From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.

Biography


Early life
Hamlisch was born in Manhattan to Viennese-born Jewish parents Lilly (née Schachter) and Max Hamlisch. S. Hamlisch and Richard Rodgers are the only two people to have won this series of awards and a Pulitzer Prize.

He was one of only eleven EGOTs – those who have been awarded an Emmy Grammy Oscar and Tony. Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes. Marvin Frederick Hamlisch (June 2 1944 – August 6 2012) was an American composer and conductor.