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    professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted...
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  • heartbreaking elegance." In Lonely Avenue, a biography of Doc Pomus, Alex Halberstadt wrote about the DeVille-Pomus composition "Something Beautiful Dying": If "Something...
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  • written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually. Songs written by Doc Pomus, MusicVF...
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  • A Teenager in Love (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "A Teenager in Love" is a song written by Doc Pomus and partner Mort Shuman. It was originally recorded by Dion and the Belmonts, and released in March...
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  • Save the Last Dance for Me (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Save the Last Dance for Me" is a song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, first recorded in 1960 by American musical group the Drifters with Ben E...
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  • This Magic Moment (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "This Magic Moment" is a song composed by lyricist Doc Pomus and pianist Mort Shuman. It was first recorded by The Drifters, with Ben E. King singing...
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  • Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It became a major hit in 1964 in a recording by Elvis Presley sound-alike Terry Stafford. One of 25 songs written by Pomus...
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  • Carole King) – 2:18 "Here Comes the Night" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:24 "First Taste of Love" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) – 2:20 "Stand by Me" (Ben E....
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  • Lonely Avenue (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    written by Doc Pomus that was a No. 6 rhythm and blues hit for Ray Charles in 1956. The song drew the attention of the music business to Doc Pomus, who had...
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    to Pomus titled Til the Night Is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus. The tribute included covers of Pomus-penned songs by Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Shawn Colvin...
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    member Doc Pomus. Guitarist Louis X. Erlanger had become acquainted with Pomus while frequenting New York City's blues clubs and had urged Pomus to check...
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  • (Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961. It was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman and first recorded by Del Shannon on the album Runaway...
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  • version of "It's a Lonely Town" by Gene McDaniels. The song was written by Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman, and adapted by Giuseppe Cassia. It was the singer's first...
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  • Hushabye (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Hushabye" is a song that was written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman in 1959 for the Brooklyn doo-wop quintet the Mystics. The group's recording of the...
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  • for the same girl. The film's theme song "Viva Las Vegas" (written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman) did well on the year's record sales and has since become...
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  • Billboard Top LP's chart. The album is dominated by the songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, who had written the chart-topping "Surrender" and the...
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  • "Stand By Me", written with Ben E. King; "Young Blood", written with Doc Pomus; and "Spanish Harlem", co-written by Leiber and Phil Spector. They were...
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    from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler, Allen Toussaint, and Eddie Bo. Latin rhythms...
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  • Speedway Surrender Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 1960 Elvis' Golden Records Volume 3 Susan When She Tried Don Reid 1975 Today Suspicion Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 1962...
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  • "Can't Get Used to Losing You" performed by Andy Williams and written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, an interpolation of "Maps" performed by the Yeah Yeah...
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  • Surrender (Elvis Presley song) (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    and published by Elvis Presley Music in 1961. It is an adaptation by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman of the music of a 1902 Neapolitan ballad by Giambattista...
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    AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2020. "Till the Night is Gone: A Tribute to Doc Pomus - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February...
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    American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him". Turner's greatest...
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  • Can't Get Used to Losing You (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Can't Get Used to Losing You" is a song written by Jerome "Doc" Pomus and Mort Shuman, first made popular by Andy Williams in a 1963 record release, which...
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  • Viva Las Vegas (song) (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Viva Las Vegas" is a 1964 song recorded by Elvis Presley written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman for his film of the same name, which along with the song...
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  • Young Blood (The Coasters song) (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Young Blood" is a song written by Doc Pomus along with the songwriting team Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller that first became a hit by The Coasters in...
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  • "Little Sister" is a rock and roll song written by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman. It was originally released as a single in 1961 by American singer Elvis...
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    12257) (Producer: Franklyn Boyd) "Say Those Magic Words" (Bob Feldman, Doc Pomus, Jerry Goldstein, Mort Shuman, Richard Gottehrer) b/w "Daddy Daddy" (Ronnie...
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  • met Doc Pomus the two teamed up to compose for Aldon Music at offices in New York City's Brill Building. Their songwriting collaboration saw Pomus write...
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  • Sweets for My Sweet (category Songs with lyrics by Doc Pomus)
    "Sweets for My Sweet" is a song written by the songwriting team of Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, originally recorded by American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal...
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