This is a list of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, in most cases as a songwriting duo. The pair have also collaborated with other songwriters. Both Mann and Weil have also written chart hit songs as individuals with other writers, and Mann has written on his own.
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Mann and Weil
edit| Year | Song[1][2] | Original artist[1] | U.S. Pop[3] | U.S. R&B[4] | UK Singles Chart[5] | Other charting versions, and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Bless You" | Tony Orlando | 15 | — | 5 | |
| 1962 | "A Girl Has To Know" | The G-Clefs | 81 | — | — | |
| "If a Woman Answers (Hang Up the Phone)" | Leroy Van Dyke | 35 | — | — | #3 Country | |
| "Uptown" | The Crystals | 13 | 18 | — | ||
| "Conscience" | James Darren | 11 | — | 30 | ||
| "Where Have You Been All My Life" | Arthur Alexander | 58 | — | — | ||
| "Johnny Loves Me" | Shelley Fabares | 21 | — | — | ||
| "Mary's Little Lamb" | James Darren | 39 | — | — | ||
| "My Dad" | Paul Petersen | 6 | 19 | — | ||
| "He's Sure the Boy I Love" | The Crystals | 11 | 18 | — | ||
| "Teenage Has-Been" | Barry Mann | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Gerry Goffin | |
| 1963 | "Proud" | Johnny Crawford | 29 | — | — | |
| "Blame It on the Bossa Nova" | Eydie Gorme | 7 | 16 | 32 | ||
| "Don't Be Afraid, Little Darlin'" | Steve Lawrence | 26 | — | — | ||
| "On Broadway" | The Drifters | 9 | 7 | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller 1978: George Benson, #7 US, #2 R&B | |
| "Amy" | Paul Petersen | 65 | — | — | ||
| "Heart" | Kenny Chandler | 64 | — | — | 1963: Wayne Newton, #82 US 1966: Rita Pavone, #27 UK | |
| "Don't Make My Baby Blue" | Frankie Laine | 51 | — | — | 1965: The Shadows, #10 UK | |
| "I'm Gonna Be Strong" | Frankie Laine | — | — | — | 1964: Gene Pitney, #9 US, #2 UK 1995: Cyndi Lauper, #37 UK | |
| "Only in America" | Jay and the Americans | 25 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | |
| "Cindy's Gonna Cry" | Johnny Crawford | 72 | — | — | ||
| "I'll Take You Home" | The Drifters | 25 | 24 | 37 | 1965: Cliff Bennett and the Rebel Rousers, #42 UK | |
| "The Girl Sang the Blues" | The Everly Brothers | — | — | 25 | ||
| 1964 | "I Want You to Meet My Baby " | Eydie Gorme | 17 | — | — | |
| "Walking in The Rain" | The Ronettes | 23 | 3 | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector 1967: The Walker Brothers, #26 UK 1969: Jay and the Americans, #19 US 1973: The Partridge Family, #10 UK | |
| "You Baby" | The Ronettes | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector 1975: John Holt, #53 UK | |
| "Saturday Night at the Movies" | The Drifters | 18 | 8 | — | 1972: The Drifters, #3 UK (reissue) 1996: Robson & Jerome, #1 UK | |
| "Talk To Me Baby" | Barry Mann | 94 | — | — | ||
| "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | The Righteous Brothers | 1 | 2 | 1 | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector 1965: Cilla Black, #2 UK 1969: The Righteous Brothers, #10 UK (reissue) 1969: Dionne Warwick, #16 US, #13 R&B 1971: Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway, #71 US 1977: The Righteous Brothers, #42 UK (reissue) 1979: Long John Baldry, #89 US 1980: Hall & Oates, #12 US, #55 UK 1988: The Righteous Brothers, #87 UK (reissue) 1990: The Righteous Brothers, #3 UK (reissue) | |
| 1965 | "Born To Be Together" | The Ronettes | 52 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Phil Spector |
| "Come On Over To My Place" | The Drifters | 60 | — | 40 | 1972: The Drifters, #9 UK (reissue) | |
| "See That Girl" | The Righteous Brothers | — | — | — | from the 1965 LP Just Once in My Life | |
