# Rod McKuen

Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen (29 de abril de 1933 - 29 de enero de 2015) fue un cantante, compositor, músico y poeta estadounidense. Fue uno de los poetas más vendidos en los Estados Unidos durante la década de 1960. A lo largo de su carrera, McKuen produjo una amplia gama de grabaciones, que incluyeron la música popular, declamación de poesía, bandas sonoras de películas y la música clásica. Obtuvo dos nominaciones a los premios Óscar y una nominación al Pulitzer por sus composiciones musicales. Las traducciones y adaptaciones de las canciones de Jacques Brel realizadas por McKuen fueron importantes para traer al compositor belga a la fama en el mundo de habla en inglés. Su poesía trataba temas como el amor, la naturaleza y la espiritualidad. McKuen vendió más de 100 millones de discos y 60 millones de libros en todo el mundo, según la Associated Press.

## Bibliografía
### Poesía

* And Autumn Came (Pageant Press, 1954)
* Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows (Stanyan Music, 1966)
* Listen to the Warm (Random House, 1967)
* Lonesome Cities (Random House, 1968)
* And Autumn Came (Revised Edition) (Cheval Books, 1969)
* In Someone's Shadow (Cheval Books/Random House, 1969)
* Twelve Years of Christmas (Cheval Books/Random House, 1969)
* Caught in the Quiet (Stanyan Books, 1970)
* Fields of Wonder (Cheval Books/Random House, 1971)
* The Carols of Christmas (Cheval Books/Random House, 1971)
* And to Each Season (Simon & Schuster, 1972)
* Moment to Moment (Cheval Books, 1972)
* Come to Me in Silence (Simon & Schuster, 1973)
* Moment to Moment (Revised Edition) (Simon & Schuster, 1974)
* Beyond the Boardwalk (Cheval Books, 1975)
* Celebrations of the Heart (Simon & Schuster, 1975)
* The Sea Around Me... (Simon & Schuster, 1975)
* Coming Close to the Earth (Simon & Schuster, 1978)
* We Touch the Sky (Simon & Schuster, 1979)
* The Power Bright and Shining (Simon & Schuster, 1980)
* A Book of Days (Harper & Row, 1980)
* The Beautiful Strangers (Simon & Schuster, 1981)
* Book of Days and a Month of Sundays (Harper & Row, 1981)
* The Sound of Solitude (Harper & Row, 1983)
* Suspension Bridge (Harper & Row, 1984)
* Intervals (Harper & Row/Cheval Books, 1986)
* Valentines (Harper & Row/Cheval Books, 1986)
* A Safe Place to Land (Cheval Books, 2001)
* Rusting in the Rain (Cheval Books, 2004)

### Líricas

* The Songs of Rod McKuen (Cheval Books, 1969)
* With Love (Stanyan Books, 1970)
* New Ballads (Stanyan Books, 1970)
* Pastorale (Stanyan Books, 1971)
* The Carols Christmas (Cheval/Random House, 1971)
* Grand Tour (Stanyan Books, 1972)

### Prosa

* Finding My Father (Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1976)
* An Outstretched Hand (Cheval Books/Harper & Row, 1980)

### Libros de bolsillo originales

* Seasons in the Sun (Pocket Books, 1974)
* Alone (Pocket Books, 1975)
* Hand in Hand (Pocket Books, 1977)
* Finding My Father (Cheval Books/Berkeley Books, 1977)
* Love's Been Good to Me (Pocket Books, 1979)
* Looking for a Friend (Pocket Books, 1980)
* Too Many Midnight's (Pocket Books, 1981)
* Watch for the Wind (Pocket Books, 1983)

