- Brother-in-law of Richard Bernstein.
- Tony Thomas on Shire: "... a composer who fully understands the difference between underlining a sentiment and over-playing emotional impact.".
- Along with lyricist Richard Maltby Jr., he composed several Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, including Baby (1983), Starting Here, Starting Now (1977), Closer Than Ever (1989) and Big (1996) (based on the Tom Hanks film Big (1988)).
- Ex-son-in-law of Carmine Coppola and Italia Coppola. Ex-brother-in-law of Anton Coppola, August Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola.
- Father of Matthew Shire (born in 1975) and David Shire (born in 1992).
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