Carole Bayer Sager
In the collection
4 records
Played with
Marvin Hamlisch
3 records together
Carly Simon
3 records together
Monty Norman
3 records together
Richard Perry
3 records together
Shirley Bassey
2 records together
Sheena Easton
2 records together
Louis Armstrong
2 records together
Wings
2 records together
Matt Monro
2 records together
Tom Jones
2 records together
Nancy Sinatra
2 records together
Lulu
2 records together
About
For writing credits with her maiden name, please use Carole Bayer. Use Carole Bayer Bacharach when shown as such.
American lyricist, songwriter, singer, painter and author, born Carole Bayer on March 8, 1944 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Married to Andrew L. Sager in 1970, divorced in 1978. Married to Burt Bacharach on April 3, 1982, divorced in 1991.
Many of Sager’s early songs were co-written with her second husband, composer Burt Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Masser, Peter Allen, Sheena Easton, Bruce Roberts, Neil Sedaka, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Donald Fagen, Babyface and Clint Eastwood (for the film True Crime).
Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for “Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)”, the theme song from the film Arthur. She shared the award with co-writers Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, and Christopher Cross. She received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for “That’s What Friends Are For”, which she co-wrote with Bacharach. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.