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( May 2013 ) Paul Williams Williams at the 2011 ASCAP concert Background information Birth name Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. ( 1940 - 09 - 19 ) September 19, 1940 ( age 77 ) Omaha, Nebraska United States Origin Los Angeles, California Genres Folk pop soft rock Occupation ( s ) Musician songwriter actor writer Instruments Vocals Years active 1960s -- present Labels A&M Records Associated acts The Holy Mackerel The Muppets The Odd Couple The Carpenters Daft Punk Website paulwilliamsofficial.com Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. ( born September 19, 1940 ) is an American composer, singer, songwriter and actor. He is perhaps best known for writing popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s, including Three Dog Night 's `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '' and `` Out in the Country '', Helen Reddy 's `` You and Me Against the World '', David Bowie 's `` Fill Your Heart '', and the Carpenters ' `` We 've Only Just Begun '' and `` Rainy Days and Mondays '', as well as for his contributions to films, such as writing the lyrics to the # 1 chart - topping `` Evergreen '', the love theme from A Star Is Born, starring Barbra Streisand, for which he won a Grammy for Song of the Year and an Academy Award for Best Original Song ; and `` Rainbow Connection '' from The Muppet Movie. He also wrote the lyrics to the opening theme for The Love Boat, with music previously composed by Charles Fox, which was originally sung by Jack Jones and, later, by Dionne Warwick. He has also had a variety of high - profile acting roles such as Little Enos Burdette in the action - comedy Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ), and as the villainous Swan in Brian De Palma 's Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 ), which Williams also co-scored, receiving an Oscar nomination in the process. He has worked as well in television, theater, and provided voice - overs for animation. Contents 1 Early life 2 Musical career 3 Film and television career 4 Personal life 5 Songwriting 5.1 Notable songs 5.2 TV themes ( lyricist ) 5.3 Notable recordings 6 Scores 6.1 Films 6.2 Theatre 7 Cinema songs 8 Discography 8.1 Albums 8.2 Soundtracks 8.3 Compilations 9 Filmography 9.1 Films 9.2 Video games 9.3 Television 10 References 11 Bibliography 12 External links Early life Williams was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Paul Hamilton Williams, an architectural engineer, and his wife, Bertha Mae ( née Burnside ), a homemaker. His father died in a car accident in 1953, when Williams was 13 years old, after which Williams grew up living with his aunt. As a result, Williams moved to Long Beach, California, with his family to attend Woodrow Wilson Classical High School. One of his brothers was John J. Williams, a NASA rocket scientist, who participated in the Mercury and Apollo programs and was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, their highest honor, in 1969. His other brother was Mentor Williams, a songwriter as well who penned Dobie Gray 's 1973 hit `` Drift Away ''. Musical career Williams performing in 1974. Williams began his professional songwriting career with Biff Rose in Los Angeles. The two men first met while working together on a television comedy show. Together, they wrote the song `` Fill Your Heart '' which was recorded by Rose on his first album, The Thorn in Mrs. Roses Side. Soon thereafter Tiny Tim covered it as the B - side of his hit `` Tiptoe Through the Tulips '' ( 1968 ). David Bowie also recorded a faithful version of the song on his album Hunky Dory ( 1971 ). Rose and Williams also wrote `` I 'll Walk Away '' ( recorded by Rose on his third, eponymous album ). Rose was instrumental in getting Williams his break with A&M Records which resulted in Williams working with songwriter Roger Nichols. Williams and Nichols were responsible for a number of successful pop hits from the 1970s, including several hits for Three Dog Night ( the aforementioned `` An Old Fashioned Love Song '', as well as `` The Family of Man '' and `` Out in the Country '' ), Helen Reddy ( `` You and Me Against the World '' ), and the Carpenters, most notably `` Rainy Days and Mondays '', `` I Wo n't Last a Day Without You '', and `` We 've Only Just Begun '', originally a song for a Crocker National Bank television commercial featuring newlyweds, and which has since become a cover - band standard and de rigueur for weddings throughout North America. An early collaboration with Roger Nichols, `` Someday Man '', was covered by The Monkees ( a group for which he auditioned but was not chosen ) on a 1969 single, and was the first Monkees ' release not published by Screen Gems. He also auditioned for, but was not selected to be, a Mouseketeer. Bobby Sherman also sang `` Cried Like a Baby ''. Anne Murray sang `` Talk It Over in the Morning ''. He also wrote the cantata Wings with music by Michel Colombier. A frequent cowriter of Williams was musician Kenneth Ascher ; their songs together included the popular children 's favorite `` Rainbow Connection '', sung by Jim Henson ( as Kermit the Frog ) in The Muppet Movie ( 1979 ). They also wrote `` You And Me Against The World '', and it became a Top 10 hit on Billboard for Helen Reddy in 1974. Williams has worked on the music of a number of films, including writing and singing on Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 ) in which he also starred and earned an Oscar nomination for the music, and Bugsy Malone ( 1976 ). Williams also wrote and sang the song `` Where Do I Go Frome Here, '' which was used in the end credits of the Michael Cimino - directed film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, which starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. He contributed lyrics to the Cinderella Liberty song `` You 're So Nice to Be Around '' with music by John Williams, and it earned them an Oscar nomination. Along with Ascher and Rupert Holmes, he wrote the music and lyrics to A Star Is Born ( also 1976 ), with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson. The love ballad, `` Evergreen '', ( lyrics by Paul Williams, melody by Barbra Streisand ) from the movie A Star Is Born won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy for Song of the Year. He has been nominated on other occasions for an Academy Award and several Golden Globe Awards. In 1987 he wrote the songs performed by Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty in the film Ishtar. He wrote the music for a musical production of Happy Days that debuted in 2007 and also made a cameo appearance as an animated version of himself singing `` Breathe in the Sunshine '' in the hit animated series Dexter 's Laboratory. He wrote and sang `` What Would They Say '', the theme song from the made - for - television film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble ( 1976 ), a film starring John Travolta alongside Diana Hyland. More recently, Williams wrote music and lyrics of `` Silence is Our Song '' for Richard Barone 's acclaimed 2010 album Glow and collaborated with Scissor Sisters on their second album, Ta - Dah. In March 2012, it was announced that Williams had `` written a couple of tunes '' on Random Access Memories, the album of French electronic duo Daft Punk. Williams co-wrote and sang vocals on `` Touch '' and co-wrote `` Beyond ''. Williams and Nile Rodgers were the only featured artists to speak on behalf of Daft Punk at the 2014 Grammy Awards upon their receipt of the Album of the Year award for Random Access Memories. Williams told an anecdote about his work with Daft Punk : `` Back when I was drinking, I would imagine things that were n't there and I 'd get frightened. Then I got sober and two robots called and asked me to make an album. '' He also communicated a `` message from the robots '' to the audience : `` As elegant and as classy as the Grammy has ever been is the moment when we saw those wonderful marriages and Same Love is fantastic. It is the height of fairness and love and the