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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, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Jun 14, 2024 · Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist who, in collaboration with such composers as Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne, and Jimmy Van Heusen, wrote songs that won four Academy Awards and became number one hits for many performers, notably Frank Sinatra.
Sammy Cahn was nominated for more than 30 Oscars, and won four times. His songs were recorded by virtually every major singer. And he wrote some of the best known of all popular songs.
Sammy Cahn. Award-winning songwriter ("All the Way" [Academy Award, 1957], "Three Coins in the Fountain" [Academy Award, 1954], "Love and Marriage" [Emmy Award, 1955], "High Hopes" [Academy Award, 1959], "Call Me Irresponsible" [Academy Award, 1963]), composer, author and publisher, educated at Seward Park High School in New York.
Jan 16, 1993 · Sammy Cahn, the burlesque violinist who grew up to write some of America's favorite songs and win four Academy Awards for such tunes as "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "All...
In six decades, Sammy Cahn's career spanned every aspect of show business. He was born in New York City on June 18, 1913. At age 15, holding the record for truancy at Seward Park High, he began playing violin in the pit of the Bowery Burlesque.
Jan 16, 1993 · Sammy Cahn, one of the last American songwriters to embody the scrappy can-do spirit of Tin Pan Alley, died yesterday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79.
Sammy Cahn is one of the few lyricists whose every line gave the melody added power, beauty and resonance. I’m not saying the tunes wouldn’t have made it without him but they wouldn’t have had the same emotional impact, wit and wisdom—sometimes happy, sometimes sad—that Sammy imparted to every song he graced.
Jan 17, 1993 · SAMMY CAHN used to begin his stage act by singing one of his most successful later songs, 'Call Me Irresponsible'.
Sammy Cahn put words to some of the best-known popular songs of all time, including “Come Fly with Me,” “Love and Marriage,” “My Kind of Town,” “The Second Time Around,” “Let It Snow!
