Posted on 06/02/2023 11:20:47 AM PDT by DFG
Fans haven’t lost that lovin’ feeling for her.
Legendary songwriter Cynthia Weil, the muse behind “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” and countless other hits, passed away Thursday evening at 82.
Weil’s daughter Dr. Jenn Mann confirmed the icon’s death in a statement to TMZ.
“My mother, Cynthia Weil, was the greatest mother, grandmother and wife our family could ever ask for,” she wrote. “She was my best friend, confidant and my partner in crime and an idol and trailblazer for women in music.”
As of yet, the cause of death has yet to be revealed.
Born in 1940 in New York City, Weil, along with her husband and fellow song scribe, Barry Mann was responsible for penning some of the most iconic tunes from the 1960s all the way into the 1990s.
Perhaps her most notable track was the Righteous Brothers’ 1964 hit “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” which is among the most played tunes of the 20th century with over 8 million “airplays,” according to the music rights org BMI.
The husband and wife composer team composed many other iconic hits during their storied six-decade career.
These included The Drifters’ and George Benson’s “On Broadway,” “Uptown” by the Crystals, the Righteous Brothers’ “You’re My Soul and Inspiration” and the Animals’ “We Gotta Get Out of this Place.”
The Grammy winner and her husband, who were married for 62 years, also penned “Here You Come Again” by Dolly Parton, which helped the country icon achieve crossover success.
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RIP.
During the period between peak Elvis and the Beatles, Mann/Weil and Goffin/King wrote nearly everything that wasn’t from the Beach Boys. It’s not like they stopped in the 70s and 80s either.
The list of great songs she wrote is long.
A truly great song writer...
Never wrote anything I did not like...
R.I.P. Cynthia...
Add Ellie Greenwich (2009) and Jeff Barry (still alive) to that list, along with Holland-Dozier-Holland, Norman Whitfield-Barrett Strong, and Berry Gordy.
Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram - Somewhere Out There
We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (US Version)
Smokey Robinson
Dang, that is quite a legacy.
When I was a senior in high school, “We gotta get outta this place” was our class song. It wasn’t that we hated the place, but we had senioritis.
When I was a senior in high school, “We gotta get outta this place”
The official song of probably every US soldier in Vietnam.
Same for my boot camp, although we really hated it.
Holland-Dozier-Holland are severely underrated. Keep Me Hangin’On is amazing.
She gets my highest accolade: She’s written songs I wish I wrote. RIP.
Cynthia lived in Manhattan and shot what I consider the most graphic 9/11 video of all of them. Take a look, particularly the time period before the 2nd strike;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToWjjIu-x_U
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