power of love for all people at any time in any combination. Captain Kirk uses the Enterprise. They sail on a ship called Generosity. They are generous in spirit... This is a labor of love and we are all so grateful. '' Williams is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and his songs have been performed by both pop and country music artists. In April 2009, Williams was elected President and Chairman of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP ). Film and television career This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately. Find sources : `` Paul Williams '' songwriter -- news newspapers books scholar JSTOR ( October 2013 ) Although predominantly known for his music, Paul Williams has also appeared in films and many television guest spots, such as the Faustian record producer Swan in Brian DePalma 's film Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 ) -- a rock and roll adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, Faust and The Picture of Dorian Gray, for which Williams also wrote the songs -- and as Virgil, the genius orangutan in Battle for the Planet of the Apes ( 1973 ). On February 9, 1973, Williams made a joke appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in which he sang a song in full make - up as Virgil. He also played Migelito Loveless, Jr. in The Wild Wild West Revisited ( 1979 ), a reunion movie featuring the original cast of the television series The Wild Wild West, and played himself, singing a song to Felix Unger 's daughter Edna, on the television series The Odd Couple in 1974. He made his film debut as Gunther Fry in the satire The Loved One ( 1965 ). After appearing on The Muppet Show in 1976, Williams worked closely with Jim Henson 's Henson Productions on The Muppet Movie, most specifically on the soundtrack, and even had a cameo in the movie as the piano player in the nightclub ( who had a sign on the piano saying `` Do n't shoot piano player '' ) where Kermit the Frog meets Fozzie Bear. He was also the lyricist for Emmet Otter 's Jug - Band Christmas. Williams was hired by TV producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas to write title tracks for two of their ABC comedies, It Takes Two ( 1982 -- 1983 ), on which he also co-sang with Crystal Gayle, and Condo ( 1983 ), in which Williams ' theme was sung by Drake Frye. Williams also composed and performed the theme to the McLean Stevenson sitcom The McLean Stevenson Show in 1976. Williams has appeared in many minor roles. He provided the voice of The Penguin in Batman : The Animated Series. He appeared on an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger as a radio DJ covering a modern - day Bonnie and Clyde. He appeared in 2009 in an episode of Nickelodeon 's children 's show Yo Gabba Gabba ! entitled `` Weather '', where he performed `` Rainbow Connection ''. He has also appeared on Cartoon Network 's Dexter 's Laboratory where he played Professor Williams in an episode entitled `` Just An Old Fashioned Lab Song ''. He made numerous television appearances in the 1970s and 1980s, including on Hawaii Five - O, Match Game ' 79, Hollywood Squares, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, The Hardy Boys, The Fall Guy and The Gong Show. He has also guest - starred in the Babylon 5 episode `` Acts of Sacrifice '' ( Season 2 Episode 12 ) as Taq, the aide to Correlilmurzon, an alien ambassador whose species finalizes treaties and agreements by having sex with the other signees. In a bit of subtle irony, Williams also appeared in the Star Trek : Voyager episode `` Virtuoso '' as the leader of a planet that has never heard music before. Williams appeared on an episode of Picket Fences as the brother of the just deceased Ginny Weedon ( Zelda Rubinstein ). While eulogising Ginny, he sings a small part of `` Rainbow Connection ''. He starred as Ferdinand the Bull in a musical half - hour TV production of the same name written by the Sherman Brothers. In October 1980, Williams was host of the Mickey Mouse Club 25th Anniversary Special on NBC - TV. He stated that he tried out for the show in early 1955 and was turned down. He was a frequent guest and performer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He also appears as the man making the phone call at the beginning of the music video for Hank Williams Jr. 