Larry Coleman (composer)

{{Short description|A 20th-century American popular composer and lyricist}}

Larry Coleman was a 20th-century American popular composer and lyricist.{{cite web| url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2007128926/ | title=Coleman, Larry | website=worldcat.org | publisher=WorldCat | accessdate=16 January 2020 }}

Coleman was mainly active during the 1950s and 1960s. He wrote hit songs both alone and in collaboration with other lyricists, including Fred Ebb, Joe Darion, Norman Gimbel, and Paul Klein.{{cite web| url=https://www.feenotes.com/database/composers/coleman-larry/ | title=Coleman, Larry | website=www.feenotes.com | publisher=Feenotes | accessdate=16 January 2020 }}

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His songs included:{{cite web| url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/613583-Larry-Coleman | title=Larry Coleman | website=www.discogs.com | publisher=Discogs | accessdate=16 January 2020 }}{{cite web| url=https://www.musicvf.com/songs.php?page=artist&artist=Larry+Coleman&tab=songaswriterchartstab | title=Songs written by Larry Coleman | website=MusicVF.com | accessdate=16 January 2020 }}

• "Changing Partners" (1953), recorded by many artists, including Bing Crosby, Frank "Pee Wee" King, Patti Page, Dinah Shore, and Kay Starr
• "Pa-Paya Mama" (1953), recorded by Perry Como
• "Ricochet" (1953), recorded by Teresa Brewer, Alma Cogan, Perry Como, and Joan Regan
• "Tennessee Wig Walk" (1953), recorded by Bonnie Lou
• "Good and Lonesome" (1955), recorded by Kay Starr
• "Just as Much as Ever" (1959), recorded by Teresa Brewer, Alma Cogan, Nat King Cole, Joan Regan, and Bobby Vinton
• "James Dean", by Jimmy Walker & George Cates and His Orchestra{{cite web| url=https://thesoundtracktoyourlife.co.uk/product/james-dean-story/ | title=James Dean Story | website=thesoundtracktoyourlife.co.uk | publisher=The Soundtrack To Your Life | accessdate=16 January 2021 }}
• "Wanna' Laugh?", music by Johnny Lehmann, (1959) by Sue Raney in Songs for a Raney Day (Capitol, 1960) {{cite web| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AD0hAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22wanna%27+laugh%3F%22+%22larry+coleman%22&pg=PA1650 | title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series}}

"Ricochet" (aka "Ricochet Romance") was used in the 1954 comedy Western film Ricochet Romance.