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Hamlisch

British  
/ ˈhæmlɪʃ /

noun

  1. Marvin. 1944–2012, US composer, best known for the musical A Chorus Line (1975)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The film also received an original song Oscar nomination for Patti Austin’s “The Girl Who Used to Be Me,” written by Marvin Hamlisch and husband-wife lyricist duo Alan and Marilyn Bergman.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

"So why not have great singers sing his songs in the same spirit of people singing George Gershwin, Burt Bacharach, Marvin Hamlisch, or Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, Michel Legrand?"

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2022

Marvin Hamlisch said: “His legacy will live on stage for years to come.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 22, 2021

The core of the show, unveiled in 1975 by Bennett, book writers James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Edward Kleban, has always included the original movement master plan.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019

The show has music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Millard, Max

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