| Songbook | |
|---|---|
| Music | Monty Norman |
| Lyrics | Monty Norman, Julian More |
| Book | Monty Norman, Julian More |
| Productions | 1979 London 1979 Wisbech 1981 Broadway |
| Awards | Olivier Award (Best New Musical 1979) Ivor Novello Award |
Songbook (New York title The Moony Shapiro Songbook) is a musical with music by Monty Norman and book and lyrics by Monty Norman and Julian More. The musical tells the improbable life story of a fictional songwriter, born in Liverpool in 1908, who has a colourful career with extraordinary successes and setbacks, loves and losses, and brushes with celebrities and historic events; he dies celebrated.
It premiered at the Gielgud Theatre in London on 25 July 1979, where it ran for 208 performances.