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Nov 15, 1997 · Composer, Motion Picture Producer. Academy award-winning film figure of the 1930s to the 1950s. Won three Oscars (Best music, scoring of a musical picture) for his work as musical director on An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), and West Side Story, (1961), for which he also won a Grammy...
The song Until the Real Thing Comes Along was written by Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Slim Freeman, Mann Holiner and Alberta Nichols and was first recorded and released by Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell in 1936.
After graduating from NYU, Saul Chaplin teamed with lyricist Sammy Cahn and wrote songs for vaudeville. By the late 1930s, the team was producing a series of musical shorts at Vitaphone. Among their more successful tunes were "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (1938) and "Please Be Kind" (1938)....
The song Shoe Shine Boy was written by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin and was first recorded and released by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra in 1936. It was covered by Eiji Kitamura, Bob Pope and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Dixie Lee Sothern, Trio Jimmy Rena, Preston Jackson & Hayes Alvis with Barry Martyn's Band and other artists.
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 19, 2011 · In 1946, Saul Chaplin adapted Iosif Ivanovici's Romanian 'Waves of the Danube'; Al Jolson and Saul Chaplin wrote the lyrics.
Saul Chaplin. Music Department: West Side Story. Composer, songwriter ("Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Until the Real Thing Comes Along," "Anniversary Song"), pianist, conductor, arranger, author and producer, educated at the NYU School of Commerce. As a young man, he joined an orchestra as pianist, and Sammy Cahn was in that orchestra as a violinist. He joined ASCAP in 1936 and came to Hollywood in ...
