Edward Kleban
Lyricist for Marvin Hamlisch's music of A Chorus Line, for which he won the 1975 Tony, Drama Desk, The Olivier, and The
Pulitzer Prize. Kleban was a graduate of the High School of Music and Art and Columbia University, where he wrote
music for The Variety Show with book by future playwright Terrence McNally.
During the 1960's he was record producer at Columbia Records. Kleban was a composer as well as a lyricist.
Marvin Hamlisch
Composer, songwriter ("Sunshine,
Lollipops and Rainbows"), and
conductor. He was the musical
director for Equity Library Theatre
productions, and wrote songs for Liza
Minnelli and for Julius Monk's 'Upstairs
at the Downstairs' revues. Joining
ASCAP in 1959, his chief musical coll-
a
borator was Howard Liebling, and his
many other popular-song compositions
include "Little Rosy Red", "The
Travlin' Life", and "Blues for Koto
and Trumpet"
What I Did For Love
Words & music by:-
Marvin Hamlisch & Edward Kleban
Kiss today goodbye
The sweetness and the sorrow
Wish me luck, the same to you
But I can't regret what I did for love
What I did for love
Look my eyes are dry
The gift was ours to borrow
It's as if we always knew
But I won't forget what I did for love
What I did for love
Gone, Love is never gone
As we travel on
Love's what we'll remember
Kiss today goodbye
And point me to tomorrow
We did what we had to do
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for love
What I did for love
Love is never gone
As we travel on
Love's what we'll remember
Kiss today goodbye
And point me toward tomorrow
We did what we had to do
Won't forget, can't regret
What I did for love
What I did for love