August 2 - Andrew Gold (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

 

Previous posts of August 2nd are here: Helen Morgan (2019), Arthur Bliss (2020), Jacob Collier (2021), Helen Morgan (2022), and Oscar Rasbach (2023)

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Andrew Gold (2 August – 3 June 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Observation

Gold’s song “Thank You for Being a Friend” was later re-recorded by Cynthia Fee to serve as the theme song for the NBC sitcom The Golden Girls.  – Wikipedia 

Because he wrote the theme which introduced

A sitcom which has never gotten old,

The money gave his bank account a boost,

The Golden Girls were gold for Andrew Gold.

 

 

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