Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

*1926 US, Brooklyn
Composer / Songwriter of Spoken Word and Soundtrack
A.k.a. Melvin Kaminsky

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky, born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, composer, and songwriter. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner in the comedy skit, The 2000 Year Old Man. He also created, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series, Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.Brooks was married to actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.

Genres

Spoken Word
Soundtrack
R&B/Soul
Hip-Hop/Rap
Pop

Plays With

Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks

Popular Tracks

Springtime for Hitler - Part I on The Producers by Mel Brooks

It's Good to Be the King on I Really Love You / It's Good to Be the King - Single by Heaven & Earth & Mel Brooks

Keep It Gay on The Producers by Mel Brooks

I Wanna Be A Producer on The Producers by Mel Brooks

Springtime for Hitler - Part II on The Producers by Mel Brooks

Heil Myself on The Producers by Mel Brooks

We Can Do It on The Producers by Mel Brooks

Haben Sie gehört das Deutsche band? on The Producers by Mel Brooks

When You Got It, Flaunt It (From "The Producers") on The Producers by Mel Brooks

Betrayed on The Producers by Mel Brooks

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Band Members

Discography

Title	Artist	Year	Type
The 2000 Year Old Man	Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner	2009	Album
The Producers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Mel Brooks	2005	Album
It's Good To Be The King / Motown Review	Mel Brooks / Philly Cream	1993	Album
It's Good To Be The King Rap (Pts.1&2) / I Can't Let You Go / Dancing Tight / I Can't Turn Away	Mel Brooks / Talkback / Galaxy / Savanna	1988	Album
Wouldn't It Be Good / To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap) Part 1	Nik Kershaw / Mel Brooks	1984	Album
To Be Or Not To Be (Original Dialogue & Music From The Motion Picture)	Mel Brooks & Anne Bancroft	1984	Album
To Be Or Not To Be (The Hitler Rap)	Mel Brooks	1983	Single
Running With The Night / To Be Or Not To Be	Lionel Richie / Mel Brooks	1983	Single
It's Good To Be The King Rap / I Can't Go For That	Mel Brooks / Daryl Hall & John Oates	1982	Single
Mel Brooks' History Of The World Part 1 (Dialogue And Music From The Original Motion Picture Sound Track)	Mel Brooks	1981	Album
It's Good To Be The King Rap	Mel Brooks	1981	Single
Le Grand Frisson	Mel Brooks	1978	Single
High Anxiety	Mel Brooks	1978	Single
Silent Movie	Mel Brooks	1976	Single
L'ultima Follia (Silent Movie)	Mel Brooks	1976	Single
Music And Dialogue From Mel Brooks' "The Producers"	John Morris, Mel Brooks	1968	Album
I Really Love You / It's Good To Be The King	Heaven And Earth / Mel Brooks		Album

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