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Are songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil married?
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#118865. Asked by serpa. (Nov 22 10 10:49 AM)
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Yes. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters for Aldon Music, and were married in 1961.
With his partner and wife, lyricist Cynthia Weil, they operate a publishing company called Dyad Music. Mann's first hit single as a writer was "She Say (Oom Dooby Doom)," which was a top twenty song for The Diamonds in 1959. Mann co-wrote the song with Gerry Goffin. Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil met when they were both staff songwriters for Aldon Music, and were married in 1961. Also in 1961, they wrote and Mann sang a novelty song that made the Top 10 with "Who Put The Bomp", which parodied the nonsense words of the then recently popular doo-wop songs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Mann
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