's song `` All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight ''. In 2014, he appeared on Community as an illegal textbook dealer who declines to purchase a batch of misprinted chemistry textbooks. Williams appeared in the 2017 film Baby Driver as the Butcher, an arms dealer. Personal life Williams has been married three times. He has two children, Sarah and Cole Williams ( born 1981 ), from his first marriage ( 1971 ) to Kate Clinton. In 1993 he married Hilda Keenan Wynn, daughter of actor Keenan Wynn. He is now married to writer Mariana Williams. In September 2011, director Stephen Kessler 's documentary Paul Williams Still Alive premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Williams struggled with alcohol and substance abuse during the 1970s -- 1980s. Sober since 1990, Williams has been active in the field of recovery from addictions and became a Certified Drug Rehabilitation Counselor through UCLA. In 2014, he co-authored Gratitude and Trust : Recovery is Not Just for Addicts, with Tracey Jackson. Songwriting Notable songs `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '', ( # 1 hit for Barbra Streisand - Billboard Hot 100 ) `` Rainy Days and Mondays '', ( # 1 hit for Carpenters - Billboard Adult Contemporary ) `` We 've Only Just Begun '' ( # 1 hit for Carpenters - Billboard Adult Contemporary ) `` Out in the Country '' ( # 15 hit for Three Dog Night ) `` Rainbow Connection '' ( Golden Globe and Oscar - nominated song ) `` Flying Dreams '' ( from The Secret of NIMH soundtrack ) `` Someday Man '' ( The Monkees -- 1969 -- `` A '' Side of `` Listen to the Band '' single ) `` Touch '' ( Daft Punk -- 2013 -- Random Access Memories ) TV themes ( lyricist ) Griffin and Phoenix ( 1976 TV movie, theme song `` A Perfect Love '' video by Gord Ritchie ) The McLean Stevenson Show Another Day ( 1978 TV series theme song ) The Love Boat It Takes Two Sugar Time ! Emmet Otter 's Jug - Band Christmas Notable recordings `` The Family of Man '' ( from A Little Bit of Love ( 1974 ) ) `` Out in the Country '' ( from Life Goes On ( 1972 ) ) Scores Films The Loved One ( 1965 ) The Chase ( 1966 ) Battle for the Planet of the Apes ( 1973 ) Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 ) Bugsy Malone ( 1976 ) Emmet Otter 's Jug - Band Christmas ( 1977 ) Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) The End ( 1978 ) The Cheap Detective ( 1978 ) The Muppet Movie ( 1979 ) Frog ( 1987 ) The Muppet Christmas Carol ( 1992 ) Baby Driver ( 2017 ) Theatre Bugsy Malone ( 1997 ) Happy Days ( 2007 ) Emmet Otter 's Jug - Band Christmas ( 2008 ) Cinema songs `` Where Do I Go From Here '' ( composed and performed by Williams for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ) ( 1974 ) `` Evergreen ( Love Song from A Star Is Born ) '' ( lyrics written by Williams, Academy and Golden Globe winner for Best Original Song ) ( 1976 ) `` Rainbow Connection '' ( co-composed by Williams for The Muppet Movie ) ( 1979 ) `` Flying Dreams '' ( co-composed with Jerry Goldsmith and performed by Williams for The Secret of N.I.M.H ) ( 1982 ) `` Still Alive '' ( composed and performed by Williams for Paul Williams Still Alive ) ( 2011 ) `` I Love You Too Much '' ( for The Book of Life ) ( 2014 ) `` What Would They Say ? '' ( for The Boy in the Plastic Bubble starring John Travolta and Diana Hyland ) ( 1976 ) `` If We Could Remember '' ( co-composed with Jerry Goldsmith for The Sum of All Fears ) ( 2002 ) Discography Albums Year Title Label Chart Notes 196 ? Words and Music by Paul Williams Big Seven Music Corp. 1970 Someday Man Reprise 1971 Just an Old Fashioned Love Song A&M 141 1972 Life Goes On A&M 159 Here Comes Inspiration A&M 165 A Little Bit of Love A&M 95 Ordinary Fool A&M 146 1979 A Little on the Windy Side Portrait 