| "Love Her" | The Walker Brothers | — | — | 20 | ||
| "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" | Gene Pitney | 28 | — | 3 | 1972: The Partridge Family, #39 US, #9 UK | |
| "It's Gonna Be Fine" | Glenn Yarbrough | 54 | — | — | ||
| "We Gotta Get out of This Place" | The Animals | 13 | — | 2 | 1980: Angelic Upstarts, #65 UK 1990: The Animals, #85 UK (reissue) | |
| "Home of the Brave" | Bonnie & the Treasures | 77 | — | — | 1965: Jody Miller, #25 US | |
| "Magic Town" | Jody Miller | — | — | — | 1966: The Vogues, #21 US | |
| 1966 | "(You're My) Soul and Inspiration" | The Righteous Brothers | 1 | 13 | 15 | 1977: Donny and Marie Osmond, #38 US |
| "Kicks" | Paul Revere & the Raiders | 4 | — | — | ||
| "Hungry" | Paul Revere & the Raiders | 6 | — | — | ||
| "Angelica" | Barry Mann | — | — | — | 1970: Oliver, #97 US | |
| "How Can I Tell Her It's Over" | Andy Williams | — | — | — | ||
| "It's Not Easy" | Normie Rowe[6] | — | — | — | 1968: The Will-O-Bees, #95 US | |
| "Shades of Gray" | The Will-O-Bees | — | — | — | 1967: The Monkees, on the album Headquarters | |
| 1967 | "It's A Happening World" | The Tokens | 69 | — | — | |
| "Good Good Lovin'" | The Blossoms | — | 45 | — | ||
| 1968 | "Brown Eyed Woman" | Bill Medley | 43 | 37 | — | |
| "Shape of Things to Come" | Max Frost and the Troopers | 22 | — | — | ||
| "Peace Brother Peace" | Bill Medley | 48 | — | — | ||
| "Make Your Own Kind of Music" | The Will-O-Bees | — | — | — | 1969: Mama Cass, #36 US 1972: Barbra Streisand, #92 US | |
| "It's Getting Better" | The Vogues | — | — | — | 1969: Mama Cass, #30 US, #8 UK | |
| 1969 | "Just a Little Lovin'" | Dusty Springfield | — | — | — | Opening track on the 1969 LP Dusty in Memphis |
| "I Just Can't Help Believing" | Bobby Vee | — | — | — | 1970: B. J. Thomas, #9 US 1971: Elvis Presley, #6 UK 1983: Boys Town Gang, #82 UK | |
| 1970 | "New World Coming" | Mama Cass | 42 | — | — | |
| "Feelings" | Barry Mann | 93 | — | — | ||
| "I Really Want to Know You" | The Partridge Family | — | — | — | from the 1970 LP The Partridge Family Album (performed by The Love Generation) | |
| "I'm on the Road" | The Partridge Family | — | — | — | from the 1970 LP The Partridge Family Album (performed by The Love Generation) | |
| 1972 | "Rock and Roll Lullaby" | B. J. Thomas | 15 | — | — | |
| "So Long Dixie" | Blood Sweat & Tears | 44 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | "Nobody But You" | Barry Mann | — | — | — | 1977: John Edwards, #85 R&B 1977: Gladys Knight & The Pips, #34 UK |
| "We're Over" | Johnny Rodriguez | — | — | — | #3 Country | |
| 1975 | "Mamacita" | The Grass Roots | 71 | — | — | |
| 1976 | "The Princess and the Punk" | Barry Mann | 78 | — | — | |
| 1977 | "Here You Come Again" | B. J. Thomas | — | — | — | 1977: Dolly Parton, #3 US, #1 Country, #75 UK |
| 1981 | "Don't Know Much" | Bill Medley | 88 | — | — | 1989: Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville, #2 US, #2 UK |
| "Just Once" | Quincy Jones featuring James Ingram | 17 | 11 | 76 | ||
| 1982 | "Right Here and Now" | Bill Medley | 58 | — | — | |
| "Never Gonna Let You Go" | Dionne Warwick | — | — | — | 1983: Sergio Mendes, #4 US, #28 R&B | |
| 1983 | "All I Need To Know" | Bette Midler | 77 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow |
| 1984 | "Black Butterfly" | Deniece Williams | — | 22 | — | |
| "We're Going All the Way" | Jeffrey Osborne | 48 | 16 | — | ||
| "Use Me" | George Benson | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Ingram | |
| "Late At Night" | George Benson | — | — | 86 | ||
| "Olympia" | Sergio Mendes | 58 | — | — | ||
| "The Last Time I Made Love" | Joyce Kennedy & Jeffrey Osborne | 40 | 2 | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Jeff Barry | |
