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American lyricist, songwriter, musician

This article is about composer Sammy Cahn. For child actor Sammy Kahn, meet Sammy Kahn.

Sammy Cahn
Cahn circa 1958
Background information
Birth proper noun	Samuel Cohen
Born	(1913-06-18)June 18, 1913 New York Urban center, U.S.
Died	Jan 15, 1993(1993-01-fifteen) (aged 79) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Lyricist, musician
Instruments	Piano, Violin

Musical artist

Samuel Cohen (June 18, 1913 – January 15, 1993), known professionally as Sammy Cahn, was an American lyricist, songwriter, and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, besides as stand-lonely songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area. He and his collaborators had a series of hitting recordings with Frank Sinatra during the singer'due south tenure at Capitol Records, only too enjoyed hits with Dean Martin, Doris Day and many others. He played the pianoforte and violin, and won an Oscar iv times for his songs, including the popular hit "Three Coins in the Fountain".

Among his nearly enduring songs is "Allow It Snowfall! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", cowritten with Jule Styne in 1945.^[1]

Life and career [edit]

Cahn was built-in Samuel Cohen in the Lower Due east Side of New York Urban center, the but son (he had four sisters) of Abraham and Elka Reiss Cohen, who were Jewish immigrants from Galicia, then ruled by Republic of austria-Hungary.^{[2] [3]} His sisters, Sadye, Pearl, Florence, and Evelyn, all studied the piano. His female parent did not corroborate of Sammy studying it though, feeling that the pianoforte was a adult female's instrument, so he took violin lessons.^[four] After three lessons and post-obit his bar mitzvah, he joined a pocket-sized dixieland band called Pals of Harmony, which toured the Catskill Mountains in the summer and too played at private parties.^[iv] This new dream of Cahn's destroyed any hopes his parents had for him to be a professional person human.^[five]

Some of the side jobs he had were playing violin in a theater-pit orchestra, working at a meat-packing plant, serving equally a movie-house usher, tinsmith, freight-elevator operator, restaurant cashier, and porter at a bindery. At age 16, he was watching vaudeville, of which he had been a fan since the age of 10, and he witnessed Jack Osterman singing a ballad Osterman had written. Cahn was inspired and, on his style home from the theater, wrote his start lyric, which was titled "Like Niagara Falls, I'yard Falling for You – Baby."^[4] Years afterward he would say "I think a sense of vaudeville is very strong in annihilation I exercise, anything I write. They even phone call it 'a vaudeville terminate,' and it comes through in many of my songs. But sing the terminate of 'All the Way' or 'Three Coins in the Fountain'—'Make information technology mine, get in mine, Brand IT MINE!' If yous let people know they should applaud, they will applaud."^[v]

Much of Cahn's early on piece of work was written in partnership with Saul Chaplin.^[4] They first met when Cahn invited Chaplin to audition for him at the Henry Street Settlement. Cahn said, "I'd learned a few chords on the piano, maybe two, so I'd already tried to write a vocal. Something I chosen 'Shake Your Head from Side to Side.'" Billed only as "Cahn and Chaplin" (in the way of "Rodgers and Hart"), they equanimous witty special material for Warner Brothers' musical brusque subjects, filmed at Warners' Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn, New York.

"There was a legendary outfit on West 46th Street, Beckman and Pransky ... they were the MCA, the William Morris of the Borscht Belt. I got a room in their offices, and nosotros started writing special material. For anybody who'd have u.s.a.—at whatever cost." They did non make much coin, but they did work with upwardly-and-comers Milton Berle, Danny Kaye, Phil Silvers, and Bob Hope.^[v]

One of his childhood friends was Lou Levy, who had gone from neighborhood bum to greasepaint dancer with the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra.

