He Put The Bomp

Happy birthday, Barry Mann.  He, with partner and wife Cynthia Weil, was one of the great Brill Building songwriters.  Among their hits, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',"On Broadway," "Kicks," "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and "Here You Come Again."

They wrote a ton of tunes for others, but Mann even recorded his own hit:



I'm also fond of their song "Shape Of Things To Come," and regularly perform it with friends at parties.  It was composed for the exploitation movie Wild In The Streets where it was performed by the fictional Max Frost And The Troopers:



Another song of theirs, done by Mama Cass. I always liked it, but it took on a whole new resonance when it was used on Lost.