Songwriter articles
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‘I hadn’t thought about a drink. Then I saw the pub. Game over’: singer-songwriter Michael Head on beating addiction – again
He’s a national treasure to many, with a remarkable songbook spanning more than 40 years. But after kicking heroin twice, he spiralled back into drinking – until an ardent fan saved his lifeMichael Head is re-enacting the moment he thought he was about to die. In 2019, the beloved Liverpool songwriter “fell off the wagon on a grand scale”. The 62-year-old, who had beaten heroin addiction twice, had been sober from alcohol since 2016. But by 2020 his drinking was so severe that he was getting...
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Richard M. Sherman, one half of songwriting duo behind ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘It’s a Small World,’ dead at 95
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Richard M. Sherman, who with his late brother Robert wrote songs for the 1964 Disney classic “Mary Poppins” as well as the song “It’s a Small World,” has died. He was 95. The news was confirmed in an announcement on the Walt Disney Company website, where Sherman was referred
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Richard M. Sherman, one half of songwriting duo behind ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘It’s a Small World,’ dead at 95
By Dan Heching, CNN (CNN) — Richard M. Sherman, who with his late brother Robert wrote songs for the 1964 Disney classic “Mary Poppins” as well as the song “It’s a Small World,” has died. He was 95. The news was confirmed in an announcement on the Walt Disney Company website, where Sherman was referred