Larry Kusik

Larry Kusik (znany również jako Larry Kusic ) jest autorem tekstów . Prawdopodobnie najbardziej znany jest z   tekstu do utworu " Speak Softly Love ", motywu miłosnego z filmu Ojciec chrzestny z 1972 roku.

Napisał także teksty do wielu innych tematów filmowych, w tym "A Time For Us" z 1968 r. z filmowej wersji Romea i Julii , Morderstwo w Orient Express , Mommie Dearest, Rosemary's Baby, "Love Said Goodbye" z filmu z 1974 r . Ojciec chrzestny II i Serpico . Wraz z kompozytorem Paulem Evansem napisał piosenkę "Live Young" do filmu " Palm Springs Weekend" .
Jego siostrzeńcem jest muzyk i producent Lenny Kaye .

Kompozycje Larry Kusika na listach przebojów [with E. J. Anton] 12/1960 Lop-Sided Over-Loaded (And It Wiggled When We Rode It) Brian Hyland 105.US [with Scott David] 07/1961 As If I Didn't Know Adam Wade 10.US [with Ronny Douglas] 07/1961 Run, Run, Run Ronny Douglas 75.US [with Kenny Rankin] 11/1964 A Happy Guy Ricky Nelson 82.US [with Ritchie Adams, Margie Rainwater] 10/1965 A Bench in the Park The Jive Five 106.US [with Ritchie Adams] 02/1966 Don't Take It Out on Me Bobbi Martin 119.US [with Ritchie Adams & Wes Farrell] 06/1966 Happy Summer Days Ronnie Dove 27.US 08/1966 We Can Make It Ruby & the Romantics 120.US 01/1968 No One Knows Every Mother's Son 96.US [with Ritchie Adams] 09/1966 Fiddle Around Jan & Dean 93.US [with James Last, Ruby Loose & Eddie Snyder] 10/1966 Games That Lovers Play Wayne Newton 86.US 10/1966 Games That Lovers Play Eddie Fisher 45.US 11/1966 Games That Lovers Play Mantovani and His Orchestra 122.US 12/1966 Games That Lovers Play Donald Peers 46.UK [with Teddy Randazzo, Larry Kusik , Ritchie Adams & Victoria Pike] 11/1966 It's Not the Same Little Anthony & the Imperials 92.US [with Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein, Charles Singleton] 01/1967 Lady Jack Jones 39.US [with Eddie Snyder] 02/1967 People Like You Eddie Fisher 97.US 04/1967 Making Memories Frankie Laine 35.US [with James Last, Ernst Bader, Eddie Snyder] 09/1967 When the Snow Is on the Roses Ed Ames 98.US 09/1972 When the Snow Is on the Roses Sonny James 103.US [with Eddie Snyder & Iller Pattacini] 02/1968 Life is But a Moment (Canta Ragazzina) Eydie Gorme 115.US [with André Popp, Eddie Snyder,Pierre Cour] 04/1968 Why Say Goodbye (A comme amour) Connie Francis 132.US [with Nino Rota,Eddie Snyder] 07/1969 A Time for Us (Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet) Johnny Mathis 96.US [with Nino Rota] 04/1972 Love Theme from the Godfather (Speak Softly Love) Andy Williams 34.US/42.UK 04/1972 Love Theme from the Godfather Nino Rota 66.US 04/1972 Love Theme from the Godfather (Speak Softly Love) Al Martino 80.US