| 1985 | "Baby Come And Get It" | The Pointer Sisters | 44 | 24 | 76 | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Ingram |
| "It's Your Night" | James Ingram | — | — | 82 | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Ingram | |
| 1986 | "Somewhere Out There" | Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram | 2 | — | 8 | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and James Horner for the movie, An American Tail – a double Grammy Award winner |
| 1991 | "Closer Than Close" | Peabo Bryson | — | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | "Lost In The Night" | Peabo Bryson | — | 43 | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Hans Zimmer, based on the movie, Days of Thunder |
| 1993 | "None of Us Are Free" | Ray Charles | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Brenda Russell |
| 1997 | "I Will Come to You" | Hanson | 9 | — | 5 | Written by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Isaac Hanson, Taylor Hanson, and Zac Hanson |
| 1978 | (loving you is so easy) | winter | written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil |
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Barry Mann with others or alone
edit| Year | Song[1][2] | Original artist[1] | U.S. Pop | U.S. R&B | UK Singles Chart | Other charting versions, and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)" | The Diamonds | 18 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Mike Anthony |
| "Don't Destroy Me" | Billy "Crash" Craddock | 94 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Joe Shapiro | |
| 1960 | "Footsteps" | Steve Lawrence | 7 | — | 4 | Written by Barry Mann and Hank Hunter 1960: Ronnie Carroll, #36 UK 1981: Showaddywaddy, #31 UK |
| "The Way of a Clown" | Teddy Randazzo | 44 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Howard Greenfield | |
| "Girls Girls Girls" | Steve Lawrence | — | — | 49 | Written by Barry Mann and Howard Greenfield | |
| "Come Back Silly Girl" | Steve Lawrence | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann 1962: The Lettermen, #17 US | |
| "Counting Teardrops" | Barry Mann | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Howard Greenfield 1960: Emile Ford & the Checkmates, #4 UK | |
| "Warpaint" | Barry Mann | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Howard Greenfield 1961: The Brook Brothers, #5 UK | |
| 1961 | "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)" | Barry Mann | 7 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Gerry Goffin 1961: The Viscounts, #21 UK 1982: Showaddywaddy, #37 UK |
| "Sweet Little You" | Neil Sedaka | 59 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber | |
| "I Love How You Love Me" | The Paris Sisters | 5 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber 1961: Jimmy Crawford, #18 UK 1964: Maureen Evans, #34 UK 1966: Paul & Barry Ryan, #21 UK 1968: Bobby Vinton, #9 US | |
| "I Could Have Loved You So Well" | Ray Peterson | 57 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Gerry Goffin | |
| 1962 | "Let Me Be the One" | The Paris Sisters | 87 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber 1969: Peaches and Herb, #74 US, #40 R&B |
| "I'll Never Dance Again" | Bobby Rydell | 14 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Mike Anthony | |
| "Patches" | Dickey Lee | 6 | 10 | — | Written by Barry Mann and Larry Kolber | |
| 1963 | "The Grass Is Greener" | Brenda Lee | 17 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Mike Anthony |
| 1968 | "Something Better" | Marianne Faithfull | — | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Gerry Goffin |
