Composer and songwriter ("Wonderful, Wonderful", "Dungaree Doll", "See You in September"), he joined ASCAP in 1953 and collaborated musically with Hal David. His other popular-song compositions include "Broken-Hearted Melody", "Wind, Sand and Stars", "Johnny Get Angry" and "I Am".
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Musical, Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Composer/Lyricist
Movies
1776
Star Sign
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Fact
1
Peter Stone and his musical, "1776," at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois was nominated for a 2002 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Musical Production.
2
Won Broadway's 1969 Tony Award for music and lyrics of Best Musical winner "1776."
3
A former history teacher who had majored in the subject at NYU and Cornell, he developed his musical "1776" from his love for the men involved in the story and the period in which they lived. For the 1969 musical, he received a New York Drama Critics' Award and two Tony Awards.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Supernatural
2016
TV Series music - 1 episode
Desperate Housewives
2012
TV Series writer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance
2010
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Infamous
2006
writer: "Broken-Hearted Melody"
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards
1998
TV Special writer: "Sit Down, John"
Mystery Science Theater 3000
1993
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Flirting
1991
writer: "Johnny Get Angry" - as Edwards
Nightbreed
1990
music: "Johnny Get Angry" - uncredited
Chances Are
1989
writer: "WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL"
Purple People Eater
1988
writer: "See You In September"
This Is Elvis
1981
writer: "Frankfurt Special" - uncredited
The Story of Elvis Presley
1977
Documentary writer: "Frankfurt Special"
American Graffiti
1973
writer: "See You In September"
1776
1972
lyrics: "Sit Down, John", "Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve", "Till Then", "The Lees of Old Virginia", "But, Mr. Adams", "Yours, Yours, Yours", "He Plays the Violin", "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men", "Momma Look Sharp", "The Egg", "Molasses to Rum", "Is Anybody There?", "Finale" / music: "Sit Down, John", "Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve", "Till Then", "The Lees of Old Virginia", "But, Mr. Adams", "Yours, Yours, Yours", "He Plays the Violin", "Cool, Cool, Considerate Men", "Momma Look Sharp", "The Egg", "M
Our American Musical Heritage
1971
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards
1969
TV Special writer: "Momma, Look Sharp"
The Donna Reed Show
1962
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Kid Galahad
1962
writer: "Home Is Where the Heart Is", "A Whistling Tune"
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