Growing up I was a huge fan of the Muppets/Fraggle Rock and so many more puppet shows in the early & late 70's. Looking to be on the other side of the TV was most kids dreams and goals even till this day. But to be able to look up to the same people that help shape your out look and aspirations in the pursuit of Making your dreams a reality, happens to be my Boss! Such an honor!!!
If your not knowledgable of whom I speak here's the background of a Great Songwriter/Actor: Mr. Paul Williams
Mr.Williams is responsible for a number of enduring pop hits from the 1970s, including a number of hits for
Three Dog Night (including "
An Old Fashioned Love Song", "The Family of Man", and "Out in the Country"),
Helen Reddy ("You and Me Against the World"), and
The Carpenters, most notably "
Rainy Days and Mondays," "I Won't Last a Day Without You," and "
We've Only Just Begun", which has since become a cover-band standard and
de rigueur for weddings throughout North America. "We've Only Just Begun" was originally a song for
Crocker National Bank television commercial featuring newlyweds. An early collaboration with
Roger Nichols, "Someday Man", was covered by
The Monkees (a group for which he auditioned but was not cast)
on a 1969 single, and was the first Monkees' release not published by
Screen Gems.
Bobby Sherman also sang "Cried Like a Baby".
Anne Murray sang "Talk It Over in the Morning". He also wrote the
cantata Wings with music by
Michel Colombier.
A frequent cowriter of Williams was musician
Kenneth Ascher; their songs together included the popular children's favorite "
The Rainbow Connection", sung by
Kermit the Frog in
The Muppet Movie. Williams also collaborated with
Biff Rose, notably on the song "
Fill Your Heart", originally recorded by
Tiny Tim as the B-side of his 1968 hit "
Tiptoe Through The Tulips" and subsequently covered by
David Bowie on his album
Hunky Dory. Most recently, he collaborated with
Scissor Sisters on their second album,
Ta-Dah.
[citation needed] He first was a part of a short lived rock group called "Holy Mackerel".
Williams has worked on the music of a number of films, including writing and singing on
Phantom of the Paradise (in which he also starred and earned an Oscar nomination for the music) and
Bugsy Malone. He contributed lyrics to the song
You're So Nice to Be Around with music by
John Williams, and it earned them a
Oscar nomination. Along with
Kenneth Ascher and
Rupert Holmes, they wrote the music and lyrics to
A Star Is Born, with
Barbra Streisand and
Kris Kristofferson. The bittersweet love ballad,
Evergreen, from the movie won the Academy Award for Best Song of The Year.
He is a member of the
Songwriters Hall of Fame,
and his songs have been performed by both
pop and
country music artists. He has won one
Academy Award for best song (Evergreen) from
A Star Is Born (co-written by the artist who performed it,
Barbra Streisand) and has been nominated for several others.
He wrote the music for a musical production of
Happy Days that debuted in 2007.
In April 2009, Williams was elected President and Chairman of the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). cited reference ~
http://paulwilliamsconnection.org/
