Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones

Composer Harvey Schmidt and lyricist Tom Jones are responsible for “The Fantasticks”--the longest running musical in history. The show ran off-Broadway from 1960 through 2002, and featured the song “Try To Remember”—now a standard. Other Schmidt-Jones musical collaborations included “110 In The Shade,” “I Do! I Do!” (the show that yielded “My Cup Runneth Over,” later a big hit for Ed Ames) and “Celebration.” Additionally, Schmidt composed the music for the 1972 film “Bad Company.” Jones authored the acclaimed book “Making Musicals: An Informal Introduction to the World of Musical Theater.”

Key songs in the Schmidt-Jones catalog include “Much More,” “My Cup Runneth Over,” “Soon It’s Gonna Rain,” “They Were You” and “Try To Remember.”

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