Leslie Bricusse is a double Oscar and Grammy winner who has written more than forty musical shows and films. As a writer/composer/lyricist, his musicals include Stop The World, I Want to Get Off, The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Henry's Wives, Scrooge, Sherlock Holmes, Jekyll and Hyde, Noah's Ark, Sammy, Cyrano De Bergerac, Kennedy and Victor/Victoria. He has also written songs and/or screenplays for such films as Doctor Dolittle, Scrooge, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Superman, Home Alone, Hook and various Pink Panther films. His songs include "What Kind Of Fool Am I?," "Once In A Lifetime," "Who Can I Turn To?," "Talk To The Animals," "Goldfinger," "On A Wonderful Day Like Today," "Pure Imagination" and "The Candy Man." In 1989 Bricusse was inducted into the American Songwriters' Hall of Fame, only the fourth Englishman to be so honored after Noel Coward, John Lennon and Paul McCartney.
Ian Fraser received his 29th Emmy nomination last year, winning eleven trophies throughout his career along with myriad other honors. He immigrated from the UK to New York in 1962 with Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse's Stop the World, I Want to Get Off, for which he was musical director and arranger of both the original London and Broadway productions. In 1965, after conducting Pickwick on Broadway, he served as vocal supervisor for Bricusse's Doctor Dolittle, then as John Williams' associate on Goodbye, Mr. Chips. For the musical film Scrooge, starring Albert Finney, both he and Bricusse received Academy Award nominations. Fraser became musical director for Julie Andrews in 1973; their work has included two Christmas albums, five television specials and Victor/Victoria on Broadway. Over the years, he has worked with diverse musical artists: from Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming to Christina Aguilera and Usher. For the Bing Crosby's final Christmas special in 1977, he co-wrote the duet "Peace on Earth" for Crosby and David Bowie.