1981... And Crazy for Loving You PalD Back to Love Again 2005 I 'm Going Back There Someday AIX Soundtracks Year Title Label Chart Notes Phantom of the Paradise A&M 1976 Bugsy Malone Polydor 1976 A Star Is Born Colombia Motion Picture Soundtrack ; with Kenny Ascher 1977 One on One : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Warner Bros. Lyrics by Paul Williams, music by Charles Fox ; performed by Seals and Crofts 1979 The Muppet Movie : Original Soundtrack Recording Atlantic by Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher 1982 The Secret of NIMH : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack MCA features songs written by Jerry Goldsmith ; Paul Williams performs the song `` Flying Dreams '' Compilations Year Title Label Chart Notes The Best of Paul Williams A&M 1977 Classics A&M 155 Paul Williams Pickwick `` Evergreens : The Best of the A&M Years '' ( Hip - O Select ) The Holy Mackerel ( with The Holy Mackerel ( 1969 ) ) We 've Only Just Begun ( by Roger Nichols and Paul Williams ) Random Access Memories ( Daft Punk ) ( 2013 ) Filmography Films The Loved One ( 1965 ) The Chase ( 1966 ) Watermelon Man ( 1970 ) Battle for the Planet of the Apes ( 1973 ) Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 ) as Swan Smokey and the Bandit ( 1977 ) as Little Enos, a recurring role The Cheap Detective ( 1978 ) The Muppet Movie ( 1979 ) as the El Sleezo pianist Stone Cold Dead ( 1979 ) Wild Wild West Revisited ( 1979 ) Smokey and the Bandit II ( 1980 ) Rooster ( 1982 ) Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 ( 1983 ) The Night They Saved Christmas ( 1984 ) Frog ( 1987 ) The Doors ( 1991 ) A Million to Juan ( 1994 ) Headless Body in Topless Bar ( 1995 ) The Rules of Attraction ( 2002 ) The Princess Diaries 2 : Royal Engagement ( 2004 ) as Lord Harmony Georgia Rule ( 2007 ) Valentine 's Day ( 2010 ) as Romeo Midnight ( Narrator ) Paul Williams Still Alive ( 2011 ) The Ghastly Love of Johnny X ( 2012 ) Baby Driver ( 2017 ) Video games DC Universe Online, 2011 as The Penguin Television Hawaii Five - O Police Woman B.J. and the Bear The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries The Love Boat When Things Were Rotten The McLean Stevenson Show Match Game The Gong Show It Takes Two Sugar Time ! Baretta Emmet Otter 's Jug - Band Christmas, produced by Jim Henson The Muppet Show Gimme a Break ! The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Brady Bunch Hour The Donny & Marie Show The Captain and Tennille Show The Mary Tyler Moore Hour Captain Planet and the Planeteers The Odd Couple Fantasy Island 227 -- `` Play It Again, Stan '' Batman : The Animated Series -- The Penguin Babylon 5 Walker, Texas Ranger Star Trek : Voyager Dexter 's Laboratory, 1998, as Professor Williams The Bold and the Beautiful Yo Gabba Gabba !, performance Hart to Hart A Muppets Christmas : Letters to Santa, 2008, as the Head Elf Silver Spoons Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, 2011, as himself The View, 2012, as himself The Midnight Special, 1973 -- 1976 host Community, `` VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing '' Adventure Time, 2015 References Notes Jump up ^ Padua, Pat ( May 12, 2011 ). `` Pic ( s ) of the Week : They Write the Songs Edition ''. Library of Congress -- In the Muse : Performing Arts Blog. 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Retrieved September 19, 2017. Missing or empty title = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` www.paulwilliamscouk.plus.com ''. www.paulwilliamscouk.plus.com. Retrieved March 21, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Richard Barone -- Bar / None Records ''. Bar-none.