Terry Kirkman

ABOUT TERRY KIRKMAN

Writer of hit songs Cherish and Requiem for the Masses. He was a founding member of the vocal group The Association.

He was influenced early on in his career by Frank Zappa .

His Requiem for the Masses by The Association was a moving harmony piece about the Vietnam War.

His family was residing in Salina, Kansas, when he was born. He introduced Beverly Bivens, sister of a girl he was dating in 1964, to folk-rock group We Five.

He made notable contributions to several classic 1980s films, including Pretty in Pink, which starred Molly Ringwald .