Joel Hirschhorn, (December 18, 1938 – September 18, 2005), was a Jewish-American songwriter. During a vastly successful career, he won the Academy Award for Best Song on two occasions. He also wrote songs for a number of prominent musicians, including Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison (the combined sales of albums to which he contributed is over 90 million). September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Jewish American (also commonly American Jew) is an American (a citizen of the United States) of Jewish descent or religion who maintains a connection to the Jewish community, either through actively practicing Judaism or through cultural and historical affiliation. ... A songwriter is someone who writes, in part or in full, the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Academy Award for Best Song // 1930s 1934 - The Continental from The Gay Divorcee 1935 Lullaby of Broadway from Gold Diggers of 1935 1936 The Way You Look Tonight from Swing Time 1937 Sweet Leilani from Waikiki Wedding 1938 - Thanks for the Memory from The Big Broadcast of 1938 1939 Over... Elvis Presley Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll (sometimes shortened to The King) was an American singer and actor. ... Roy Orbison at his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction in 1987. ...

Hirschhorn was born in the Bronx, New York City and attended the LaGuardia Performing Arts High School in Manhattan. After graduating, Hirschhorn became a regular performer on New York’s nightclub circuit, both as a solo singer and as a member of the rock & roll band The Highlighters. During the mid-1960s Hirschhorn branched out into writing film soundtracks. The first score he wrote was for Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965), which was directed by his friend Joseph Cates. He worked with Cates again the following year in The Fat Spy, however, the film was received so badly that Hirschhorn struggled to find work in Hollywood for a number of years afterwards. The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and the largest financial center in the world. ... The Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art is located near the Juilliard School in the Lincoln Square district of Manhattan, on Amsterdam Avenue between 65th Street and 64th Street. ... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The Fat Spy is a 1965 film about a man who is an overweight spy, as you would expect. ... ...

Hirschhorn, along with songwriting partner Al Kasha, did not work on another film until 1970’s The Cheyenne Social Club, which was directed by Gene Kelly. However, it was the pair’s next effort, The Poseidon Adventure (1972), that really made their name. The Morning After, a song they wrote in a single evening, won them their first Oscar and also topped the Billboard chart. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Cheyenne Social Club is a 1970 western comedy directed by Gene Kelly and starring James Stewart and Henry Fonda. ... Gene Kelly (1912-1996) Eugene Curran Kelly, August 23, 1912 - February 2, 1996 Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer, and choreographer. ... The Poseidon Adventure was a 1972 adventure movie based on a novel by Paul Gallico. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... The Morning After was an Academy Award-winning song, first released in early 1973 (see 1973 in music). ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ...

The Towering Inferno (1974) provided Hirschhorn and Kasha with their second Oscar, this time for the song We May Never Love Like This Again. Following this success the pair received only two further Oscar nominations, both for their work on Pete's Dragon (1977). The Towering Inferno is a 1974 disaster movie directed by John Guillermin adapted by Stirling Silliphant from the novels The Tower by Richard Martin Stern and The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Petes Dragon (first released on November 3, 1977) is a musical film from The Walt Disney Company. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

Hirschhorn and Kasha continued to work together until the late 1990s, their final collaboration being Rescue Me (1998). The pair also worked together on a number of Broadway musicals, receiving Tony Award for Best Original Score nominations for both Copperfield and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. The 1990s refers to the years 1990 to 1999; the last decade of the 20th Century. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical in that year. ... Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is a musical film released in 1954. ...

External links

• Joel Hirschhorn at the Internet Movie Database
• Joel Hirschhorn at the Internet Broadway Database