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Paul Francis Webster (
December 20,
1907 –
March 18,
1984) was an
American lyricist who won three
Academy Awards for Best Song and whose sixteen nominations for the award is a record among songwriters.
Biography
He was born in
New York City, the son of Myron Lawrence Webster and Blanche Pauline Stonehill Webster. He attended the
Horace Mann School (
Riverdale, Bronx, New York), graduating in
1926, and then went to
Cornell University from
1927 to
1928 and
New York University from
1928 to
1930, leaving without receiving a degree. He served in the
United States Navy and then became a
dance instructor at a studio in New York City. By
1931, however, he turned his career direction to writing song
lyrics. His first professional lyric was
Masquerade (words by
John Jacob Loeb) which became a hit in
1932, performed by
Paul Whiteman.
In
1935 Twentieth Century Fox signed him to a contract to write lyrics for
Shirley Temple's films, but shortly afterward he went back to freelance writing. His first hit was a collaboration in
1941 with
Duke Ellington on the song "
I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)".
After
1950, Webster worked mostly for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He won two
Academy Awards in collaboration with
Sammy Fain, in
1953 and
1955, and another with
Johnny Mandel in
1965. Altogether, sixteen of his songs received
Academy Award nominations, more than the number for any other lyricist. In addition, a large number of his songs became major hits on the
popular music charts.
He was inducted into the
Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972.
He died in
Beverly Hills, California and is buried at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California.
List of songs
Nominated for the award
"A Very Precious Love" (1958)
"Tender Is the Night" (1962)
"A Time for Love" (1966)
"Strange Are The Ways of Love" (1972)
"A World that Never Was" (1976)
"The Shadow of Your Smile" (love theme from The Sandpiper, 1966)
Other songs with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
"Anastasia"
"April Love"
"Baltimore Oriole"
"Black Coffee"
"Black Hills Of Dakota"
"Blowing Wild (The Ballad Of Black Gold)"
"Boy On A Dolphin"
"A Certain Smile"
"The Deadwood Stage"
"Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief"
"The First Snowfall"
"Friendly Persuasion"
"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)"
"I'll Remember Tonight"
"How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies!"
"The Lamplighter's Serenade"
"Like Young"
"The Loveliest Night Of The Year"
"Man On Fire"
"Maverick"
"My Moonlight Madonna"
"Padre"
"Rainbow On The River"
"Somewhere My Love" (The lyrics, which are Webster's original work, are sung to the melody of "Lara's Theme" from the film Doctor Zhivago)
"The Song Of Raintree County"
"Spider-Man (1967)"
"There's Never Been Anyone Else But You"
"The Twelfth Of Never"
"Two Cigarettes In The Dark"
"Veni Vidi Vici"
"Who Are We?"
"You Was"
Song compilation
"The Songs of Paul Francis Webster" (ISBN 0-7935-0665-4)
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