The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.

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.