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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.
Jan 15, 1993 · Sammy Cahn. Primarily a lyricist, Cahn sometimes wrote music. He was also a violinist and pianist. Over his career, Cahn was nominated 31 times for an Academy Award, winning four times. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972 and received a "Johnny Mercer Award" in 1983.
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. Soundtrack: Die Hard. 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 ...
A delicious attack, his words like rubber bullets providing an edge to camouflage endless acts of kindness. The song I'm proudest of is 'Call Me Irresponsible'—it contains five syllable words and I come from a one syllable neighborhood. The official website for the songwriter Sammy Cahn.
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...
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.
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.
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!
