
His songwriting career spanned from the late 50's to the present. He's written songs for The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, David Bowie, Barbra Streisand and on and on. He wrote songs for artists that were deep cuts, like “Fill your Heart” off of David Bowie's album Hunky Dory (my personal favorite), and other more instantly recognizable songs like, Three Dog Night “An Old Fashioned Love Song”, The Carpenters ”We've Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays”. And that doesn't even cover the songs he wrote for movies and television, most notably “Rainbow Connection” for the Muppet Movie and the theme to “Love Boat". Of late, he's been popping up in places like the most recent Daft Punk album. His impact on popular music is unmistakable, but sadly mostly unknown to the people who appreciate it.
*You may even recognize his voice as the Penguin in Batman the Animated series.
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