Charlie Smalls

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Charlie Smalls
Smalls on The Monkees 1968
Born(1943-10-25)25 October 1943
Queens, New York
Died27 August 1987(1987-08-27) (aged 43)
Belgium
Occupation(s)Composer, songwriter,
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Music and Lyrics
1974: The Wiz
Best Original Score
1975: The Wiz
Best Cast Show Album
1976: The Wiz

Charlie Smalls (October 25, 1943 – August 27, 1987) was an American

Broadway musical The Wiz and the 1978 film version of the same name
.

Career

A musical prodigy, Smalls attended the Juilliard School at age 11 in 1954, staying until 1961.[1] He wrote the song "From Me to You" for Hugh Masekela's 1966 album Hugh Masekela's Next Album[2] and a song for John Cassavetes's 1968 film Faces called "Never Felt Like This Before."

Smalls appeared in the

Davy Jones.[3]

After graduating from the

score for the 1976 film Drum.[4]

Death

Smalls was in Belgium accompanying the tour of professional jazz dance instructor

appendix.[5]

At the time of his death, Smalls was working on a new musical, Miracles, a musical adaptation of

H.G. Wells. He had recorded some songs with Geoffrey Holder and the Harlem Boys Choir.[6]

In 1989, Smalls's score for The Wiz was donated to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture by Mildred Harper, the mother of producer and creator of The Wiz, Ken Harper, along with Harpers' papers.[7]

Honors

Smalls won the 1975

Tony Award for Best Score as well as the 1976 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for his work on The Wiz.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Aufderheide, Jeremy (2007). "Creators: Charlie Smalls Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine". The Wiz: A Virtual Coffee Table Book. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
  2. ^ "Original Broadway Cast of "The Boys in the Band" – Mart Crowley's - the Boys in the Band (The Original Broadway Cast Album) (1969, Vinyl)". Discogs. 1969.
  3. ISBN 978-1-59223-372-4
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  4. ^ "Drum". IMDb. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Charlie Smalls is Dead; Composer of 'The Wiz'". The New York Times. 4 September 1987.
  6. ^ "The Wiz | Creators: Charlie Smalls". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2008-01-20.
  7. ^ "Charlie Smalls scores for The Wiz 1974". The New York Public Library Archives and Manuscripts. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
  8. ^ Search for "Charlie Smalls" at "Past Winners Search Archived 2016-08-31 at the Wayback Machine". The American Theater Wing's Tony Awards. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
  9. ^ "Grammy Award Nominees 1976 - Grammy Award Winners 1976". www.awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 2023-10-18.

External links

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