George Forrest

ROBERT WRGHT and GEORGE FORREST met at age 15 at Miami Senior High School. They wrote lyrics and music for more than 2,000 compositions for 16 produced stage musicals, 18 stage revues, 58 motion pictures and numerous cabaret acts. Broadway credits include Song of Norway, Magdalena, Gypsy Lady, Kismet (for which they both won Tony Awards), Kean, Anya and Timbuktu. Films: May-time; Sweethearts; Broadway Serenade; The Firefly; I Married An Angel; Dance, Girl, Dance!; Kismet; Song of Norway; etc. Wright & Forrest received three Academy Award nominations for the songs “Always and Always,” “It’s a Blue World” and “Pennies for Peppino.” Among the better-known songs are “The Donkey Serenade,” “Strange Music,” “Stranger in Paradise,” “And This Is My Beloved” and “Baubles, Bangles and Beads.” There have been thousands of single recordings and over 30 albums of their shows.