| 1970 | "When You Get Right Down to It" | The Delfonics | 53 | 12 | — | Written by Barry Mann 1971: Ronnie Dyson, #94 US, #37 R&B, #34 UK |
| 1977 | "How Much Love" | Leo Sayer | 17 | — | 10 | Written by Barry Mann and Leo Sayer |
| "Sometimes When We Touch" | Dan Hill | 3 | — | 13 | Written by Barry Mann and Dan Hill 1997: Newton, UK #32 | |
| 1978 | "Let the Song Last Forever" | Dan Hill | 91 | — | — | Written by Barry Mann and Dan Hill |
| 1984 | "There's No Easy Way" | James Ingram | 58 | 14 | — | Written by Barry Mann |
| 1988 | "Love Is on Our Side Again" | Julio Iglesias | — | — | 81 | Written by Barry Mann and Jim Sullins |
| 1992 | "Never Saw a Miracle" | Curtis Stigers | 107 | 5 (AC) | 34 | Written by Barry Mann and Curtis Stigers |
Chart hits and other notable songs written by Cynthia Weil with others
edit| Year | Song[7][2] | Original artist[1] | U.S. Pop | U.S. R&B | UK Singles Chart | Other charting versions, and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | "Happy Times (Are Here to Stay)" | Tony Orlando | 82 | — | — | Written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King and Cynthia Weil |
| 1980 | "He's So Shy" | The Pointer Sisters | 3 | 10 | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow |
| 1981 | "Somewhere Down the Road" | Barry Manilow | 21 | — | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow |
| 1981 | "Come What May" | (airsupply) | — | — | — | music Tom Snow, lyrics Cynthia Weil |
| 1982 | "One to One" | Carole King | 45 | — | — | Written by Carole King and Cynthia Weil |
| 1983 | "Running with the Night" | Lionel Richie | 7 | 6 | 9 | Written by Lionel Richie and Cynthia Weil |
| 1984 | "If Ever You're in My Arms Again" | Peabo Bryson | 10 | 6 | — | Written by Cynthia Weil, Michael Masser and Tom Snow |
| "All of You" | Julio Iglesias and Diana Ross | 19 | 38 | 43 | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tony Renis | |
| 1985 | "Through the Fire" | Chaka Khan | 60 | 15 | 77 | Written by Cynthia Weil, David Foster and Tom Keane 2003: Kanye West, "Through the Wire", US #15, R&B #8, UK #9 Written by Weil, Foster, Keane, and Kanye West |
| "Love Theme from St. Elmo's Fire (For Just a Moment)" | Amy Holland and Donny Gerrard | — | — | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and David Foster | |
| "Love Always Finds a Way" | Peabo Bryson | — | 63 | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow | |
| 1986 | "So Far So Good" | Sheena Easton | 43 | — | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow |
| "Love Will Conquer All" | Lionel Richie | 9 | 2 | 45 | Written by Cynthia Weil, Greg Phillinganes and Lionel Richie | |
| 1992 | "Just for Tonight" | Vanessa Williams | 26 | 11 | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Keith Thomas |
| 1998 | "Wrong Again" | Martina McBride | 36 | — | — | Written by Cynthia Weil and Tommy Lee James #1 Country |
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Songs written by Barry Mann, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014
- ^ a b c Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil Discography. Retrieved 27 August 2014
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1st ed.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-155-1.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-1995. Record Research.
- ^ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.
- ^ "Normie Rowe: It's Not Easy". PopArchives.com.au. Lyn Nuttall. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
- ^ Songs written by Cynthia Weil, MusicVF.com. Retrieved 1 September 2014
External links
edit- List of songs written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil discography at Discogs