They're Playing Our Song
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Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
1978
“Better Off Alone”
Shirley Bassey
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“Come Light the Candles”
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Don’t Cry Out Loud”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Heartbreaker”
Dolly Parton
Carole Bayer Sager/David Wolfert
“How Do the Fools Survive?”
The Doobie Brothers
Carole Bayer Sager/Michael McDonald
“I Don’t Wanna Dance No More”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“I’m Coming Home Again”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“It’s The Falling in Love”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/David Foster
“Nobody Does It Better” (Academy Award and Golden Globe Nomination for Best Original Song; ASCAP Award for Most Performed Feature Film Standard, 1989)
Carly Simon
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“You and Me (We Wanted It All)”
Frank Sinatra
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
1977
“Break It to Me Gently”
Aretha Franklin
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“Come in from the Rain”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“Don’t Wish Too Hard”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Home to Myself”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“I Don’t Wanna Go”
Bruce Roberts
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“I’d Rather Leave While I’m in Love”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Quiet Please, There’s a Lady On Stage”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Shy as a Violet”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Steal Away Again”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/ Bette Midler
“Sweet Alibis”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Marvin Hamlisch
“When I Need You”
Leo Sayer
Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
“You and I”
Albert Hammond
Carole Bayer Sager/Albert Hammond
“You’re Moving Out Today”
Carole Bayer Sager
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts/Bette Midler
1976
“Can’t Go Back Anymore”
Barry Manilow
Carole Bayer Sager/Barry Manilow
“Help Is On the Way”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“I Could Have Loved You”
The Moments
Carole Bayer Sager/Bette Midler/Bruce Roberts
“Just You and I”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“Planes”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“She Loves to Hear the Music”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“With You”
The Moments
Carole Bayer Sager/Kenny Ascher
1975
“Midnight Blue”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“Skybird”
Tony Orlando and Dawn
Carole Bayer Sager/Bruce Roberts
“This Lady’s Not Home Today”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“We’ve Got Time”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
1974
“Ah, My Sister”
Helen Reddy
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Continental American”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Everything Old Is New Again”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“More Than I Like You”
Liza Minnelli
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“The Natural Thing to Do”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
“Ruby and The Dancer”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“Easy”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
“Home to Myself”
Melissa Manchester
Carole Bayer Sager/Melissa Manchester
1972
“The Same Way I Came In”
Peter Allen
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
1971
“The Girl I Left Behind Me”
The Monkees
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“Jennifer”
Bobby Sherman
Carole Bayer Sager/Peter Allen
1968
“Cellophane Disguise”
Steve Lawrence
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“Make the Music Play”
Frankie Valli
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“Nobody’s Home to Go Home To”
Jackie DeShannon
Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine
“Teach Me How”
Eydie Gorme
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“We Were Made for Each Other”
The Monkees
Carole Bayer Sager/George Fischoff
1967
“Cold Girl”
Bobby Sherman
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“Don’t Look Over Your Shoulder”
Nancy Wilson
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
“Off and Running” (MOVIE SONG)
The Mindbenders
Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine
“When Love Comes Knockin’ (At Your Door)”
The Monkees
Carole Bayer Sager/Neil Sedaka
1966
“A Groovy Kind of Love”
The Mindbenders
Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine
“Ashes to Ashes”
The Mindbenders
Carole Bayer Sager/Toni Wine
About the Author
CAROLE BAYER SAGER has written more than four hundred songs. Nominated for over fifteen awards, she has won an Oscar, two Golden Globes, and a Grammy for Song of the Year. She recorded three solo albums and with Marvin Hamlisch wrote the hit Broadway musical They’re Playing Our Song. With Peter Allen she cowrote half of the songs featured in the Broadway musical The Boy from Oz, which starred Hugh Jackman and told the story of Peter’s life. She is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Robert Daly, and the two share their bed with three unruly dogs who are unimpressed with their accomplishments.
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