Mort Shuman

A songwriter who, with partner Doc Pomus, wrote over 500 songs including hits for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Janis Joplin, and co-wrote "Viva Las Vegas." He also had a second career writing and performing in French, producing hits like "Le Lac Majeur" across Europe, and brought Jacques Brel's songs to English-speaking audiences by staging Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. He was posthumously inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.