One of the great lyricists of the 20th century passed away on December 19 in Montecito, California. Norman Gimbel was my songwriting partner and collaborator and friend for nearly 50 years. We wrote ...

Songwriter Norman Gimbel wrote the lyrics to pop classics such as "The Girl From Ipanema," "Sway," and "Killing Me Softly With His Song," as well as the TV theme songs for Wonder Woman and Happy Days, ...

The death was confirmed by his son Tony, managing partner of his father’s music publishing company, Words West. Any attempt to categorize the elder Gimbel’s musical leanings would be complicated. He ...

Norman Gimbel, whose Oscar-and-Grammy-winning lyrics graced everything from the theme songs to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley to the English version of inescapable ear-worm “The Girl From Ipanema,” ...