Marshall Barer

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.

  • 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)