## Discografía
### Álbumes vocales

* About Me (SPC 3189)
* After Midnight (SR 6029 • CD STZ 105)
* Alone (BS 2817)
* Alone After Dark (DL 8946)
* Anywhere I Wander (DL 3882)
* The Beautiful Strangers (WS 1722)
* The Black Eagle, A Gothic Musical (2SR 5087)
* Blessings in Shade of Green (SR 5005)
* Cycles (BDS 5138)
* For Friends & Lovers (DJF 20537)
* Global (SR 5102)
* Goodtime Music (BS 2861)
* Have a Nice Day (SR 5032)
* In a Lonely Place (KA 3226)
* In the Beginning (SUS 5273)
* It Had To Be You (DID M20)
* Jerome Kern Revisited Vol. IV, with Ballard, Short, and Cook (PS 1380 CD 113)
* Lonely Summer (BR 0034)
* The Loner (RCA 3508)
* The Love Movement (ST 2838)
* Through European Windows (LSP 3786)
* The Sounds of Day, the Sounds of Night (SPC 3225)
* Love's Been Good to Me (SR 5009)
* McKuen Country (BS 2931)
* Rod McKuen Sings (ST 2079)
* More Rod McKuen 77 (SR 5092)
* Mr. Oliver Twist (JU 5013)
* New Ballads (WS 1837)
* New Carols for Christmas – The Rod McKuen Christmas Album (SR 5045)
* New Sounds in Folk Music (VE 1612)
* Odyssey (BS 2638)
* Other Kinds of Songs (RCA 3635)
* Pastorale (2WS 1894)
* Pastures Green (SR 5047)
* Roads (SR 5098)
* Rod (SR 5025)
* The Rod McKuen Folk Album (SR 5006)
* Rod McKuen Sings the McKuen/Brel Songbook (SR 6028; WB 2785)
* The Rod McKuen Show (WS 3015)
* Rod McKuen Sings His Own (RCA 3424)
* Rod 77 (SR 5093)
* Seasons in the Sun (SR 5003)
* Seasons in the Sun, 2 (SR 5004)
* Seasons in the Sun, 1&2 (SR 5046)
* The Single Man (LSP 4010)
* Sleep Warm (BS 2889)
* Sleep Warm (2SR 5081)
* Slide ... Easy In (DS 7017)
* Slide ... On the Move (DIS 60 531)
* Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes (HJS 180)
* Someone to Watch Over Me (SR 6050)
* Songs for the Lazy (LRP 3011)
* Songs Our Mummy Taught Us, with Bob McFadden (BL 754056)
* Stranger in Town (KS 3538)
* There's a Hoot Tonight (WP 1632)
* Through European Windows (LSP 3786)
* Turntable (SR 5100)
* Two Against the Morning, with Liesbeth List (PH 6641 057)
* Very Warm (DE 4603)

### Palabra hablada

* Beatsville (R 419)
* The Essential Rod McKuen (3BS 2906)
* In Search of Eros (BN 613)
* Listen to The Warm (LSP 3863; SR 5052)
* Listen to the Warm (SR 5048)
* Lonesome Cities (WS 1758)
* Pushing the Clouds Away (SR 5110)
* Time of Desire (SR 5078)
* The Word (DS 7000)
* The Yellow Unicorn, with Tak Shindo & Julie Meredith (LP 12036)

### Clásico

* Symphony No. 1 in 4 Movements (SR 9005)
* Concerto For Guitar & Orchestra: 5 Orchestral Pieces (SR 9006)
* Concerto For 4 Harpsichords: 4 Orchestral Pieces (SR 9007)
* Piano Variations: 6 Piano Sonatas (SR 9008)
* Conducts McKuen (SR 9010)
* Concerto No. 3 for Piano & Orchestra (SR 9012)
* The Plains of My Country: Seascapes for Solo Piano (SR 9015)
* Concerto for Cello & Orchestra; Music for Strings (SR 9021)
* Concerto For Balloon & Orchestra: 3 Overtures (SR 9023)
* The Ballad of Distances: Symphonic Suite, Op. 40 (WB 2WS 2731)
* Piano Quartets: Piano Trios (SR 9060)
* The City: I Hear America Singing, 2 Cantatas (LS 732)
* Written in the Stars (The Zodiac Suite) (CRL 57339)
* Something Beyond: Suite for Orchestra (LST 7537)

