`` You Light Up My Life '' songwriter Joseph Brooks indicted . He is set to return Thursday morning and meet the bail agreement , said Jeffery C. Hoffman , his lawyer . The song was written by Brooks, who died in a plane crash on July 25, 1947. 's office charged Brooks with rape , sexual abuse , other counts . Brooks won Oscar for 1977 No . 1 song .
`` You Light Up My Life '' songwriter Joseph Brooks indicted . The song was written by Brooks, who died in a plane crash on July 25, 1947. 's office charged Brooks with rape , sexual abuse , other counts . Brooks won Oscar for 1977 No . 1 song .