Lew Spence

Composer Lew Spence remains to be best remembered for his long-running cooperation with husband-and-wife lyricists Alan and Marilyn Bergman, a link that yielded Frank Sinatra’s vintage “Good ‘n’ Easy.” Created Lewis Sifka in Cedarhurst, NY, on June 29, 1920, he battled asthma throughout adolescence, eventually relocating to Az in order to improve his wellness. There he performed piano in regional mining-town nightspots, and upon time for NEW YORK in the past due ’40s, he toured the supper golf club circuit, including prolonged residencies in the St. Regis Resort as well as the Maisonette Space. In 1951 Spence resolved in Beverly Hillsides, appearing at the tiny Club while starting his songwriting profession in tandem with lyricist Bob Russell. With time, Spence started collaborating with lyricists Alan Bergman and Marilyn Keith, presenting them in 1956. Love blossomed, so when Bergman ready to propose relationship, he and Spence collaborated on “That Encounter,” that your lyricist wanted to Keith as an engagement present. They wed in 1958, exactly the same yr Fred Astaire documented the music for his Emmy Award-winning NBC tv unique An Evening with Fred Astaire. Spence reunited using the Bergmans to writer “Good ‘n’ Easy,” the name cut of Sinatra’s acclaimed 1960 LP. The tune gained Grammy Award nominations within the Record of the entire year and Music of the entire year groups, and Sinatra also documented the team’s “Rest Warm” and “Ol’ MacDonald.” Additional significant Spence compositions consist of “SUCH A LONG TIME, My Like” and “I’ve By no means Left Your Hands” — Tony Bennett, Peggy Lee, and Nat Ruler Cole all documented his tunes, and on the encouragement of Broadway composer Lehman Engel, he later on crafted his personal lyrics aswell. Spence passed away at his LA house on January 9, 2008.