Lyric writing has always been a thrilling adventure for me, and something I've done with the kind of ease that merely comes with joy! From the beginning the fates have conspired to aid my career. Lou Levy, the eminent music publisher, lived effectually the corner and nosotros met the solar day I was leaving my first music publisher'south role. This led to a partnership that has lasted many years. Lou and I wrote "Rhythm is Our Business," material for Jimmie Lunceford'southward orchestra, which became my first ASCAP copyright. I'd been churning out "special lyrics" for special occasions for years and this helped facilitate my tremendous speed with lyric writing. Many might have written these lyrics better—simply none faster! Glen Grayness and Tommy Dorsey became regular customers and through Tommy came the enduring and perhaps near satisfying relationship of my lyric writing career – Frank Sinatra.^[6]

The song became the Orchestra's signature vocal. The duo then worked for Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra and their premiere at Paramount Theatre. They as well worked for Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy and they wrote "Until the Real Affair Comes Along".^[5]

Cahn wrote the lyrics to "Love and Marriage," which was used as the theme vocal for the Fob TV testify Married... with Children. The song originally debuted in a 1955 goggle box product of Our Town, and won an Emmy Honour in 1956. This was only ane of many songs that Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen wrote for Frank Sinatra. They were "near considered to be his personal songwriters."^[seven]

Cahn contributed lyrics for two otherwise unrelated films about the Land of Oz, Journey Back to Oz (1971) and The Wizard of Oz (1982). The erstwhile were composed with Van Heusen, the latter with Allen Byrns, Joe Hisaishi, and Yuichiro Oda.

Cahn became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He later took over the presidency of that organisation from his friend Johnny Mercer when Mercer became ill.^[viii] While not possessing a great voice, Cahn sang concerts of his own music with pianist and composer Harper MacKay serving as his musical director and accompanist.^{[9] [x]}

Personal life [edit]

Cahn died on January fifteen, 1993, at the historic period of 79 in Los Angeles, California from heart failure. His remains were interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

He changed his final name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid defoliation with comic and MGM actor Sammy Cohen^[11] and once again from Kahn to Cahn to avoid defoliation with lyricist Gus Kahn.

He was married twice: first in 1945 to vocalist and one-time Goldwyn girl Gloria Delson^[12] with whom he had two children. They divorced after eighteen years of matrimony. In 1965, she remarried world class tennis actor, Mike Franks. In 1970, he married Virginia (Tita) Curtis, a former fashion coordinator for the clothes designer Donald Brooks. He was the father of Laurie Cahn and jazz/fusion guitarist Steve Khan^[vii] who, early in his career, inverse the spelling of his last name to Khan in order to "create a separate identity from [his] famous father" and because he was "so hurt and angry with him for so many babyhood things."^[13]

Honors, awards and legacy [edit]

Over the form of his career, he was nominated for 31 Academy Awards, 5 Gold Earth Awards, and an Emmy Award. He also received a Grammy Honor nomination, with Van Heusen, for Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show for the motion picture Robin and the 7 Hoods. He has won the Christopher Award, the Outer Critics Circumvolve Award, and the Theatre World Award (for Best Newcomer to Broadway).^[xiv]

In 1988, the Sammy Motion picture Music Awards (the "Sammy"), an almanac honour for movie songs and scores, was started in his honor.^[15] When notified by Roger Lee Hall, Cahn said he was "flattered and honored" that these awards were named after him.^[16] He was called considering he had received more Academy Award nominations than whatever other songwriter, and likewise because he received iv Oscars for his song lyrics.

In 1993, taking up the sentiments expressed in the vocal, "High Hopes," the Cahn estate established the "High Hopes Fund" at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. The former Joslin patient and songwriter's goal was to provide hope and encouragement to kids with diabetes while supporting research into the causes of the disease.

The lyrics he wrote for Sinatra are the subject of a chapter in Gilbert Gigliotti'southward A Storied Singer: Frank Sinatra as Literary Conceit, "Come [Fly, Dance, and Waltz with] The states on Equal Terms: The Whitmanesque Sinatra of Sammy Cahn," published by Greenwood Printing in 2002.

Music [edit]

Cahn wrote lyrics for many songs, including:

University Award winners

• 1954 – "3 Coins in the Fountain" (music by Jule Styne) introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film 3 Coins in the Fountain.
• 1957 – "All the Way" (music by Jimmy Van Heusen) introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film The Joker Is Wild.
• 1959 – "High Hopes" (music by Van Heusen) introduced by Frank Sinatra and Eddie Hodges in the motion-picture show A Hole in the Head.
• 1963 – "Call Me Irresponsible" (music by Van Heusen) introduced by Jackie Gleason in the film Papa'southward Delicate Condition.

