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Jack Nitzsche

American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and record producer (1937-2000) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 63

Bernard Alfred "Jack" Nitzsche was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He came to prominence in the early 1960s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector, and went on to work with the Rolling Stones, Neil Young, and others.

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Academy Award for Best Original Song1983

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He worked extensively in film scores for the films Performance, The Exorcist and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" with Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Country
United States
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2000 · aged 63

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