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In an exciting and varied career spanning a wide range of musical media, David Pomeranz's multi-platinum selling songs, recordings and concert performances have delighted and inspired millions all over the world.

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From his classics, "BORN FOR YOU", "IT'S IN EVERY ONE OF US", "TRYIN' TO GET THE FEELING AGAIN", and "THE OLD SONGS" (the latter two both number one hits for Barry Manilow) to his recent chart success with Missy Elliott,  David's music goes straight to the heart.

Beginnings

 
  Young David at the Piano

Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, David showed signs of "things to come" by conducting his parent's classical records and mimicking Frank Sinatra on the playroom table. An  avid fan of both Broadway and Rock 'n' Roll, David could often be found entertaining his neighbors by putting on shows for them in the backyard. His first public performances before large audiences were singing duets with his father in the Synagogue choir and before long, he learned to play the piano and taught himself to play guitar and drums. By age 14, David began writing and recording his first songs. 

Recording and Performing

 
  Early MCA Promotional Photo

As a teen, he was the lead singer with the Cincinnati group, "East Orange Express", whose members went on to become the band, "Pure Prairie League". At age 19, MCA /Decca records signed David to a multi-album contract during which time he recorded two highly acclaimed albums, "New Blues", and "Time To Fly" (the latter, featuring jazz greats Chick Corea, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer, Eddie Gomez and Airto). During that period he set out on tour throughout America as opening act for the  likes of Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Badfinger, Three Dog Night and The Doors (post-Jim Morrison), and gained  a devoted following. In the late 70's and early '80s, David released two more albums, "It's In Every One Of Us" (Arista) and "The Truth Of Us" (Pacific/ WEA) - which David co-produced with legendary Paul Simon producer, Roy Halee - and shared the stage with Steely Dan, George Benson, Kenny Loggins, Phoebe Snow, Steve Martin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Randy Newman, The Carpenters and Air Supply.

 
  David Pomeranz and Alexander Malinin

In the late 1980s, David developed a close  friendship with Russian rock star, Alexander Malinin,  and out  of this the two artists collaborated on a powerful "pre-glasnost" duet recording entitled "Faraway Lands" (Cypress/A&M), one of the first such collaborations in history. Recorded in both Moscow and L.A., David and Alexander premiered the song live from Moscow's Gorky Park on an episode of the hit series, "Head Of The Class". The show was broadcast to 40 million viewers on U.S. television and was  the first American production to be shot in the "new Russia." The song was also included in the star-studded Cypress/A&M album compilation, "Critic's Choice".

 Through the 1990's, aside from composing songs for Film, Television and Musical Theater (see upcoming sections), David toured extensively throughout the world in such distinguished concert venues as: The Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, London's Hippodrome, Buddakan Hall in Tokyo, Olympic Stadium in Munich, Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines, The Universal Amphitheater, and The Kremlin. During this period, David and Oscar winner, David Shire, co-wrote the theme song for the
United Nations World Summit For Children
entitled, "In Our Hands"; which the two performed both at The U.N. and at the Closing ceremonies for Ted Turner's Goodwill Games in Seattle.

 In 1999, David was approached 
  David Pomeranz, Born For You

by MCA Universal Records, Asia who signed him to record a new solo CD, "Born For You - His Best And More" - a collection of his love songs, past and present.

At this writing, "Born For You" has sold over 500,000 units in the Philippines alone where it has become the best selling album of all time in the history of that country. His subsequent Universal recordings, "The Eyes Of Christmas" and "On This Day", were released in 2000 and 2001 respectively.

Pop Songwriting

 
  Song Writing

Known for penning the Number One hits "Tryin' To Get The Feeling Again" and "The Old Songs" (both recorded by Barry Manilow), 

David's songs have been recorded and/or well performed by scores of artists including Bette Midler, Kenny Rogers, Phoebe Snow, Freddie Mercury, The Muppets, Kenny Loggins, Richie Sambora (of Bon Jovi), Dennis DeYoung (of Styx), Missy Elliott, The Carpenters, The Hollies, Harry Belafonte, Hubert Laws, Lou Rawls, Andrea Marcovicci, John Denver, Mary Travers, Leo Sayer, Eddie Kendricks (of the Temptations), Donna Summer, Glen Campbell  Lillias White, Kathie Lee Gifford and Cliff Richard (who has recorded three Pomeranz' songs including the Top Ten U.K. hit, David’s and Dean Pitchford’s stunning, "I Still Believe in You").

One of David's most beloved songs, "It's In Every One Of Us", has been translated into numerous languages, recorded time and again and sung all over the world in churches, corporate seminars, schools, synagogues, political rallies, weddings, fundraisers and anywhere people gather for an uplifting purpose. "It's In Every One Of Us" was a major sponsor theme song to the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. 

David's songwriting projects have earned him 22 platinum and 18 gold albums. His Oscar, Grammy  and Tony Award -Winning collaborators include: Alan and Marilyn Berman, Richard Marx, David Zippel, John Barry, David Shire, Al Kasha, George Delarue, and Fred Karlin.

Feature Film and Television

 
  Big, the Movie

"It's In Every One Of Us" was featured in one of the pivotal scenes of  the Twentieth-Century Fox motion picture, "Big", starring Tom Hanks. David co-wrote and produced, (with Oscar-winning composer, John Barry) the theme song to Paramount's feature film re-make of "King Kong" starring Jeff Bridges (and recorded by Andy Williams) and  contributed songs to Paramount's "Man, Woman and Child", starring Martin Sheen, Lorimar's "Americathon" (in which David made a guest appearance) and Paul Schrader's "Patty Hearst" with Natasha Richardson.

