Kenneth Dwain Harrelson · CC BY-SA 3.0

Born Annette Kleinbard, she was the lead vocalist on the Teddy Bears' 1958 hit "To Know Him Is to Love Him," written by her bandmate Phil Spector, before reinventing herself as a songwriter under the name Carol Connors. Her best-known work is co-writing "Gonna Fly Now," the theme from Rocky (1976), which earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.