1944
Marvin Hamlisch is born on June 2 in New York City to Viennese-Jewish immigrants Lilly and Max Hamlisch
1951
1964
Hamlisch take his first job as a rehearsal pianist for the Broadway musical Funny Girl, starring Barbra Streisand.
1965
“Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows,” recorded by Lesley Gore and co-written with Howard Liebling, peaks at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is Hamlisch’s first major hit.
1967
1968
Premiere of The Swimmer, Hamlisch’s first film score.
1969
The April Fools premieres.
Take the Money and Run premieres.
1970
Move premieres.
Flap premieres.
1971
Bananas premieres.
Kotch premieres. The film includes the song “Life Is What You Make It.”
Something Big premieres.
1972
The War Between Men and Women premieres.
1973
The World’s Greatest Athlete premieres.
Save The Tiger premieres.
Seesaw opens on Broadway. The musical features dance arrangements by Hamlisch.
Premiere of The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand. The film features the title song “The Way We Were.”
The Sting premieres. The film features music by Scott Joplin, adapted by Hamlisch.
1974
Hamlisch wins three Academy Awards.
Best Original Score and/or Adaption for The Sting, Best Original Song for The Way We Were, and Best Original Dramatic Score for The Way We Were. He becomes the first person to win three Academy Awards in all three music categories in one night.
1975
A Chorus Line opens on Broadway.
The Prisoner of Second Avenue premieres.
Hamlisch wins four Grammy Awards
Best New Artist of the Year, Song of the Year for “The Way We Were,” Best Pop Instrumental Performance for “The Entertainer,” and Best Original Score Written For a Motion Picture or a Television Special for The Way We Were.
1976
1977
The Spy Who Loved Me premieres. The film features the song “Nobody Does It Better,” performed by Carly Simon.
1978
Same Time, Next Year premieres. The film includes the song “The Last Time I Felt Like This.”
Ice Castles premieres. The film includes the song “Through the Eyes of Love.”
1979
They’re Playing Our Song premieres on Broadway.
Chapter Two premieres.
Starting Over premieres.
1980
Gilda Live premieres.
Ordinary People premieres.
Seems Like Old Times premieres.
1982
Sophie’s Choice premieres.
I Ought to Be in Pictures premieres.
1983
Romantic Comedy premieres.
Jean Seberg premieres at the National Theatre in London.
1984
A Streetcar Named Desire premieres.
1985
A Chorus Line: The Movie premieres.
D.A.R.Y.L. premieres.
1986
Smile premieres on Broadway.
1987
The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman premieres.
Three Men and a Baby premieres.
1988
Little Nikita premieres.
David premieres.
1989
The January Man premieres.
The Experts premieres.
On May 29, Hamlisch marries Terre Blair in New York.
Shirley Valentine premieres.
1990
Women and Men: Stories of Seduction premieres.
1991
Switched at Birth premieres.
Frankie & Johnny premieres.
1992
Missing Pieces premieres.
1993
The Goodbye Girl opens on Broadway.
1994
Seasons of the Heart premieres.
1995
Hamlisch wins two Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction and Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics, for the HBO special Barbra Streisand: The Concert. The win makes Hamlisch the sixth person to achieve an EGOT and the second person to achieve a PEGOT.
1996
The Mirror Has Two Faces premieres. The film includes the song “I Finally Found Someone,” performed by Barbra Streisand and Bryan Adams.
1999
2001
2002
Sweet Smell of Success opens on Broadway.
Imaginary Friends opens on Broadway.
2009
The Informant! premieres.
2012
On August 6, Hamlisch passes away in Los Angeles at the age of 68.
2013