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)

LíricasThe 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)

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

Libros de bolsillo originalesSeasons 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 vocalesAbout 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 habladaBeatsville (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)

ClásicoSymphony 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)

SoundtracksThe 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 vivoThe 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 grandesThe 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)SpringSummer (BS4 2707)AutumnWinter (BS 2622)With Love (BS 2837)The Sea / The Earth / The Sky (3WS 1730)The Complete Sea (3WS 1827)
The Seasons (4WS 2754)

Álbumes promocionales17 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

Referencias

Enlaces externos

1986 audio interview with McKuen by Don Swaim of CBS Radio, RealAudio at WiredForBooks.org

Nacidos en Oakland (California)