I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive.

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.