“Life and Beth” podcast host Beth Lapides (left) and writer of over a thousand recorded songs, Allee Willis, at the City Council Chambers at the West Hollywood Library, February 20, 2019. Pic credit ...

The award-winning songwriter, with credits like Friends' iconic "I'll Be There for You" theme song and Earth, Wind & Fire's "September," died on Tuesday Benjamin VanHoose is the Senior News Editor on ...

Songwriter Allee Willis, famous for her work with Earth, Wind & Fire as well as the “Friends” theme and the “The Color Purple” Broadway song score, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 72. The cause ...

Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” as well as the theme song from the TV show “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” has died. She was 72.

Whether you watched the show or not, you can probably hum the theme song to Friends. Do you know who wrote it for the Rembrandts? And “September”—the Mercury‘s second favorite song—do you know who ...

The life of a professional songwriter can be wonderfully resistant to cookie-cutter narratives. Performers like Freddie Mercury or Amy Winehouse have humble beginnings, massive-hit highs, and ...

Allee Willis, who co-wrote "I'll Be There for You," which became the theme song for the TV show Friends, reportedly died on Christmas Eve. The beloved Grammy-winning and Emmy-nominated songwriter, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Allee Willis, the American songwriter famed as the co-composer of the ...

Musical collaborators, friends and fans took to social media on Christmas Day to pay homage to songwriter Allee Willis, who wrote or co-wrote such hits as Earth, Wind & Fire’s party anthem “September, ...

The mercurial North Hollywood home of famed songwriter Allee Willis—the woman behind mega hits like Earth Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” the “Friends” theme tune, “I’ll Be There For You,” and the ...

LOS ANGELES — Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical “The Color Purple” as well as the theme song from the TV show “Friends” and Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September,” has died ...