In 1997, David and film star, Steven Seagal co-wrote the song, "Long Way Around" which was featured in Seagal's Warner Bros. motion picture, "Fire Down Below" (performed by Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora).

 

The Princess and the Pea, the Animated Feature Film

 
In the field of Feature Animation, David has written song scores for two upcoming projects: "The Frog Prince" (for which he wrote music and lyrics) produced by Will Vinton in "Claymation" and "Princess And The Pea" (for which he wrote lyrics for seven brand new songs with composer, Alan Willams), scheduled for release in theaters, Christmas of 2006.

 
  Perfect Strangers Show

On Television, from 1986-1992, David was the voice heard each week singing the theme to the hit ABC series, "Perfect Strangers". He was performer of the title song for the CBS TV movie, "Two Of A Kind" starring George Burns and was nominated for a "Best Song" Emmy Award  for penning lyrics to the CBS TV movie, "Homeward Bound". Other notable accomplishments


Zoobille Zoo Show

 
include writing the score for the Showtime special, "Elvis Presley's Graceland" and composing songs for the award-winning PBS children's series, "Zoobilee Zoo" starring Ben Vereen.

David's songs and performances have been featured in countless series' and specials including "American Idol" (Fox)", Will and Grace (NBC), Dark Angel" (Fox)  "Midnight Caller" (ABC); "WKRP in Cincinatti" (ABC); "Fame" (NBC), "Head Of The Class" (ABC); "Disney's Darkwing Duck" (ABC), "The Goodwill Games (Closing Ceremonies)" (TBS), "Spies" (starring George Hamilton - CBS); "The  Miss America Pageant" (CBS), Kellogg's 1997 animated special, "A Toucan Can" (songs co-written by David and Oscar-winner, Al Kasha and starring Jason Alexander and Donna Summer), the daytime drama, "One Life To Live" (ABC) and in 1995, David was a featured soloist in the award-winning CBS holiday special, "Disney's Greatest Hits On Ice", directed by Steve Binder. David's lyrics were recently heard (with music by composer, Alan Williams), as the main title song to the CBS TV movie, "Silk Hope" starring Farrah Fawcett.  

Musical Theater

 
  Dave Clark's Time, The Musical

In the mid-80s, David was asked to contribute several of his songs to be featured in a new London musical produced by Dave Clark (yes, of The Dave Clark Five). The show became the  West End musical hit, "Time", which ran at the Dominion Theatre for 2 years and starred Cliff Richard and Sir Laurence Olivier. Lord Olivier recited the lyrics to David's "It's In Every One Of Us" in what was to be his farewell stage appearance.

A celebrity "concept" recording of "Time" featuring, among others, Stevie Wonder, Julian Lennon, Dionne Warwick and Freddie Mercury, was released on EMI Records.

 

Little Tramp, the Musical

 
One of David's artistic heroes, Charlie Chaplin, was the inspiration for his creating "Little Tramp", an ambitious stage musical of Chaplin's life story - for which David wrote both music and lyrics (and co-book with Steven David Horwich.) The response of critics and audiences to the World-Premiere British production of "Little Tramp" was so strong, that Warner Bros. Records produced an "all-star" cast album of the featured songs. Released in 1993, the album stars Richard Harris, Mel Brooks, Petula Clark, Tim Curry, Treat Willams, Peter Duncan, Lea Salonga and David, himself. "Little Tramp" was the selected production for the 1995 summer season at the prestigious Eugene O'Neill Theater Festival in Waterford, Connecticut and in 1996 a concert version of the show was presented in St. Petersburg, Russia, to inaugurate the world's first East/West Musical Theater Conference.

 
  A Tale of Two Cities, The Musical

David's next stage musical project, was an adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel, "A Tale Of Two Cities". "Two Cities" had its World Premiere in England in 1998 at the Theatre Royale in Windsor and in 1999 at the Alexandria Theatre in Birmingham (both productions produced by Tony-Award winning producer, Bill Kenwright
). With music composed by David, lyrics by Steven David Horwich and book by Horwich and "Time" book writer David Soames, "A Tale Of Two Cities" is being readied for a ground breaking new production in 2007.

Most recently, David is the composer of two exciting new musicals written with Lyricist/Bookwriter Kathie Lee Gifford. The first, “Under The Bridge” (based on the Newbury Award-winning book “The Family Under The Bridge”), had its New York premiere Off-Broadway at the Zipper Theatre in January 2005. The second, “Saving Aimee” (based on the life of Evangelist, Aimee Semple Macpherson) had its World Premiere at the White Plains Performing Arts Center in October, 2005 and is being readied for a new production at the Signature Theatre in Virginia in Spring of 2007.

Presently, David is composing the score in collaboration with book writers Joseph Stein (“Fiddler On The Roof”) and Jenny Lynn Bader and lyricist Susan Birkenhead for a new musical comedy.

Benefit Performances

 
  David receiving award from CCHR

David's performances have helped raise funds for:

  • Retinitis Pigmentosa Foundation
  • Philippine National  Red Cross;
  • The March Of Dimes;
  • Easter Seals;
  • The NAACP (Human Rights Award Tribute To Frank Sinatra);
  • The Presidential End Hunger Awards at The Kennedy Center;
  • The United Nations World Summit For Children (for which David performed his anthem, "In Our Hands", co-written with Oscar-winner, David Shire).;
  • Citizen's Commission On Human Rights;
  • The Mary Fisher Family AIDS Foundation;
  • Drums Across America (concert for Native American Rights);
  • The Police Athletic League (for which David has performed annually in the "Christmas Stories" benefit concerts at Celebrity Centre International with such artists as John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Charles Durning, Edgar Winter, Anne Archer, Jermaine Jackson, Jonathan Winters and Jenna Elfman.

...a long way from the playroom table!

 

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