NEW YORK (AP) — Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced “King of Kitsch” whose avalanche of music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s overwhelmed critical mockery and made him an ...
An un-poetic analogy now. Rod McKuen was to poetry what cheeseburgers are to haute cuisine - widely mocked and extremely popular, and maybe harder to do well than people think. Rod McKuen died this ...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (UPI) --Rod McKuen, perhaps America's most successful poet although not the most critically acclaimed, has died at age 81 in Los Angeles. In the 1960s and '70s, McKuen's books of ...
He turned out hundreds of songs and poems and records, including the Academy Award-nominated song "Jean" for the 1969 film 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.' By The Associated Press Rod McKuen - P 2015 ...
An un-poetic analogy now. Rod McKuen was to poetry what cheeseburgers are to haute cuisine - widely mocked and extremely popular, and maybe harder to do well than people think. Rod McKuen died this ...
Rod McKuen, the husky-voiced “King of Kitsch” whose music, verse and spoken-word recordings in the 1960s and ’70s won him an Oscar nomination and made him one of the best-selling poets in history, has ...