ICONIC songwriter and Grammy Award winner Cynthia Weil has died at age 82.
Weil, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, died on Thursday evening, her daughter revealed to TMZ.
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“My mother, Cynthia Weil, was the greatest mother, grandmother and wife our family could ever ask for,” the songwriter’s daughter, Dr. Jenn Mann, said.
“She was my best friend, confidant and my partner in crime and an idol and trailblazer for women in music.”
Weil, along with her writing partner and husband, Barry Mann, went on to create a list of popular songs.
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Written by Weil and Mann in 1964, The Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling is among the most-played songs of the 20th century, according to the performing rights organization BMI.
The husband-wife songwriting duo is responsible for singles like Dolly Parton’s Here You Come Again, The Drifters and George Benson’s On Broadway, The Crystals’ Uptown, and The Animals’ We Gotta Get Out of this Place.
Here You Come Again helped Parton launch her massive crossover success as an artist.
The pair also wrote Paul Revere & the Raiders’ Kicks, The Ronettes’ Walking in the Rain, and Chaka Khan’s Through the Fire, which was sampled by Kanye West for his debut solo single Through the Wire.
Her composed singles have sold an estimated 200 million records.
Weil and Mann received the first-ever National Academy of Songwriters Life Achievement Award.
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