Marcia Hines - Something’s Missing (In My Life) (1979)

Paul Jabara - Something’s Missing (In My Life) (1978)

(Paul Jabara - Jay Asher)
 USA
Original version

On album Keeping Time, on Casablanca label.

Brooklyn-born Paul Jabara (1948-1992) was a prolific songwriter identified with the 70s disco movement, as well as a producer, actor, and composer for film and stage. 

Paul Jabara’s compositions include:

• Donna Summers – Last Dance (1978, #3 USA, from Thank God It’s Friday);
• Barbra Streisand – The Main Event/Fight (1979, #3 USA, co-write with Bob Esty & Bruce Roberts, from The Main Event);
• Barbra Streisand & Donna Summers – No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) (1979, #1 USA, co-write with Bruce Roberts);
• The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men (1983, #46 USA, #3 UK, co-write with Paul Shaffer); also by Geri Halliwell (2001, #1 UK, from Bridget Jones’s Diary).

Paul Jabara is often credited with co-founding the Red Ribbon Project. This promoted the red ribbon as a symbol of AIDS awareness, an influential example of using a coloured ribbon in this way.

Further reading: 1. JayAsher.com 2. PaulJabara.com 3. Paul Jabara-Red Ribbon Project entry at Wikipedia. 4. Paul Jabara filmography at IMDb. 5. Paul Jabara page at The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS.