Carole Bayer Sager

[b]For writing credits with her maiden name, please use [a=Carole Bayer]. Use [a=Carole Bayer Bacharach] when shown as such.[/b]

American lyricist, songwriter, singer, painter and author, born [a=Carole Bayer] on March 8, 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

Married to Andrew L. Sager in 1970, divorced in 1978. Married to [a=Burt Bacharach] on April 3, 1982, divorced in 1991.

Many of Sager's early songs were co-written with her second husband, composer [a=Burt Bacharach]. She has also collaborated with [a=Michael Jackson], [a=Neil Diamond], [a=Marvin Hamlisch], [a=Michael Masser], [a=Peter Allen], [a=Sheena Easton], [a=Bruce Roberts], [a=Neil Sedaka], [a=David Foster], [a=Albert Hammond], [a=Quincy Jones], [a=Michael McDonald], [a=James Ingram], [a=Donald Fagen], [a=Babyface] and [a=Clint Eastwood (2)] (for the film [i]True Crime[/i]).

Sager won the Academy Award for Best Song in 1981 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", the theme song from the film [i]Arthur[/i]. She shared the award with co-writers [a=Peter Allen], [a=Burt Bacharach], and [a=Christopher Cross]. She received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for "That's What Friends Are For", which she co-wrote with Bacharach. She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987.