Academy Award nominees

• 1942 – "I've Heard That Song Before" (music by Styne) from the moving-picture show Youth on Parade.
• 1944 – "I'll Walk Lone" (music by Styne) from the moving picture Follow the Boys.^[17]
• 1945 – "Anywhere" (music past Styne) from the moving-picture show Tonight and Every Night.
• 1945 – "I Fall in Love Too Easily" (music by Styne) introduced by Frank Sinatra in the picture show Anchors Aweigh.
• 1948 – "It's Magic" (music by Styne) introduced past Doris Day in the film Romance on the High Seas.
• 1949 – "It's a Peachy Feeling" (music by Styne) introduced by Doris Day in the film It'due south a Peachy Feeling.
• 1950 – "Be My Dearest" (music past Nicholas Brodszky) introduced by Mario Lanza and Kathryn Grayson in the film The Toast of New Orleans.
• 1951 – "Wonder Why" (music by Brodszky) introduced by Jane Powell and Vic Damone in the picture show Rich, Immature and Pretty.
• 1952 – "Because You lot're Mine" (music by Brodszky) introduced by Mario Lanza in the film Because You lot're Mine.
• 1955 – "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (music by Brodszky) introduced by Doris Day in the film Dear Me or Leave Me.
• 1955 – "(Love Is) The Tender Trap" (music by Van Heusen) introduced past Frank Sinatra in the film The Tender Trap.
• 1956 – "Written on the Wind" (music by Victor Young) for the motion-picture show Written on the Wind.
• 1958 – "To Honey and Be Loved" (music past Van Heusen) for the film Some Came Running.
• 1959 – "The Best of Everything" (music by Alfred Newman) for the pic The All-time of Everything.
• 1960 – "The Second Fourth dimension Around" (music past Van Heusen) for the film Loftier Fourth dimension.
• 1960 – "Own't That a Kick in the Head?" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Bounding main'south xi
• 1961 – "Pocketful of Miracles" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Pocketful of Miracles.
• 1964 – "Where Dearest Has Gone" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Where Love Has Gone. (Likewise Aureate World nominee)
• 1964 – "My Kind of Town" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Robin and the seven Hoods.
• 1967 – "Thoroughly Modernistic Millie" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Thoroughly Modernistic Millie. (Likewise Golden World nominee)
• 1968 – "Star" (music by Van Heusen) for the film Star!. (Besides Gilt Globe nominee)
• 1973 – "All That Dearest Went to Waste" (music by George Barrie) for the film A Touch of Grade. (Likewise Golden Earth nominee)
• 1974 – "Now That We're In Love" (music by Barrie) for the film Whiffs. (Besides Golden Globe nominee)

Other well-known songs

• "All My Tomorrows" (with Jimmy Van Heusen)
• "Bei mir bist du schoen" (English version, with Saul Chaplin) (music by Sholom Secunda)
• "Christmas Is For Children" (with Gary Bruce)
• "The Christmas Waltz" (with Jule Styne)
• "Come Dance with Me" (with Van Heusen)
• "Come Wing with Me" (with Van Heusen)
• "Day by Day" (with Paul Weston and Axel Stordahl)
• "5 Minutes More" (with Styne)
• "Home in the Meadow", lyrics to the melody of Greensleeves for the movie How the West Was Won (1962)
• "I Judge I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (with Styne)
• "I'll Never Stop Loving You lot" (with Nicholas Brodzsky)
• "I Should Care" (with Paul Weston and Axel Stordahl)
• "I Notwithstanding Go Jealous" (with Styne)
• "Information technology's Been a Long, Long Time" (with Styne)
• "Permit It Snowfall, Allow Information technology Snowfall, Let It Snow" (with Styne)
• "Let Me Try Again" (with Paul Anka and Caravelli)
• "Await to Your Centre" (with Van Heusen)
• "Beloved and Wedlock" (with Van Heusen)
• "Mr. Alcohol" (with Van Heusen)
• "Papa, Won't Y'all Trip the light fantastic toe with Me" (with Styne)
• "Please Be Kind" (with Saul Chaplin)
• "Rhythm Is Our Business" (with Chaplin)
• "Saturday Dark (Is the Loneliest Night of the Week)" (with Styne)
• "Second Star to the Correct" from Peter Pan (1953 moving-picture show) (with Sammy Fain)
• "Teach Me This evening" (with Gene de Paul)
• "The Things Nosotros Did Last Summer" (with Styne)
• "The Surreptitious of Christmas" (with Van Heusen)
• "Time Afterwards Time" (with Styne)
• "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (with Saul Chaplin, Alberta Nichols, Mann Holiner, Due east.F. Freeman)
• "You're a Lucky Guy" (with Chaplin)
• "You Can Wing! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" from Peter Pan (1953 film) (with Fain)
• "Your Mother and Mine" from Peter Pan (1953 film) (with Fain)
• "Only Trust Your Heart" (1964), with Benny Carter

