Carole Bayer Sager (born March 8, 1947) is an American lyricist, songwriter and singer best-known for writing the lyrics to many popular songs performed on Broadway and in Hollywood films. Sager wrote her first pop hit "A Groovy Kind Of Love" in 1966 while a student at the New York City High School of Music and Art . It was recorded by a British invasion band, The Mindbenders. Sager has won an Academy Award (six nominations), a Grammy (nine nominations), two Golden Globe awards (seven nominations) and a Tony award (2 nominations). She was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1987. She received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For" which she co-wrote with composer Burt Bacharach. Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her former husband, composer Burt Bacharach. She has also collaborated with Melissa Manchester, Marvin Hamlisch, Peter Allen, Neil Sedaka, David Foster, Albert Hammond, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Neil Diamond and Carole King. Sager's songs have been recorded and performed by Frank Sinatra, Dolly Parton, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Christopher Cross, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson, The Doobie Brothers, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis, Patti LaBelle, Bob Dylan, Kenny Rogers, Rita Coolidge, Melissa Manchester, Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, Stevie Wonder, Reba McEntire, Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Linda Davis , Céline Dion and Andrea Bocelli, among many others.
