Marshall Barer (born Marshall Louis Barer; February 19, 1923 in Astoria, Queens – August 25, 1998 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) was a lyricist, librettist, singer, songwriter and director.
Early career Barer began his career as a lyricist and songwriter in the late 1940s while working as a commercial artist/designer in New York. His most-heard song is the Mighty Mouse theme song.
Career He had his greatest Broadway success came in 1959 with Once Upon a Mattress, for which he was lyricist and a book writer.
In 1972 he wrote 7 songs for Scarecrow in a Garden of Cucumbers, a low-budget movie starring Holly Woodlawn.
Death Marshall died aged 75 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at his home, after living many years in Venice, California.
Popular songs
River Run La Ronde (This Is Quite a Perfect Night) Scratch My Back Roller Coaster Blues Intoxication In a Little While Shy Normandy Very Soft Shoes Song of Love (I'm In Love With A Girl Named Fred) Christmas long Ago What'll I Do With All the Love I Was Savin' for You? Warm Winter On Such A Night As This
Musicals/stage
Walk Tall (1954) New Faces of 1956 (1956) Ziegfeld Follies (1957 starring Beatrice Lillie) Once Upon a Mattress (1959) Dancing on the Air (an adaptation of Shaw's The Devil's Disciple) with Dean Fuller Around the World in Eighty Days with music by Michel Legrand A Little Night Music (never produced) Pousse-Café Music by Duke Ellington
External links Obituary, The independent Obituary, The Big Bands Database Unofficial site about Lorenz Hart and Marshall Barer