<Li> Joey Brooks and the Baroque Folk </Li> <Li> The Joe Brooks Group </Li> <P> Joseph Brooks, born Joseph Kaplan (March 11, 1938--May 22, 2011), and also known as Joe Brooks or Joey Brooks, was an American composer, director, producer, and screenwriter . He was a prolific writer of advertising jingles and wrote the hit songs "My Ship Is Comin' In", "If Ever I See You Again", and "You Light Up My Life", the latter being composed for the hit film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produced . In his later years he became the subject of an investigation after being accused of a series of casting - couch rapes . He was indicted in 2009, but committed suicide on May 22, 2011, before his trial . </P> <P> Brooks was born Joseph Kaplan on March 11, 1938 in Manhattan, and grew up in Manhattan and Lawrence, Long Island, New York . In later interviews, he claimed to have started playing piano at age 3 and writing plays at age 5, following his parents' divorce . As a child, he also developed a severe lifelong stutter that, according to his production partner Robert K. Lifton, would disappear when Brooks sang or acted . He later attended five different colleges, including Juilliard, but did not graduate from any . </P>

Who wrote the song you light up my life