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One of 20th Century's most successful and admired lyricists. * Sammy Cahn was also the 1983 recipient of The Johnny Mercer Award, the SHOF’s highest honor. Sammy Cahn was nominated for more than 30 Oscars, and won four times. His songs were recorded by virtually every major singer.
Sammy Cahn (born June 18, 1913, New York, N. Y., U.S.—died Jan. 15, 1993, Los Angeles) 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.
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. He wrote songs with Saul Chaplin for the famed Cotton Club, which produced " Shoe Shine Boy " for ...
Jan 16, 1993 · By MYRNA OLIVER. Jan. 16, 1993 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Sammy Cahn, the burlesque violinist who grew up to write some of America’s favorite songs and win four Academy Awards for such tunes...
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.
Dec 13, 2013 · American songwriter Sammy Cahn, pictured above in 1987, would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. He died in 1993, at the age of 79. David Gaywood/AP. 2013 marked the 100th...
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.
