Marvin Hamlisch

And there was only one Barbara.

And then I was very fortunate to get to work with Marvin Hamlisch later on in my career because he had such a close relationship with her.

So yeah, those were some of the real influences on me, I think.

Did you ever get to meet or work with Liza?

When you look back at everything, what moment was it that you first realized that your dream was actually becoming reality?

I think at 17 years old, I was asked to sing s- some songs with Marvin Hamlisch at the, uh, Royal Albert Hall.

I think that was the first time I couldn't believe it, that I was in this amazing place, singing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and singing.

Marvin Hamlisch, who was Barbra Streisand's, um, MD, musical director-

Yeah

... and he wrote some amazing songs, scores like A Chorus Line.

But there's fans out there have sent me so much footage, and I've put them on my Instagram and TikTok and Facebook.

Nice.

Yeah.

I finally found someone from The Mirror Has Two Faces by Barbra Streisand and Marvin Hamlisch.

I don't think I know that one.

It's fine, but it is, you know, it's Barbra Streisand and Brian Adams or whatever.

This, this is...

And so they had the Gutenberg Bible, which was really neat, and also Mike donated to the Library of Congress, I didn't know this, all of the awards that have been given to Marvin Hamlisch were on display.

We're talking Grammys and Emmys and Oscars and a lot of them.

So Marvin Hamlisch-

Wait, wait, wait

... noted ju-

Well, it was.

I would say-

Marvin, I believe, is Todd's dad's name as well.

Interesting, because Marvin Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor-

Yeah

... and he is one of a handful of people to win the famous EGOT-

Who wrote that one?

Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, uh, Bryan Adams, and Mutt Lange.

[laughs] Jesus.

[laughs] Sorry, I realize-

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...

Barbra Streisand, Marvin Hamlisch, and then it must be a duet be- I bet it's a duet between Bryan Adams and Barbra Streisand.

Mm, that makes sense.

This was one of the biggest, the heydays of American cinema.

Um, so yeah, this one for best picture, best director, best screenplay, best art direction, costume design, not surprising, best editing and best music, which would, the music was Marvin Hamlisch who adapted the ragtime music of Scott Joplin.

Okay.

Yeah, I was going to say it felt very ragtime-y, very...