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012. Jump up ^ `` ' The Muppets ' songwriter to feature on new Daft Punk album ? News ''. Nme.Com. March 19, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012. Jump up ^ `` Daft Punk wins big at Grammy Awards ''. Retrieved October 3, 2014. Jump up ^ `` Songwriters Hall of Fame Bio ''. Archived from the original on October 1, 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2008. Jump up ^ `` Songwriter Paul Williams Elected President and Chairman of ASCAP ''. Retrieved August 27, 2010. Jump up ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE2m355-JRoHe was `` Little Enos Burdette '' in Smokey and the Bandit. Jump up ^ http://www.metv.com/stories/which-mclean-stevenson-sitcom-deserved-a-better-chance Jump up ^ O'Neal, Sean. `` Paul Williams will also be on Community ''. AV Club Newswire. The AV Club. Retrieved 14 March 2014. Jump up ^ Diego, Donald, `` VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing '', Community, Sony Television Jump up ^ `` Cole Williams ( IMDb ) ''. Jump up ^ `` Family for Keenan Wynn ''. Turner Classic Movies. Jump up ^ The arc of Williams life and substance abuse in the 1970s -- ' 80s is detailed in the documentary Paul Williams Still Alive Jump up ^ `` Biography : Paul Williams Official ''. Jump up ^ `` Barbra Streisand Billboard Hot 100 chart history ''. billboard.com. March 5, 1977. Jump up ^ `` Carpenters Billboard Adult Contemporary chart history ''. billboard.com. May 29, 1971. Jump up ^ `` Carpenters Billboard Adult Contemporary chart history ''. billboard.com. October 10, 1970. Jump up ^ Paul Williams - Billboard Bibliography Skinner, Curtis ( 2001 ), Contemporary Authors Online, Detroit : Gale, ISBN 978 - 0 - 7876 - 3995 - 2 Williams, Paul ; Jackson, Tracey ( 2015 ), Gratitude and Trust : Six Affirmations That Will Change Your Life, Plume, ISBN 978 - 0147517968 Bibliography ASCAP ( 1980 ) The ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, 4th ed., p. 545 ISBN 0 - 8352 - 1283 - 1. Colin Larkin ( ed. ) ( 1992 ) The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music, 1st ed., p. 2698, ISBN 1 - 882267 - 04 - 4. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paul Williams. 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What a Feeling '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Keith Forsey and Irene Cara ( 1983 ) `` I Just Called to Say I Love You '' Music and lyrics : Stevie Wonder ( 1984 ) `` Say You, Say Me '' Music and lyrics : Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) `` Take My Breath Away '' Music : Giorgio Moroder Lyrics : Tom Whitlock ( 1986 ) `` ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life '' Music : Franke Previte, John DeNicola and Donald Markowitz Lyrics : Franke Previte ( 1987 ) `` Let the River Run '' Music and lyrics : Carly Simon ( 1988 ) `` Under the Sea '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1989 ) `` Sooner or Later ( I Always Get My Man ) '' Music and Lyrics : Stephen Sondheim ( 1990 ) 1991 -- 2000 `` Beauty and the Beast '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Howard Ashman ( 1991 ) `` A Whole New World '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' Music and lyrics : Bruce Springsteen ( 1993 ) `` Can You Feel the Love Tonight '' Music : Elton John Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1994 ) `` Colors of the Wind '' Music : Alan Menken Lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1995 ) `` You Must Love Me '' Music : Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics : Tim Rice ( 1996 ) `` My Heart Will Go On '' Music : James Horner Lyrics : Will Jennings ( 1997 ) `` When You Believe '' Music and lyrics : Stephen Schwartz ( 1998 ) `` You 'll Be in My Heart '' Music and lyrics : Phil Collins ( 1999 ) `` Things Have Changed '' Music and lyrics : Bob Dylan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- 2010 `` If I Did n't Have You '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2001 ) `` Lose Yourself '' Music : Eminem, Jeff Bass and Luis Resto Lyrics : Eminem ( 2002 ) `` Into the West '' Music and lyrics : Fran Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ( 2003 ) `` Al otro lado del río '' Music and lyrics : Jorge Drexler ( 2004 ) `` It 's Hard out Here for a Pimp '' Music and lyrics : Juicy J, Frayser Boy and DJ Paul ( 2005 ) `` I Need to Wake Up '' Music and lyrics : Melissa Etheridge ( 2006 ) `` Falling Slowly '' Music and lyrics : Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová ( 2007 ) `` Jai Ho '' Music : A.R. Rahman Lyrics : Gulzar ( 2008 ) `` The Weary Kind '' Music and lyrics : Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett ( 2009 ) `` We Belong Together '' Music and lyrics : Randy Newman ( 2010 ) 2011 -- present `` Man or Muppet '' Music and lyrics : Bret McKenzie ( 2011 ) `` Skyfall '' Music and lyrics : Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth ( 2012 ) `` Let It Go '' Music and lyrics : Kristen Anderson - Lopez and Robert Lopez ( 2013 ) `` Glory '' Music and lyrics : John Stephens and Lonnie Lynn ( 2014 ) `` Writing 's on the Wall '' Music and lyrics : James Napier and Sam Smith ( 2015 ) `` City of Stars '' Music : Justin Hurwitz Lyrics : Benj Pasek and Justin Paul ( 2016 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1940s Life with Father -- Max Steiner ( 1947 ) The Red Shoes -- Brian Easdale ( 1948 ) The Inspector General -- Johnny Green ( 1949 ) 1950s Sunset Boulevard -- Franz Waxman ( 1950 ) September Affair -- Victor Young ( 1951 ) High Noon -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1952 ) On the Beach -- Ernest Gold ( 1959 ) 1960s The Alamo -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1960 ) The Guns of Navarone -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1961 ) To Kill a Mockingbird -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1962 ) ( 1963 ) The Fall of the Roman Empire -- Dimitri Tiomkin ( 1964 ) Doctor Zhivago -- Maurice Jarre ( 1965 ) Hawaii -- Elmer Bernstein ( 1966 ) Camelot -- Frederick Loewe ( 1967 ) The Shoes of the Fisherman -- Alex North ( 1968 ) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- Burt Bacharach ( 1969 ) 1970s Love Story -- Francis Lai ( 1970 ) Shaft -- Isaac Hayes ( 1971 ) The Godfather -- Nino Rota ( 1972 ) Jonathan Livingston Seagull -- Neil Diamond ( 1973 ) The Little Prince -- Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe ( 1974 ) Jaws -- John Williams ( 1975 ) A Star is Born -- Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams ( 1976 ) Star Wars -- John Williams ( 1977 ) Midnight Express -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1978 ) Apocalypse Now -- Carmine Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola ( 1979 ) 1980s The Stunt Man -- Dominic Frontiere ( 1980 ) ( 1981 ) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial -- John Williams ( 1982 ) Flashdance -- Giorgio Moroder ( 1983 ) A Passage to India -- Maurice Jarre ( 1984 ) Out of Africa -- John Barry ( 1985 ) The Mission -- Ennio Morricone ( 1986 ) The Last Emperor -- David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Cong Su ( 1987 ) Gorillas in the Mist -- Maurice Jarre ( 1988 ) The Little Mermaid -- Alan Menken ( 1989 ) 1990s The Sheltering Sky -- Richard Horowitz, Ryuichi Sakamoto ( 1990 ) Beauty and the Beast -- Alan Menken ( 1991 ) Aladdin -- Alan Menken ( 1992 ) Heaven & Earth -- Kitarō ( 1993 ) The Lion King -- Hans Zimmer ( 1994 ) A Walk in the Clouds -- Maurice Jarre ( 1995 ) The English Patient -- Gabriel Yared ( 1996 ) Titanic -- James Horner ( 1997 ) The Truman Show -- Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass ( 1998 ) 1900 -- Ennio Morricone ( 1999 ) 2000s Gladiator -- Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer ( 2000 ) Moulin Rouge ! -- Craig Armstrong ( 2001 ) Frida -- Elliot Goldenthal ( 2002 ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King -- Howard Shore ( 2003 ) The Aviator -- Howard Shore ( 2004 ) Memoirs of a Geisha -- John Williams ( 2005 ) The Painted Veil -- Alexandre Desplat ( 2006 ) Atonement -- Dario Marianelli ( 2007 ) Slumdog Millionaire -- A.R. Rahman ( 2008 ) Up -- Michael Giacchino ( 2009 ) 2010s The Social Network -- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross ( 2010 ) The Artist -- Ludovic Bource ( 2011 ) Life of Pi -- Mychael Danna ( 2012 ) All Is Lost -- Alex Ebert ( 2013 ) The Theory of Everything -- Jóhann Jóhannsson ( 2014 ) The Hateful Eight -- Ennio Morricone ( 2015 ) La La Land -- Justin Hurwitz ( 2016 ) Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song ( 1970s ) `` Whistling Away the Dark '' Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Henry Mancini ( 1970 ) `` Life Is What You Make It '' Lyrics by Johnny Mercer, Music by Marvin Hamlisch ( 1971 ) `` Ben '' Lyrics by Don Black, Music by Walter Scharf ( 1972 ) `` The Way We Were '' Lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Music by Marvin Hamlisch ( 1973 ) `` I Feel Love '' Lyrics by Betty Box, Music by Euel Box ( 1974 ) `` I 'm Easy '' Music & Lyrics by Keith Carradine ( 1975 ) `` Evergreen '' Lyrics by Paul Williams, Music by Barbra Streisand ( 1976 ) `` You Light Up My Life '' Music & Lyrics by Joseph Brooks ( 1977 ) `` Last Dance '' Music & Lyrics by Paul Jabara ( 1978 ) `` The Rose '' Music & Lyrics by Amanda McBroom ( 1979 ) Complete List ( 1960s ) ( 1970s ) ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) Grammy Award for Song of the Year ( 1970s ) 1970 Joe South - `` Games People Play '' 1971 Paul Simon - `` Bridge over Troubled Water '' 1972 Carole King - `` You 've Got a Friend '' 1973 Ewan MacColl - `` The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face '' Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox - `` Killing Me Softly with His Song '' Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch - `` The Way We Were '' 1976 Stephen Sondheim - `` Send in the Clowns '' 1977 Bruce Johnston - `` I Write the Songs '' 1978 Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams - `` Evergreen ( Love Theme from A Star Is Born ) '' and Joe Brooks - `` You Light Up My Life '' 1979 Billy Joel - `` Just the Way You Are '' Complete list ( 1960s ) ( 1970s ) ( 1980s ) ( 1990s ) ( 2000s ) ( 2010s ) Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1959 -- 1979 The Music from Peter Gunn -- Henry Mancini ( 1959 ) Come Dance with Me ! -- Frank Sinatra ( 1960 ) The Button - Down Mind of Bob Newhart -- Bob Newhart ( 1961 ) Judy at Carnegie Hall -- Judy Garland ( 1962 ) The First Family -- Vaughn Meader ( 1963 ) The Barbra Streisand Album -- Barbra Streisand ( 1964 ) Getz / Gilberto -- Stan Getz, João Gilberto ( 1965 ) September of My Years -- Frank Sinatra ( 1966 ) A Man and His Music -- Frank Sinatra ( 1967 ) Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band -- The Beatles ( 1968 ) By the Time I Get to Phoenix -- Glen Campbell ( 1969 ) Blood, Sweat & Tears -- Blood, Sweat & Tears ( 1970 ) Bridge over Troubled Water -- Simon & Garfunkel ( 1971 ) Tapestry -- Carole King ( 1972 ) The Concert for Bangladesh -- Various ( 1973 ) Innervisions -- Stevie Wonder ( 1974 ) Fulfillingness ' First Finale -- Stevie Wonder ( 1975 ) Still Crazy After All These Years -- Paul Simon ( 1976 ) Songs in the Key of Life -- Stevie Wonder ( 1977 ) Rumours -- Fleetwood Mac ( 1978 ) Saturday Night Fever -- Bee Gees / Various ( 1979 ) 1980 -- 2000 52nd Street -- Billy Joel ( 1980 ) Christopher Cross -- Christopher Cross ( 1981 ) Double Fantasy -- John Lennon and Yoko Ono ( 1982 ) Toto IV -- Toto ( 1983 ) Thriller -- Michael Jackson ( 1984 ) Ca n't Slow Down -- Lionel Richie ( 1985 ) No Jacket Required -- Phil Collins ( 1986 ) Graceland -- Paul Simon ( 1987 ) The Joshua Tree -- U2 ( 1988 ) Faith -- George Michael ( 1989 ) Nick of Time -- Bonnie Raitt ( 1990 ) Back on the Block -- Quincy Jones and various artists ( 1991 ) Unforgettable... with Love -- Natalie Cole ( 1992 ) Unplugged -- Eric Clapton ( 1993 ) The Bodyguard -- Whitney Houston ( 1994 ) MTV Unplugged -- Tony Bennett ( 1995 ) Jagged Little Pill -- Alanis Morissette ( 1996 ) Falling into You -- Celine Dion ( 1997 ) Time Out of Mind -- Bob Dylan ( 1998 ) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill -- Lauryn Hill ( 1999 ) Supernatural -- Santana ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Two Against Nature -- Steely Dan ( 2001 ) O Brother, Where Art Thou ? 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Question: who played little enos in smokey and the bandit
Answer: Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr.