Rod McKuen (1933–2015)
Autore di Listen to the Warm
Sull'Autore
Rodney Marvin McKuen was born in Oakland, California on April 29, 1933. He never knew his biological father, and he was raised by his mother and an abusive alcoholic stepfather. He left home for good at the age of 11. He worked as a ranch hand, disc jockey, railroad worker, rodeo cowboy, and mostra altro newspaperman. After settling in San Francisco in the 1950s, he began writing poetry and delivered his work at readings alongside the likes of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. He also sang at Bay Area nightclubs and was briefly a contract player at Universal Pictures. He was a poet, lyricist, and songwriter. During his lifetime, he wrote dozens of books of poetry and a memoir entitled Finding My Father: One Man's Search for Identity. His best-known songs, some written with the Belgian composer Jacques Brel, include Birthday Boy, A Man Alone, If You Go Away and Seasons in the Sun. He was nominated for Oscars for Jean from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and for A Boy Named Charlie Brown, the title track from the Peanuts movie. His Lonesome Cities album won a Grammy for best spoken word recording. His songs were recorded by several popular artists including Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash, Perry Como, Petula Clark, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Dolly Parton and Chet Baker. He died as a result of pneumonia on January 29, 2015 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: McKuen with Grete Keller: Image © ÖNB/Wien
Opere di Rod McKuen
The world of Rod McKuen 8 copie
Rod McKuen Omnibus: Listen to the Warm; Lonesome Cities; Stanyan Street and Other Sorrows; + Fourteen New Poems (1975) 5 copie
Jean: From the 20th Century Fox Film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) — Words and Music — 4 copie
Rod McKuen: The Single Man 2 copie
Kaleidoscope 2 copie
About Me 1 copia
Christmas blues & shout 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #14 1 copia
Other Kinds Of Songs 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #10 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #9 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #4 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #3 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #2 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #1 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #7 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #11 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #13 1 copia
Rod McKuen FOLIO #6 1 copia
Back to Carnegie Hall 1 copia
Sea Cycle 1 copia
New Sounds In Folk Music 1 copia
love songs LP 1 copia
Stanyon Street 1 copia
Opere correlate
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 919 copie
I Didn't Know They Still Made Records Like This [sound recording] — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- McCuen, Rodney Marvin John Michael James
- Altri nomi
- Dor
- Data di nascita
- 1933-04-29
- Data di morte
- 2015-01-29
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Oakland, California, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- California, USA
- Attività lavorative
- poet
songwriter
lyricist - Relazioni
- Yarbrough, Glenn (collaborator)
Brel, Jacques, (collaboraotor)
Willims, John (collaborator)
Mancini, Henry (collaborator)
Kerr, Anita (collaborator) - Organizzazioni
- Mattachine Society
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 92
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 2,063
- Popolarità
- #12,460
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 24
- ISBN
- 94
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 1