She IS Music, And She Writes The Songs

If you've ever had a root canal or been stuck in an elevator you're familiar with songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, whose songs have been in your brain forever.  She's worked with everyone from Sinatra to Streisand, Bette, Dolly, Liza, Aretha, Diana Ross and Shirley Bassey, won an Academy Award for Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do) and a Grammy for That's What Friends Are For, and co-wrote Hillary Clinton's campaign song Stronger Together.  If that's not enough, she wrote a Bond theme, was friends with Michael Jackson AND a bridesmaid at Elizabeth Taylor's last wedding, which means she's everything a gay boy growing up in western New York could ever aspire to be, and I took in every ounce of her season six Alexis Colby glamour as I thanked her for the soundtrack for my life.