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- ↑ Peter Dunbavan An Avid's Guide to Sixties Songwriters 2017 - 1524633453 "Barkan started his career as a songwriter in New York's Brill Building and scored his first hit with a song co-written with Sandy Baron and George Paxton, titled 'The Writing on the Wall'. The original version was by US singer Adam Wade."