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| Born | Paul Schwartz August 20, 1945 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, Singer, Composer |
Paul Hampton (born August 20, 1945) is an American actor, singer, lyricist and writer. He is listed as one of one hundred major architects of American rock and roll in the British rock journal "Footsoldiers and Kings."[1] While he was a sophomore at Dartmouth College, he was signed to Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures at the same time to write music with Hal David and Burt Bacharach. In 1960, with Bacharach he co-composed and performed on one of the strangest single records of all time. It was issued on Dot Records in April 1960 and is titled "Two Hour Honeymoon". It is about a car crash that happens to a man (Hampton) and his wife on the way to their Honeymoon. Hampton as the sole narrator is lying there dying and talking to his wife while "Harlem Nocturne" type music by Bacharach plays. The record got absolutely no airplay at all.
Some of the songs that he has written have been recorded by Sammy Davis Jr., Bette Midler, Eddy Arnold, Tom Jones, Merle Haggard, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Gene Pitney and Johnny Cash.
He is the ASCAP award-winning songwriter for "Sea of Heartbreak", used in the soundtrack for the films The Butcher Boy, Perfect World, Heartbreak Ridge and Clay Pigeons.
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Selected filmography
- 1968: More Dead Than Alive as Billy
- 1972: Lady Sings the Blues as Harry
- 1973: Hit!
- 1982: Butterfly as Norton
- 1992: Waxwork II: Lost in Time as Prosecution
- 1993: The Thing Called Love as Doug Siskin
- 1993: Babylon 5 (season one) as The Senator
Music
- 1965: My Mother the Car - composer: theme music. Song performed by Hampton under the name Albuquerque.
- 1970: ALBUM - Beautiful Beginnings, Barnaby Records
- 1974: ALBUM - Home For Children, Crested Butte Records
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