voc, 1936-1991 US, Brooklyn
Singer / Musician / Songwriter of Pop
A.k.a. Mortimer Shuman
Born 12.11. 1936 in New York City . Died 3.11.1991 in London. Brooklyn born songwriter and pianist. Worked together with Doc Pomus. Their collaboration's output include classic such as Elvis Presley's "Surrender" and "His Latest Flame" or Drifters "Save The Last Dance For Me". During a stay in Paris, he met Jacques Brel whose songs he adapted in English and made into the "Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris" musical. His English adaptations of Brel's songs have been performed by many artists including Scott Walker, David Bowie or Dionne Warwick. In the 60s he moved permanently to Paris, where he embarked on a very successful recording career in French, scoring six gold records and one genuine popular classic in the shape of "Le Lac Majeur". He continued writing material for other artists until his death in 1991. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 2010 (songwriter)
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Mort Shuman | Mort Shuman | 2009 | Compil. |
Gold | Mort Shuman | 2007 | Compil. |
Mortimer Shuman | Mort Shuman | 2006 | Compil. |
Mort Schuman | Mort Shuman | 2006 | Compil. |
Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris | Mort Shuman, Elly Stone, Jacques Brel | 2005 | Album |
Mort Shuman | Mort Shuman | 2005 | Compil. |
Mort Shuman | Mort Shuman | 2005 | Compil. |
Best Of | Mort Shuman | 2001 | Compil. |
Master Serie | Mort Shuman | 1998 | Compil. |
Ses Plus Belles Chansons | Mort Shuman | 1997 | Compil. |
Master Série Vol. 2 | Mort Shuman | 1997 | Compil. |
Mortimer | Mort Shuman | 1995 | Compil. |
Distant Drum | Mort Shuman | 1991 | Album |
Promised Land | Mort Shuman | 1991 | Single |
Amalie | Mort Shuman | 1991 | Single |
Bande Originale Du Film "Cent Francs L'Amour" | Mort Shuman | 1986 | Album |
Never Will You Know | Stanley Myers / Mort Shuman / Véronique Lortal | 1984 | Single |
Pharaon | Mort Shuman | 1984 | Album |
Extrait De L'Histoire Musical " Ma Ville " | Mort Shuman / Nicoletta | 1983 | Single |
Ma Ville | Mort Shuman | 1983 | Single |
Succes 2 Disques Le Lac Majeur Papa-Tango-Charly | Mort Shuman | 1983 | Compil. |
Ma Ville | Mort Shuman, Nicoletta, Philippe Lavil, Modesty | 1983 | Album |
Sorrow / Un Ete De Porcelaine | Mort Shuman | 1983 | Single |
Je Suis Jaloux De Vous | Mort Shuman | 1982 | Single |
Cet Ami-la | Mort Shuman | 1982 | Single |
Lumières D'amour | Mort Shuman | 1982 | Album |
Lovely Days | Mort Shuman | 1981 | Single |
Slave | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Album |
Ma Chanson Italienne | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Single |
Machines / La Drôle De Folie Que Je Vis | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Single |
Quand Tu M'Aimeras Moins | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Single |
Zinguinchor / Ma Chanson Italienne | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Single |
Corfou Sans Vous | Mort Shuman | 1980 | Single |
Mein Gesicht | Mort Shuman | 1979 | Album |
Bande Originale Du Film "Tous Vedettes !" | Mort Shuman, Claude Lemesle, Michel Lang | 1979 | Album |
Le Nègre Blanc | Mort Shuman | 1979 | Album |
B.O. Du Film "Tous Vedettes" | Mort Shuman, Claude Lemesle, Michel Lang | 1979 | Single |
Ext. de la B.O. du film de Michel Lang "Tous Vedettes" | Mort Shuman / Claude Lemesle / Michel Lang | 1979 | Single |
Money Honey | Mort Shuman | 1979 | Single |
Comme Avant | Mort Shuman | 1978 | Single |
Tage Wie Aus Porzellan | Mort Shuman | 1978 | Single |
L'Hôtel De La Plage (Extraits De La Bande Originale Du Film De Michel Lang) | Mort Shuman | 1978 | Album |
Have You Seen My Shoes? / My Name Is Mortimer | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
My Name Is Mortimer | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
Mort Shuman Chante Ses Plus Grands Succès De 1972 A 1976 | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Compil. |
