Cynthia Weil (born October 18, 1940) is a prominent American songwriter. She is famous for having written many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. (More from Wikipedia)
The name of the Greg Shaw magazine called Who Put the Bomp is taken from "Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp)", a Top-40 hit by Barry Mann. This was basically a one-hit wonder, but Mann always concentrated mostly on his songwriting, and he is well known for numerous songs that were co-written with his wife Cynthia Weil – "Blame it on the Bossa Nova" by Eydie Gorme, "Hungry" and "Kicks" by Paul Revere and the Raiders, "Here You Come Again" by Dolly Parton, "Looking through the Eyes of Love" by Gene Pitney originally, etc.
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The girl group era attracted some of the greatest songwriters of all time: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Gerry Goffin and Carole King, Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, etc. Carole King would go to become one of the outstanding singer-songwriters in music history; her Tapestry album is one of the largest selling albums ever, with more than 25 million copies sold worldwide.
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