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Marshall Barer (born Marshall Louis Barer; February 19, 1923 in Astoria, Queens – August 25, 1998 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was a lyricist, librettist, singer, songwriter and director.

Early career

Barer began his career as a lyricist and songwriter in the late 1940s while working as a commercial artist/designer in New York. His most-heard song is the Mighty Mouse theme song.

Career

He had his greatest Broadway success came in 1959 with Once Upon a Mattress, for which he was lyricist and a book writer.

In 1972 he wrote 7 songs for Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers a low-budget movie starring Holly Woodlawn.

Death

Marshall died aged 75 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at his home, after living many years in Venice, California.

Popular songs

• River Run
• La Ronde (This Is Quite a Perfect Night)
• Scratch My Back
• Roller Coaster Blues
• Intoxication
• In a Little While
• Shy
• Normandy
• Very Soft Shoes
• Song of Love (I'm In Love With A Girl Named Fred)
• Christmas long Ago
• What'll I Do With All the Love I Was Savin' for You?
• Warm Winter
• On Such A Night As This

Musicals/stage

• Walk Tall (1954)
• New Faces of 1956 (1956)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1957 starring Beatrice Lillie)
• Once Upon a Mattress (1959)
• Dancing on the Air (an adaptation of Shaw's The Devil's Disciple) with Dean Fuller
• Around the World in Eighty Days with music by Michel Legrand
• A Little Night Music (never produced)

External links

• Obituary, The independent
• Obituary, The Big Bands Database
• Unofficial site about Lorenz Hart and Marshall Barer

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