Le Disque D'Or | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Compil. |
Gestern (Sorrow) | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
The Best Of Mort Shuman | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Compil. |
My Name Is Mortimer | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Album |
Plus Ça Va, Moins Ça Va... | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
Un Eté De Porcelaine | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
Gone Are The Days | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
Sex O'clock / Baby Come On | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
My Name Is Mortimer | Mort Shuman | 1977 | Single |
Imagine... | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Album |
Imagine | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Imagine... | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Album |
Sorrow / Papa-Tango-Charly | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Une Femme Fidele | Mort Shuman, Pierre Porte | 1976 | Album |
Save The Last Dance For Me | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Papa-Tango-Charly | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Sorrow / Let Me Take You By The Hand | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
A Nous Les Petites Anglaises | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Album |
Un Type Comme Moi Ne Devrait Jamais Mourir (Bande Sonore Originale Du Film) | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Sorrow / Botany Bay | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Single |
Sex O'Clock U.S.A. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Mort Shuman | 1976 | Album |
Die Rosen Von Schloß Belvedere | Mort Shuman | 1975 | Single |
Eric Blau's Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris | Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Joe Masiell With Jacques Brel | 1974 | Album |
Les Guichets du Louvre | Mort Shuman | 1974 | Single |
La Splendeur De Rome / La Muselière | Mort Shuman | 1974 | Single |
Des Musiques Sentimentales | Mort Shuman | 1974 | Single |
Poor Old God | Mort Shuman | 1974 | Single |
Des Chansons Sentimentales | Mort Shuman | 1974 | Album |
Voila Comment.. | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Album |
Brooklyn By The Sea | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Ecoute Ce Que Je Vais Te Dire | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Le Lac Majeur | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Black Baudelaire / Mister Lee | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Chante Brel En Anglais | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Voilà Comment Tu M'as Laissé | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Western Shore | Mort Shuman | 1973 | Single |
Amerika | Mort Shuman | 1972 | Album |
Shami-Sha / Brooklyn By The Sea | Mort Shuman | 1972 | Single |
Le Lac Majeur / Shami-Sha | Mort Shuman | 1972 | Single |
Lei Mi Darà Un Bambino (She's Gonna Give Me A Baby) | Mort Shuman | 1970 | Single |
My Death | Mort Shuman | 1969 | Album |
Desperate Ones (Les Désespérés) / If We Only Have Love (Quand On A Que L'Amour) | Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Shawn Elliott, Alice Whitfield | 1968 | Single |
Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris | Eric Blau And Mort Shuman | 1968 | Album |
Monday Monday | Mort Shuman | 1967 | Single |
Cry A Little | Mort Shuman | 1966 | Single |
Give Her Lots Of Love / Poppa Come Home | Mort Shuman | 1965 | Single |
Turn Me Loose / I'm A Man | Mort Shuman | 1959 | Single |
I'm A Man (One-sided Demo) | Mort Shuman | 1959 | Single |
I'm A Man (One-sided Demo) | Mort Shuman | 1959 | Single |
M. Shuman | Mort Shuman | Compil. | |
Le Lac Majeur | Mort Shuman | Compil. | |
Le Lac Majeur / Papa Tango Charlie | Mort Shuman | Single | |
Mort Shumann | Mort Shuman | Compil. | |
Mort Shuman - Volume 2 | Mort Shuman | Compil. | |
America I Love You | Mort Shuman | Single | |
Le Lac Majeur | Mort Shuman | Single |
Mort Shuman Pop |