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Mortimer Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas". He also wrote and sang many songs in French, such as "Le Lac Majeur", "Papa-Tango-Charly", "Sha Mi Sha", "Un Été de Porcelaine", and "Brooklyn by the Sea" which became hits in France and several other European countries. Shuman wrote over 500 songs, including those for Ben E. King, Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Andy Williams, and Janis Joplin. He was also responsible for the English-language production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. Shuman was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Comme avant
Mort Shuman
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Un été de porcelaine
Les Plus Belles Chansons
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The Middle Class (Les bourgeois)
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
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Amsterdam
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
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Shami-Sha
Mort Shuman
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Papa-Tango-Charly (Le triangle des Bermudes)
Les Plus Belles Chansons
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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording)
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Sorrow
Les Plus Belles Chansons
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Save the Last Dance for Me
The Very Best of Billy Joe Royal
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On a déjà donné
Mort Shuman
