모트 슈먼

소개

모티머 슈먼(영어: Mortimer Shuman, 1938년 11월 12일~1991년 11월 2일)은 미국의 가수, 피아니스트, 작곡가이다. 1960년대 로큰롤 히트곡인 〈Viva Las Vegas〉를 비롯해 수많은 히트곡을 공동 작곡한 것으로 가장 잘 알려져 있다. 또한 그는 프랑스어로 된 다수의 곡을 작곡하고 직접 노래하기도 했으며, 〈Le Lac Majeur〉, 〈Papa-Tango-Charly〉, 〈Sha Mi Sha〉, 〈Un Été de Porcelaine〉, 〈Brooklyn by the Sea〉 등의 곡은 프랑스와 여러 유럽 국가에서 히트했다.

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.