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Songwriter Biography: CAHN, SAMMY

CAHN, SAMMY         Hall of Fame
(Samuel Cohen)
Born: 1913 New York, NY
Died: 1993 Beverly Hills, CA
Collaborators: Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne, Jimmy Van Heusen

President of National Academy of Popular Music, which operates
the Songwriters Hall of Fame.  Frank Sinatra's favorite
lyricist.  Starred on Broadway and on tour in "Words and
Music", based on his song catalog.

Shows: Hot Chocolates of 1936, New Grand Terrace Revue, Cotton
Club Parade, High Button Shoes, Walking Happy, Two's Company,
Skyscraper, Look to the Lilies, Les Poupees de Paris,
Bojangles, Manhattan Showboat

Films: Anchors Aweigh, Tonight and Every Night, Tars and
Spars, The Kid from Brooklyn, Romance on the High Seas, Two
Guys from Texas, It's a Great Feeling, The Toast of New
Orleans, West Point Story, Rich Young and Pretty, April in
Paris, Peter Pan, Say One for Me, Let's Make Love, Meet Me in
Las Vegas, It Happened in Brooklyn, Road to Hong Kong, Robin
and the Seven Hoods, Carolina Blues, Step Lively, Glad to See
You, She's Working Her Way Through Colege, Three Sailors and a
Girl, You're Never Too Young, The Court Jester, The Opposite
Sex, Paris Holiday, Rock-a-Bye Baby, High Time, The Pleasure
Seekers, A Touch of Class

TV: Our Town, Journey Back to Oz, Jack and the Beanstalk

Principal Songs: All My Tomorrows, All the Way, Be My Love, Because
You're Mine, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, The Brooklyn Bridge, Call
Me Irresponsible, The Charm of You, Christmas Waltz, Come Blow
Your Horn, Come Dance with Me, Come Fly with Me, Come Out Come
Out Wherever You Are, Day by Day, Dedicated to You, The End of
the Rainbow, Ev'rybody Has the Right to Be Wrong, Five Minutes
More, Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, Hey Jealous Lover,
High Hopes, I Begged Her, I Believe, I Fall in Love Too
Easily, I Like to Lead when I Dance, I Should Care, I Still
Get Jealous, If It's the Last Thing I Do, I'll Never Stop
Loving You, I'll Only Miss Her when I Think of Her, I'll Walk
Alone, I'm Glad I Waited for You, It Gets Lonely Early, It's
Been a Long Long Time, It's Magic, It's the Same Old Dream,
It's You or No One, I've Heard That Song Before, Joseph
Joseph, The Last Dance, Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it
Snow!, Let Me Try Again, The Look of Love, Love and Marriage,
The Man with the Golden Arm, My Kind of Town, Only the Lonely,
Papa Won't You Dance with Me, Please Be Kind, Pocketful of
Miracles, Poor Little Rhode Island, Posin', Put'em in a Box,
Rhythm in My Nursery Rhymes, Rhythm Is Our Business, Ring-a-
Ding Ding, Same Old Saturday Night, The Same Old Song and
Dance, Saturday Night, The Second Time Around, The Secret of
Christmas, The September of My Years, Shoe Shine Boy, The
Song's Gotta Come from the Heart, Style, Teach Me Tonight,
Teamwork, The Tender Trap, There Goes That Song Again, The
Things We Did Last Summer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Three
Coins in the Fountain, Time After Time, To Love and Be Loved,
Until the Real Thing Comes Along, Vict'ry Polka, Walking
Happy, What Makes the Sunset, Wonder Why, You Can Fly! You Can
Fly! You Can Fly!, You're My Girl
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