Songs Written by Jacob BrackmanTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Jacob Brackman (born 1943) is an American writer, journalist, and musical lyricist. After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for Newsweek as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by The New Yorker. He subsequently worked as a film critic at Esquire magazine from 1969 until 1972. He met Carly Simon in 1968 when they were both working as counselors at a summer camp in the Berkshires and the two became... [more on Wikipedia]

As a songwriter, Jacob Brackman first charted in 1971 with That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be.The artist placed 6 songs on the Billboard Hot 100, one of which reached the Top‑10.The artist scored 1 UK Top‑75 entries.On US AC the artist achieved 3 Top‑10s.