Alan and Marilyn Bergman sure knew how to put words to music, and they did that successfully over four decades during which they won Academy Awards and Emmys.

One of those award-winning songs is "Windmills of Your Mind" from the movie "The Thomas Crown Affair." Here's the official Sting version of the song on YouTube. And here's a short with an interesting analysis of the song.

Alan died last year, three years after his wife died. They were married from 1958 to 2022. Marilyn's tribute is Episode 155, titled "Love the Lyrics to 'The Way We Were'? Marilyn Bergman was One of the Inspired Writers."

The thumbnail photo for this episode is from 2002. It's credited to John Mathew Smith and is available on Wikipedia under the license CC BY-SA 2.0. The original photo shows the couple together. You can see the full version in the chapters.

The art that frames two sides of the photo was created by Bob Jones.

In 2007, Alan Bergman recorded “Lyrically, Alan Bergman,” an album of their own songs. It's available as a CD or streaming on Amazon Music. Also, you can learn more about the couple by visiting their official website.

Song of the Day creator Sheldon Zoldan researched, wrote and narrated this short story, one of 35 tributes to music stars who passed away in 2025. Song of the Day used to be a daily feature delivered to an email list of subscribers. Sheldon ended it in early 2026 which, I suppose, means that Song of the Day deserves a tribute of its own. The good thing is that the tributes to music makers live on. Each is a snapshot of the life of one music maker whose work made an impact on the lives of many.

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