Carole Bayer Sager Biography (1947-)

Original name, Carole Bayer; born March 8, 1947, in New York, NY; daughter ofElias and Anita (maiden name, Nathan) Bayer; married Andrew Sager (a recordcompany executive), 1970 (divorced, 1978); married Burt Bacharach (a composer), 1982 (divorced); married Robert Daly; children: (second marriage) Cristopher Elton Bacharach. Addresses: Contact: 10761 Bellagio Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90077.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Lyricist, singer
Birth Details: March 8, 1947; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearamnces
Peter Allen: The Boy from Oz, 1995
Film Work
Executive music producer, Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
Executive music producer, Forget Paris, Columbia, 1995
Song producer, You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998
Television Appearances
Specials
The 29th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS, 1987
America's All-Star Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor, ABC, 1989
Burt Bacharach: This Is Now (documentary), PBS, 1997
Interviewee, Burt Bacharach, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Elizabeth Taylor, Lifetime, 2002
Pilots
Road to Fame, VH1, 2001
Episodic
Rotating host, The Late Show.
Television Work
Series
Music supervisor, Party Girl, 1996
RECORDINGS
Albums
Carole Bayer Sager, 1977
Carole Bayer Sager, Too, 1979
Carole Bayer Sager/Sometimes Late at Night, 1981
WRITINGS
Stage Lyrics
(With George Fischoff) Georgy, 1970
Dancin', 1978
Up in One, 1979
The Madwoman of Central Park West, 1979
(With Marvin Hamlisch) Neil Simon, They're Playing Our Song (musical stage play; first produced at Ahmanson Theatre, Center Theatre Group, LosAngeles, 1978; Random House (New York), 1980
Film Song Lyrics

(With Marvin Hamlisch) "Nobody Does It Better" and other songs, The Spy Who Loved Me, United Artists, 1977
"Too Close to Paradise," Paradise Alley, 1978
(With Hamlisch) "Looking through the Eyes of Love" and others, Ice Castles, Columbia, 1979
"Better Than Ever" and "Easy for You," Starting Over, 1979
"Don't Call It Love," 10, 1979
"I'm On Your Side," Chapter Two, 1979
"Everything Old Is New Again," All That Jazz, 1979
"Fool That I Am," Coast to Coast, 1980
"Where Did the Time Go" and "Just Friends," Middle Age Crazy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
(Uncredited) Little Darlings, 1980
"You and Me," They All Laughed, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
(With Michael Small) "Never Say Goodbye," Continental Divide, Universal, 1981
(With Hamlisch) "Roses and Rainbows," The Devil and Max Devlin, Buena Vista, 1981
(With Hamlisch) "One Hello," I Ought to Be in Pictures, TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1982
(With Burt Bacharach) "Girls Know How" and "The Love Too Good to Last," Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
"Maybe," Romantic Comedy, 1983
"Love, It's Just the Way It Goes" and "When I Need You," The Slugger'sWife (also known as Neil Simon's The Slugger's Wife), 1985
(With Bacharach) "They Don't Make Them Like They Used To," Tough Guys, Buena Vista, 1986
(With Bacharach) "The Minute I Saw You," Three Men and a Baby, 1987
"Groovy Kind of Love," Buster, 1988
"The Colors of Love," Made in America, Warner Bros., 1993
(With others) "Look What Love Has Done," Junior, 1994
"United We Stand," "On My Father's Wings," "Ruber," "The Prayer," "I Stand All Alone," "If I Didn't Have You," and "Looking through Your Eyes," Quest for Camelot (also known as Magic Sword: The Quest for Camelot),Warner Bros., 1998
"My One True Friend," One True Thing, Universal, 1998
"Anyone At All," You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998
Film Theme Song Lyrics
"Starting Over," Starting Over, 1979
"It's My Turn," It's My Turn (also known as A Perfect Circle), 1980
(With Burt Bacharach) "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do), Arthur, 1981
(With Bacharach) "Night Shift," Night Shift, Warner Bros., 1982
(With Bacharach) "Making Love," Making Love, 1983
(With Bacharach and Bill Conti) "Everchanging Times," Baby Boom, United Artists/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1987
"Love Is My Decision (Theme from Arthur 2: On the Rocks)" and "Heart Light," Arthur 2: On the Rocks, 1988
"Still It's You," Mr. Wonderful, 1993
"The Day I Fall in Love," Beethoven's 2nd, 1993
Television Song Lyrics
Miniseries
"Stronger Than Before," A Girl Thing, Showtime, 2001
Series
(Theme song) Finder of Lost Loves, 1984
(Theme song) Party Girl, 1996
Also lyricist of theme song, Here We Go Again.
Specials
"Without You," AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars, CBS, 1999
Pilots
(Theme song) The Big Five, NBC, 1988
Novels
Extravagant Gestures, Arbor House (New York), 1985
Other
Lyricist of songs, including (with Bacharach) That's What Friends AreFor, On My Own, Heartlight, A Groovy Kind of Love, Don't Cry Out Loud, When I Need You, Come in from the Rain, Heartbreaker, If You Remember Me, It's My Turn, and Love Is My Decision. Sager's songs have been performed by numerous singers, including Neil Sedaka, Bette Midler, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, and Aretha Franklin. Many of Sager's songs have been featured in films, including "Don't Cry Out Loud," Drop Dead Gorgeous, New Line Cinema, 1999, and "A Groovy Kind of Love," The Wedding Planner, Columbia, 2001.

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