
• "Love Her" – The Everly Bros, The Walker Bros.
• "Love is Only Sleeping" – The Monkees
• "Magic Town" – The Vogues
• "Make Your Own Kind of Music" – "Mama" Cass Elliot
• "Never Gonna Let You Go" – Sérgio Mendes and Dionne Warwick
• "Nobody But You" – Gladys Knight and Ruby Turner
• "None of Us Are Free" (Mann, Weil, Brenda Russell) – Ray Charles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Solomon Burke
• "On Broadway" – The Drifters, Eric Carmen, and later George Benson, Neil Young, Gary Numan
• "Only in America" – Jay and the Americans
• "Remember" – Song from the 2004 film Troy – Covered by Josh Groban
• "Running with the Night" (Lionel Richie, Weil) – Richie
• "Saturday Night at the Movies" (The Drifters)
• "Shades of Gray" – The Monkees
• "Shape of Things to Come" – Max Frost and the Troopers
• "Somewhere Out There" – Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram (written with James Horner for the 1986 animated film An American Tail) – a double Grammy Award winner.
• "Sweet Survivor" - Peter, Paul, and Mary - written with Peter Yarrow; from the LP "Reunion", 1978.
• "Uptown" – The Crystals, covered by Bette Midler
• "Walking in the Rain" – The Ronettes Jay and the Americans
• "We Gotta Get out of This Place" – The Animals and covered by The Angels
• "Where Have You Been (All My Life)" – Arthur Alexander, also played by Gene Vincent, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Beatles recorded live December 31, 1962, at the Star Club, Hamburg, Germany;
• "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" – The Righteous Brothers and later Donny & Marie Osmond
• "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" co-written with Phil Spector – The Righteous Brothers; later numerous other artists including Dionne Warwick, Hall & Oates, and a Roberta Flack-Donny Hathaway duet. Template:As of, the Righteous Brothers' rendition was radio's most-played song of all time, with 14 million airplays to date.