### Soundtracks

* The Borrowers, soundtrack (SRQ 4014)
* A Boy Named Charlie Brown & Other Rod McKuen Film Songs (SR 5010)
* A Boy Named Charlie Brown, soundtrack (OS 3500)
* Emily, soundtrack (SRQ 4025)
* Joanna, soundtrack (SR 4202)
* Lisa Bright & Dark, soundtrack (SR 10094)
* Me Natalie, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (OS 3350)
* The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, soundtrack (TC 4207)
* The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rod McKuen singing and conducting his score (WB 1853)
* Rock Pretty Baby, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (DL 8429)
* Scandalous John, soundtrack (SR 5004)
* Summer Love, with Henry Mancini, soundtrack (DL 8714)
* The Unknown War, soundtrack (2SR 9201)

### Grabaciones en vivo

* The Amsterdam Concert (2SR 5051)
* Back to Carnegie Hall (2WB 2732)
* Evening in Vienna, with Greta Keller (SR 5040)
* Grand Tour (2BR 1947)
* Grand Tour, Vol. 3 (SR 5042)
* Rod McKuen in Concert (SR 5001)
* Rod McKuen Live Across Australia & Around the World (SR 6031)
* Rod McKuen Live at the Sydney Opera House (SR 5075)
* Rod McKuen Live at the Sydney Opera House (L 70041/2)
* Rod McKuen Live in Africa (SYD 11000)
* Rod McKuen Live in London (2SR 5016)
* Rod McKuen Live / Sold Out Carnegie Hall (WS 1794, WBC 1100B)

### Hits y compilaciones más grandes

* The Beat Generation (R2 70281)
* The Best of Rod McKuen (RCA 4127)
* Bits & Pieces (DL 75078)
* The Early Years: The Best of Rod McKuen (SYC 2901)
* Greatest Australian Hits (PW 6026)
* Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (WS 1772)
* Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (BS 2560)
* Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (SR 5031)
* Rod McKuen: Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 (BS 2688)
* If You Go Away: The RCA Years 1965–1968 (BCD 16122 GL)
* In the Beginning (SLS 96083)
* Love Songs (2SR 5073)
* A Portrait of Rod McKuen (SR 5072)
* Rod on Record (SR 5104)
* Try Rod McKuen in the Privacy of Your Own Home (SR 5020)
* Without a Worry in the World (BR 408, TIXD 420)

### Con Anita Kerr y el San Sebastian Strings

Líricas, libro, y historias musicales de Rod McKuen; composición musical, arreglo, y conducción de Anita Kerr.
* The Sea (WBL 1047, WB 1670)
* The Earth (WBL 1046, WB 1705)
* The Sky (WB 1720)
* Home to the Sea (WBC 1080, WS 1764)
* The Soft Sea (WS 1839)
* La Mer (SR 10043)
* For Lovers (WB 1795)
* Bouquet (BS 2768)
* Spring
* Summer (BS4 2707)
* Autumn
* Winter (BS 2622)
* With Love (BS 2837)
* The Sea / The Earth / The Sky (3WS 1730)
* The Complete Sea (3WS 1827)
* The Seasons (4WS 2754)

### Álbumes promocionales

* 17 New Songs by Rod McKuen (IM 1000)
* Short Cuts from Pastorale (PRO 451)
* Some of the Best of Rod McKuen (SPS 33–554)
* 20 New Rod McKuens Songs (SML 102)

## Premios y distinciones
### Premios Óscar

| Año | Categoría | Canción | Película | Resultado |
| 1969 | Óscar a la mejor canción original | «Jean» | Los mejores años de Miss Brodie | Nominado |
| 1970 | Mejor banda sonora original | - | Un niño llamado Charlie Brown | Nominado |