Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1937 in New York City) is a prominent American songwriter. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ...

Weil was trained as an actress and dancer but soon demonstrated a song writing ability that led to her collaboration with Barry Mann whom she would eventually marry. Weil became one of the Brill Building songwriters of the 1960s and one of the most important writers during the emergence of rock and roll. Barry Mann (born Barry Iberman on February 9, 1939 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American songwriter, and part of one of the most prolific songwriting partnerships in the world of rock music. ... The Brill Building (1930- ) in the United States is located at 1619 Broadway, in New York City, New York, just north of Times Square. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

She and her husband went on to create songs for numerous contemporary artists, winning a number of Grammy Awards and Academy Award nominations for their compositions for film. Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards), presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

In 1987, she was inducted with her husband, Mike, into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music. ...

Well-known songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil

• "He's Sure the Boy I Love" - The Crystals
• "On Broadway" - The Drifters
• "Magic Town" - The Vogues
• "Uptown" - The Crystals
• "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" - Eydie Gorme
• "Only in America" - Jay and the Americans
• "We Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals
• "[You're My] Soul & Inspiration" - The Righteous Brothers
• "Kicks" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
• "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" - The Righteous Brothers
• "Shape of Things to Come" - Max Frost and the Troopers
• "I Just Can't Help Believin'" - B. J. Thomas
• "Here You Come Again" - Dolly Parton
• "I'm Gonna Be Strong" - Gene Pitney and covered by Cyndi Lauper
• "Make Your Own Kind of Music" - "Mama" Cass Elliot
• "The Tide by Mike Weil" - "Sneaky Fitch"