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Howard Sings Ashman is a two-disc album compiled by PS Classics as part of their Songwriter Series. The album features Howard Ashman singing selections from his musicals, including God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979), Little Shop of Horrors (1982), Smile (1986), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Aladdin (1992).
Howard Elliott Ashman (May 17, 1950 – March 14, 1991) was an American playwright, lyricist and stage director. [1] He is most widely known for his work on feature films for Walt Disney Animation Studios, for which Ashman wrote the lyrics and Alan Menken composed the music. [2]
Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the lyricist and composer who collaborated on Little Shop of Horrors, score the film's first musical bull's-eye with ''Part of Your World,'' a powerhouse ballad in which Ariel (with the voice of Jodi Benson) belts out her envy of ''Bright young women/Sick of swimmin'/Ready to staaaand!''
HOWARD ASHMAN (Book and Lyrics), 1950-1991, is best known as a pivotal creative mind behind the Disney animation renaissance with such films as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and The Beast (which is dedicated “to our friend, Howard, who gave a mermaid her voice and a beast his soul”)
Howard Ashman was a native of Baltimore who grew up loving MUSIC. In 1974, after graduating from Goddard College in Vermont and receiving his MFA from Indiana University—where he was also a member of the professional acting company—Ashman moved to New York.
Sep 2, 2020 · Howard tells Howard Ashman’s story and struggles. The conversation around Ashman has usually painted him as the godfather of the Disney resurgence, the golden age of animated movies from...
Album Credits. Primary Artists Alan Menken, Howard Ashman & Howard Ashman & Alan Menken. Featuring Alan Menken & Howard Ashman. Producers Steve Nelson. Writers Alan Menken, Howard...
