Artist

Alan Jay Lerner

New York City, United States · 1918 – 1986

Alan Jay Lerner is a musician from New York City, United States, active 1918–1986. Their discography on Gatefold includes 2 records. They also recorded with Lerner & Loewe.

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1918

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2 projects · 6 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

American prolific lyricist and composer.
Born: 31st August 1918, New York City, NY - died: 14th June 1986, Manhattan, NY.
He made a lot of jazz standards with Frederick Loewe. Their first Broadway success was the 1947 musical fantasy "Brigadoon" which was translated to film in 1954. Lerner adapted work for the screen, and earned two Oscars as the screenplay writer for "An American In Paris" (1951) and "Gigi" (1958), and a Grammy for "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever".
(Not to be confused with Al Lerner: composer, conductor and a long time pianist in Harry James related orchestras; or Sammy Lerner, songwriter for American and British musical theatre and film.)

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Alan Jay Lerner — solo

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Lerner & Loewe

A project Alan Jay Lerner was part of.

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