<P> `` I 've Gotta Be Me '' is a popular song that appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Rainbow , which starred Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé . The musical opened in New York City at the Shubert Theatre on February 4 , 1968 , and closed less than a year later , on January 11 , 1969 . The music and lyrics for the musical were composed and written by Walter Marks in 1967 ; the production featured a book by Ernest Kinoy . This song was listed in the musical as `` I 've Got to Be Me '' , and it was sung by Lawrence 's character Larry Davis at the end of the first act . Lawrence released the song as a single in 1967 , and the following year it hit number six on the Billboard Easy Listening chart , with little or no support from traditional Top 40 radio . </P>
<P> `` I 've Gotta Be Me '' is a popular song that appeared in the Broadway musical Golden Rainbow , which starred Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé . The musical opened in New York City at the Shubert Theatre on February 4 , 1968 , and closed less than a year later , on January 11 , 1969 . The music and lyrics for the musical were composed and written by Walter Marks in 1967 ; the production featured a book by Ernest Kinoy . This song was listed in the musical as `` I 've Got to Be Me '' , and it was sung by Lawrence 's character Larry Davis at the end of the first act . Lawrence released the song as a single in 1967 , and the following year it hit number six on the Billboard Easy Listening chart , with little or no support from traditional Top 40 radio . </P>
who wrote i 've got to be me
who wrote i 've got to be me
Walter Marks
Walter Marks