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Courtesy of Phil Konstantin

Marvin Hamlisch b. 1944

Marvin Hamlisch has won four Grammys, three Oscars, three Golden Globes, and one Tony Award. He shares with fellow composer Richard Rodgers the distinction of winning all four of these types of awards plus a Pulitzer Prize - in Hamlisch's case, for the Broadway blockbuster A Chorus Line (1985). Hamlisch composed more than 40 movie scores, including The Way We Were (1974), The Sting (1974), and The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). He served as the musical director and arranger of Barbra Streisand's 1994 concert tour of the United States and England. He is principal pops conductor for the National Symphony Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.