Jack Feldman (songwriter)

Jack Feldman is an American lyricist who has written songs for television, film, and Broadway. He has worked on many Disney movies ranging from Oliver & Company to The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Newsies.^[1] He wrote the lyrics for Barry Manilow's Grammy Award–winning song "Copacabana" and won a Tony along with Alan Menken for the stage musical version of Newsies.^[2] Feldman grew up on Long Island.

Career

Jack Feldman wrote the lyrics in the following works.

Award	Year	Category	Nominee	Result
13th Golden Raspberry Awards	1993	Worst Original Song	for: Newsies (1992) Shared with: Alan Menken (music) For the song "High Times, Hard Times"	Won
15th Golden Raspberry Awards	1995	Worst Original Song	for: Thumbelina (1994) Shared with: Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (lyrics) For the song "Marry The Mole!"	Won
Annie Awards	1999	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production	for: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998) Shared with: Tom Snow (composer) and Marty Panzer (lyricist) For the song "We Are One"	Nominated
Tony Awards	2012	Best Original Score (Music And/Or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre	Newsies	Won

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