who wrote the song you light up my life
Joseph Brooks
title: You Light Up My Life (song) text: You Light Up My Life (song) "You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph "Joe" Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same name. The song was lip synched in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known version of the song is a cover by Debby Boone, the daughter of singer Pat Boone, which held the #1 position on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks in 1977, setting a new record for that time. She topped "Record World" magazine's Top 100 title: You Light Up My Life (film) text: for Best Original Song as well as the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for the title song "You Light Up My Life." The song was written by Joseph Brooks and sung for the film's soundtrack by Kvitka "Kasey" Cisyk. The song was later recorded by Debby Boone, and upon its release, it was #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 for a record-setting 10 consecutive weeks, making it the biggest hit of the 1970s. It earned Debby Boone a Grammy Award for Best New Artist. The film was picked up by Columbia who spent $10,000 on shooting a new, title: You Light Up My Life (song) text: to get back at Maya). Stan starts to hum the song during the game, prompting Darnell to join him. Darnell then exclaims "You Light Up My Life! Maya, you remember that? That used to be your mama's jam back in the day!" You Light Up My Life (song) "You Light Up My Life" is a ballad written by Joseph "Joe" Brooks, and originally recorded by Kasey Cisyk for the soundtrack album to the 1977 film of the same name. The song was lip synched in the film by its lead actress, Didi Conn. The best-known version of the song is title: Joseph Brooks (songwriter) text: Joseph Brooks (songwriter) Joseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan (March 11, 1938 – May 22, 2011), and also known as Joe Brooks or Joey Brooks, was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter. He was a prolific writer of advertising jingles and wrote the hit songs "My Ship Is Comin' In", "If Ever I See You Again", and "You Light Up My Life", the latter for the hit film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced. In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of casting-couch rapes. He title: You Light Up My Life (song) text: to her winning the 1978 Grammy Award for Best New Artist, with additional Grammy nominations for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female and Record of the Year. Boone also won the 1977 American Music Award for Favorite Pop Single. Decades after its release, the Debby Boone version is still considered one of the top ten Billboard Hot 100 songs of all time. In 2008, it was ranked at #7 on "Billboard's" "Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs" list (August 1958 - July 2008). An updated version of the all-time list in 2013 ranked the song at #9. Although it was written by