Cynthia Weil

Renowned songwriter Cynthia Weil passed away on June 1, 2023 at the age of 82. Weil and her husband, Barry Mann, were the creative minds behind countless pop and Country standards, including "On Broadway" (The Drifters), "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" (Kenny Rogers & Dottie West), “Here You Come Again” (Dolly Parton), "Just Once" (James Ingram), “Walking in the Rain” (The Ronettes), “We’re Over” (Johnny Rodriguez), “Another Goodbye” (Donna Fargo), “Wrong Again” (Martina McBride), “Somewhere Down the Road’ (Barry Manilow), and the Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated Linda Ronstadt and James Ingram hit, "Somewhere Out There," from An American Tail. An inductee in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, Weil received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Songwriters, as well as the Johnny Mercer Award, the highest honor from the Songwriters Hall of Fame, among many other accolades.