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Alfred "Al" Kasha (Brooklyn, January 22, 1937) is an American songwriter. He is best known for "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure.
Kasha started songwriting and producing at a young age and was hired as a producer at Columbia Records aged 22. He worked at the Brill Building in 1959 alongside writers and artists like Carole King, Neil Sedaka, Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Burt Bacharach, Hal David, and Neil Diamond. He has worked with many great artists such as Aretha Franklin ("Operation Heartbreak" and "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody"), Neil Diamond, Donna Summer ("I'm A Fire"), Charles Aznavour ("Dance In The Old Fashioned Way"), Bobby Darin ("Irresistible You"), and Jackie Wilson ("I'm Coming on Back To You," "My Empty Arms," "Forever And A Day," "Each Night I Dream Of You," "Lonely Life," and "Sing And Tell The Blues So Long"). Kasha is most noted for his years of collaboration with songwriter Joel Hirschhorn. The two wrote and collaborated on many nominated and award winning songs for many music groups, movies, and musicals. The Peppermint Rainbow's "Will You Be Staying After Sunday" is just one example of the many songs they wrote for groups during their time.
In the English language, kasha is a term for the pseudocereal buckwheat. In Central and Eastern Europe, especially Russia and Poland, kasha is a dish made of any kind of grains boiled in water or milk, possibly with additives, i.e., a porridge.
The largest gross consumption per capita is in Russia, with 15 kg (33 lb) per year, and Ukraine, with 12 kg (26 lb) per year. The share of buckwheat in the total consumption of cereals in Russia is 20%.
This English-language usage probably originated with Jewish immigrants, as did the form קאַשי kashi (technically plural, literally translated as "porridges").
The word generally refers to roasted whole-grain buckwheat or buckwheat groats. However, in Slavic Europe, it refers to porridge in general and can be made from buckwheat or any cereal wheat, barley, oats, millet and rye. At least 1,000 years old, kasha is one of the oldest known dishes in Central European and Eastern European cuisine.
In Russian, buckwheat is referred to formally as гречиха (grechikha) and buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats as гречневая крупа (grechnevaya krupa). Informally buckwheat grain and buckwheat groats are called гречка (grechka), and the porridge made from buckwheat groats is known as гречневая каша (grechnevaya kasha). In Polish, buckwheat porridge is referred to as kasza gryczana. Annual (2013) per capita consumption of groats in Poland is approx. 1.56 kg (3.4 lb) per year (130 g (4.6 oz) a month).
MR. AL KASHA has won awards and acclaim in every musical medium. In the combined areas of POP, R&B; and COUNTRY music, he has won two ACADEMY AWARDS for BEST SONG- "THE MORNING AFTER" from THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, and "WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN" from THE TOWERING INFERNO. MR. KASHA has also been nominated for two other Awards in BEST SONG and BEST SCORE for "CANDLE ON THE WATER' from WALT DISNEY'S musical PETE'S DRAGON. His TONY NOMINATIONS include the Broadway musicals COPPERFIELD and SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS. He has written a new book THE ULTIMATE BOOK ON SONGWRITING available for $14.99 on: Create Space https://www.createspace.com/4216082 Amazon http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Book-On-Songwriting/dp/1483925188/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid;=1368037524&sr;=8-2&keywords;=al+kasha...
Every month, Life After 50 magazine reaches over 560,000 people in Southern California. Check out what 2-time Oscar winner Al Kasha has to say to this renowned magazine. "May each one find his peace." Loving the Silent Tears: A New Musical Only on October 27, 2012 2pm: Art Exhibit 3pm: Red Carpet Arrivals 4pm: Show Shrine Auditorium 665 West Jefferson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 Find Your Peace at http://www.SilentTearsMusical.com Share Your Peace at http://www.facebook.com/SilentTearsMusical http://www.twitter.com/lovesilenttears
Satine performing "Candle on the Water" by Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn from Disney's Pete's Dragon at "AllStars 70s" - a show put together in just four days by the cast and crew of AllStars comprising of group songs and dances devised by the tutors, auditioned pieces prepared by the cast and dialogue created by the cast with assistance from the staff. Aged 11.5 years
From Supreme Master Television's 4th Year Anniversary, this song was based off of one of Supreme Master Ching Hai's poems and written by 2-time Oscar winner Al Kasha. Singing the song is Liz Callaway, Melissa Manchester, Melba Moore, Karen Ziemba, Leah Allers, and Kashif. Enjoy!