Lyrics for film musicals include Journey Back to Oz (1971) (music by Van Heusen) and The Magician of Oz (1982) (music by Joe Hisaishi).

Stage [edit]

Cahn wrote the lyrics for the following Broadway musicals:

• 1944 – Glad to Run across Y'all music by Jule Styne
• 1947 – Loftier Button Shoes music by Styne
• 1965 – Skyscraper music by Jimmy Van Heusen
• 1966 – Walking Happy music by Van Heusen
• 1970 – Look to the Lilies music by Jule Styne

References [edit]

1. ^ "Nearly this person: Jule Styne". The New York Times. December 3, 2013. Archived from the original on Dec iii, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
2. ^ Bloom, Nate (December 19, 2006). "The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs". InterfaithFamily. Retrieved Dec 19, 2006.
3. ^ Bloom, Nate (Dec 22, 2014). "All those Holiday/Christmas Songs: Then Many Jewish Songwriters!". Jewish World Review.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Pop Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 390/1. ISBN0-85112-939-0.
5. ^ ^{a b c d} Nolan, Frederick, American Song Lyricists, 1920–1960, Gale, ISBN 978-0-7876-6009-three, 2002
6. ^ Sammy Cahn Songbook. Warner Bros. Publications Inc. 1986. ASIN B000EA1TTW.
7. ^ ^{a b} Holden, Stephen, "Sammy Cahn, Word Weaver Of Tin can Pan Alley, Dies at 79",The New York Times, January sixteen, 1993.
8. ^ "Songwriters Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on October 1, 2006.
9. ^ Albert Williams (November sixteen, 1989). "Sammy Cahn: Words and Music/The Large Baby". Chicago Reader.
10. ^ "Harper MacKay; Composer, Arranger of Music for Films, TV". Los Angeles Times. June eight, 1995.
11. ^ "Sammy Cohen (I) (1902–1981)", IMDb.
12. ^ Gloria Delson, IMDb.
13. ^ "Steve Khan "JAZZIZ" twenty Questions". Stevekhan.com.
14. ^ "Sammy Cahn Interview 1975 Brian Linehan's City Lights". YouTube. Archived from the original on November xviii, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
15. ^ "The Sammy Awards". April 22, 2006. Archived from the original on Apr 22, 2006. Retrieved August eighteen, 2021.
16. ^ A Guide To Film Music: Songs and Scores. PineTree Printing. 2007. p. 60.
17. ^ Gilliland, John (1994). Pop Chronicles the 40s: The Lively Story of Pop Music in the 40s (audiobook). ISBN978-1-55935-147-viii. OCLC 31611854. Tape 2, side A.

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Eatables has media related to Sammy Cahn.

• Sammy Cahn at IMDb
• Sammy Cahn at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sammy Cahn at the Net Off-Broadway Database
• Sammy Cahn discography at Discogs
• Sammy Cahn Centennial Tribute
• The Sammy Film Music Awards
• Sammy Cahn papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Motion picture Arts and Sciences

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