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Carole Bayer Sager

also recorded as Carole Bayer

United States · b. 1947-03-08

Carole Bayer Sager is credited on 6,323 releases across 1,396 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1966–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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6,323

Credits

1,396

Albums

7

Decades active

702

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Biography

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For writing credits with her maiden name, please use Carole Bayer. Use Carole Bayer Bacharach when shown as such.
American lyricist, songwriter, singer, painter and author, born Carole Bayer on March 8, 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
Married to Andrew L. Sager in 1970, divorced in 1978. Married to Burt Bacharach on April 3, 1982, divorced in 1991.
Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her second husband, composer Burt Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Masser, Peter Allen, Sheena Easton, Bruce Roberts, Neil Sedaka, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Donald Fagen, Babyface and Clint Eastwood (for the film True Crime).
Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the theme song from the film Arthur. She shared the award with co-writers Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, and Christopher Cross. She received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For", which she co-wrote with Bacharach. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Credited work

6,323 releases · 1,396 albums · active 1966–2026

  • Performance · 7,694
  • Production · 1,380
  • Other credits · 323
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: A&M Studios · Westlake Studios · Cherokee Studios · Studio 55, Los Angeles

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