David Lee Shire (born July 3, 1937) is an American songwriter and composer of stage musicals, film and television scores. Among his best known works are the motion picture soundtracks to The Big Bus, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, The Conversation, All the President's Men, and parts of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack such as "Manhattan Skyline". His other work includes the score of the 1985 film Return to Oz (the "sequel-in-part" of The Wizard of Oz), and the stage musical scores of Baby, Big, Closer Than Ever, and Starting Here, Starting Now. Shire is married to actress Didi Conn. More about David Shire
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Shire was born in Buffalo, New York, to Esther Miriam (née Sheinberg) and Buffalo society band leader and piano teacher Irving Daniel Shire. His family was Jewish. His secondary education was at the Nichols School. He met his long-time theater collaborator lyricist/director Richard Maltby, Jr. at Yale University, where they wrote two musicals, Cyrano and Grand Tour, which were produced by the Yale Dramatic Association. Shire also co-fronted a jazz ensemble at Yale, the Shire-Fogg Quintet, and was a Phi Beta Kappa honors student, with a double major in English and music. He was a member of the Pundits and Elihu and he graduated magna cum laude in 1959.The most expensive item with a signature of David Shire (David Shire Signed Autographed Auto 8 x 10 Photo Photograph AMQS Composer I 02) was sold in October 2013 for $89.99 while the cheapest item (composer DAVID SHIRE autograph HAND SIGNED index card LOT 158) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2017. The month with the most items sold (2) was June 2019 with an average selling price of $44.97 for an autographed item of David Shire. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2013 with $89.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.47 was November 2012. In average, an autographed item from David Shire is worth $17.50.
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David Shire Composer AMQS So It Goes Like It Goes Hand Signed 3x5 Card | $15.00 | ||
David Shire composer songwriter signed autographed photo Saturday Night Fever | $60.71 | ||
David Shire composer songwriter signed autographed photo Saturday Night Fever | $67.46 | ||
David Shire composer songwriter signed autographed photo Saturday Night Fever | $74.95 | ||
DAVID SHIRE FILM & TV COMPOSER SIGNED PHOTO | $20.00 | ||
David Shire Film Score Composer Music Notes Signed 3x5 Index Card C11528 | $24.50 | ||
David Shire Film Score Composer Music Notes Signed 3x5 Index Card C8629 | $35.00 | ||
David Shire Musical Composer Signed Autograph Photo AMQ | $34.99 | ||
David Shire signed autograph 3x5 index card Composer / Songwriter | $15.00 | ||
David Shire Signed Autographed Auto 5 x 3 Index Card IDC AMQS Composer I 01 | $59.99 |