Rod McKuen
American poet, songwriter, composer, and singer
Rodney Marvin McKuen ( mə-KEW-ən; né Woolever; April 29, 1933 – January 29, 2015) was an American poet, singer-songwriter and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s. Throughout his career, McKuen produced a wide range of recordings, which included popular music, spoken word poetry, film soundtracks and classical music. He earned two Academy Award nominations for his music compositions. McKuen's translations and adaptations of the songs of Jacques Brel were instrumental in bringing the Belgian songwriter to prominence in the English-speaking world. His poetry deals with themes of love, the natural world and spirituality. McKuen's songs sold over 100 million recordings worldwide and 60 million books of his poetry were sold as well.
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Works
- A Cat Called Sloopy
- A Man Alone
- A Single Woman
- Ain’t You Glad You’re Living Joe (vocal)
- Allez, allez mon troupeau
- Ally Ally Oxen Free
- And to Each Season
- As I Love My Own
- Because We Love
- Blessings in Shades of Green
- Bon soir, mademoiselle
- Champion Charlie Brown
- Chasing the Sun
- Children One and All
- Dancing in the Streets
- Dein Lachen
- Die Jahreszeiten
- Doesn’t Anybody Know My Name
- Don’t Drink the Orange Juice
- Each of Us Alone
- Empty Is
- Every Highway Is My Friend
- Fields of Wonder
- For Lovers
- From Promise to Promise
- Gone With the Cowboys
- Happy Birthday to Me
- Harpsichord Concerto (4th Movement)
- Hello Heartaches (vocal)
- Hit ’em in the Head With Love
- It’s Raining
- I’ll Catch the Sun
- I’ll Catch the Sun - Reprise (vocal)
- I’m Only Me (Two Girls Bathing)
- I’m Strong but I Like Roses
- I’ve Been to Town
- Jean
- Jeder Zeitraum hat etwas Eigenes
- Jeg reiste ut engang
- Joanna (vocal)
- Joanna - Reprise (vocal)
- Joanna Hits Town
- Joanna and Clyde
- Kaleidoscope
- La mer sans soleil (Sea Without Sun)
- Le Reggae du pourri
- Les Amants de cœur (The Lovers)
- Listen to the Warm
- Lonesome Cities
- Looking Back at Thirty
- Lovers
- Love’s Been Good to Me
- Me and the Cat
- Meine Art, Liebe zu zeigen
- Moment to Moment
- Morocco
- Moving Day
- Nergens wil ik wonen
- Night
- One by One
- Open the Window and See All the Clowns
- Out Beyond the Window
- People Change
- Peter’s Theme (Before I Die)
- Psalm #365
- Rock Gently
- Round, Round, Round
- Run to Me, Fly to Me (Waltz for Joanna)
- Saturday Night in Knightsbridge
- Simple Gifts
- Sleep Warm
- So Many Others
- Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes
- Some August Day
- Some Traveling Music
- Someplace Green
- Stanyan Street
- Summer in My Eye
- The Beat Generation
- The Beautiful Strangers
- The Ivy That Clings to the Wall
- The Lovers
- The Mummy
- The Single Man
- The Things Men Do
- The Warm and Gentle Girls
- The World I Used to Know
- Things Men Do
- This Is Our House
- Three
- Through European Windows
- Till We’re Together Again (Cas’s Theme)
- To Watch the Trains
- Twenty Four Rue St. Benoit
- Two Against the Morning
- Two-Ten, Six Eighteen
- Un petit garçon nommé Charlie Brown
- Warm and Gentle Girls
- When Am I Ever Going Home
- When Summer Ends
- Where Are We Now
- You Pass Me By
- You Wonder Why I Love You
- Zij was goed voor mij
- 真情早嘗過