Awards & Winners

Paul Jabara

Date of Birth 31-January-1948
Place of Birth Brooklyn
(United States of America, New York City, New York, New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Paul Frederick Jabara, Paul Jebari
Profession Songwriter, Actor, Singer
Paul Jabara was an American actor, singer, and songwriter of Lebanese ancestry, born in Brooklyn, New York City. He wrote Donna Summer's "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday and Barbra Streisand's song "The Main Event/Fight" from The Main Event. He cowrote the Weather Girls hit, "It's Raining Men" with Paul Shaffer. Jabara's cousin and close friend Jad Azkoul is also a Lebanese-American musician specialising in classical guitar.

Awards by Paul Jabara

Check all the awards nominated and won by Paul Jabara.

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song The Main Event
The Main Event

1979


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Last Dance
(Thank God It's Friday)

Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Last Dance
Thank God It's Friday

1978


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Last Dance
(Thank God It's Friday)
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song
Honored for : Last Dance
(Songwriter)

Nominations 1978 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best R&B Song Last Dance
Academy Award for Best Original Song Last Dance
Thank God It's Friday