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.

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)