John DeNicola (born October 4, 1955) is an American songwriter and producer. He is best known for co-writing the song "(I've Had) The Time of My Life", for which he won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination, in 1988. In 1989 he was the co-winner of ASCAP Awards' "Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures" for "Time of My Life" as well as for "Hungry Eyes", another song from the film. In addition to Dirty Dancing hits for Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes and Eric Carmen, he has also written songs with and for Eddie Money, John Waite, Kristine W, Steve Holy, Jeannie Kendall, Sugar Jones, Annie Haslam, Bernie Worrell, The Sighs and Martin Briley.
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Franke Previte
American singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning composer
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Franke and the Knockouts
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Barry Mann
American songwriter and musician
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Cynthia Weil
American songwriter
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Calum Scott
English singer
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Bob Merrill
American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter
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John Mellencamp
American rock singer-songwriter, musician and painter
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Hal David
American lyricist
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Ivan Král
Czech-American musician
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Johnny Burke
American lyricist
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Jennifer Warnes
American recording artist; singer
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George M. Cohan
American entertainer, composer and playwright
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Adam Levine
American singer-songwriter, actor and record producer
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Daryl Hall
American musician and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates
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Harry Warren
American composer and lyricist (1893-1981)
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Stephen Schwartz
American musical theatre lyricist and composer
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Steve Dorff
American songwriter and composer
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John Phillips
American musician
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Gary Osborne
British singer-songwriter
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Carole Bayer Sager
American lyricist, singer and songwriter
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Diane Warren
American songwriter, musician and record producer
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Charlie Midnight
American musician
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Nicola Hitchcock
British Singer
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Jule Styne
British-born American songwriter
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Will Jennings
American songwriter
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Sammy Cahn
American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913-1993)
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Jason Derulo
American singer, songwriter, and dancer
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Eric Carmen
American recording artist; singer, songwriter and musician
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Kim Carnes
American singer-songwriter
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Glen Hansard
Irish musician, songwriter
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Patrick Leonard
American songwriter, keyboardist, film composer, and music producer
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David Foster
Canadian musician, record producer, songwriter
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Daniel Boone
English pop musician who became a one-hit wonder in the US with the single "Beautiful Sunday" in 1972
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Tina Arena
Australian singer, songwriter and television personality
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David Byrne
Scottish-American musician
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Randy Newman
American singer-songwriter, arranger and composer
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Marcus Miller
American jazz musician
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Taboo
American singer, actor, and rapper
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Maroon 5
American pop rock band
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Holly Knight
American songwriter and musician
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Dean Pitchford
American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist
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Jesse Harris
American musician
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Tony Macaulay
English author, composer for musical theatre, and songwriter
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Barry Gibb
British singer, songwriter, record producer, and co-founder of the group Bee Gees
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apl.de.ap
American singer, drummer
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Daniel Ingram
Canadian songwriter and composer for animated series.
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Johnny Green
American conductor, arranger, composer, pianist; Harvard AB 1928, achieved early fame as a songwriter and orchestra leader in the 1920s and 1930s
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Paul Williams
American composer, singer, songwriter and actor
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Patrick Swayze
American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter (1952-2009)
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Roger Cook
English singer, songwriter and record producer
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Babyface
American singer, songwriter and record producer
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Burt Bacharach
American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist
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Damian Kulash
American musician
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Jimmy Webb
American songwriter, composer, and singer
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Al Dubin
Swiss-American lyricist (1891-1945)