A.K.A. Doc Pomus

Doc Pomus’ dramatic life is one of American music’s great untold stories. Paralyzed with polio as a child Brooklyn-born Jerome Felder reinvented himself as a blues singer renaming himself Doc Pomus then emerged as one of the most brilliant songwriters of the early rock and roll era writing “Save the Last Dance for Me” “This Magic Moment” “A Teenager in Love” “Viva Las Vegas” and dozens of other hits. Spearheaded and co-produced by his daughter Sharyn Felder and packed with incomparable music and rare archival imagery this documentary features interviews with collaborators and friends including Dr. John Ben E. King Joan Osborne Shawn Colvin Dion Leiber and Stoller and B.B. King as well as passages from Doc’s private journals read by his close friend Lou Reed.