Sammy Cahn
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. He and his collaborators had a series of hit recordings with Frank Sinatra during the singer's tenure at Capitol Records, but also enjoyed hits with Dean Martin, Doris Day and many others. He played the piano and violin, and won an Oscar four times for his songs, including the popular hit "Three Coins in the Fountain". Among his most enduring songs is "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", cowritten with Jule Styne in 1945. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 18, 1913 (New York City), Died January 15, 1993 (Los Angeles)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1955
Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, composer
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-88976 | 10-in. | 5/28/1935 | Rhythm is our business | Dudley Nix ; Tom Coakley Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-92027 | 10-in. | 5/23/1935 | Rhythm is our business | Frank Dailey ; Al Fish ; Meadowbrook Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-94513 | 10-in. | 8/14/1935 | Rhythm is our business | Joe Kennedy Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-98364 | 10-in. | 12/9/1935 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-98497 | 10-in. | 1/6/1936 | (If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes | Little Ramblers ; Eddie Lloyd | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-99158 | 10-in. | 2/16/1936 | Shoe shine boy | Hotel Charlotte Orchestra ; Bob Pope ; Dixie Lee Sothern | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-99921 | 10-in. | 3/27/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-100882 | 10-in. | 8/4/1936 | Shoe shine boy | Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-101301 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Wingy Manone Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-102402 | 10-in. | 8/1/1936 | Until the real thing comes along | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-04354 | 10-in. | 2/1/1937 | Dedicated to you | Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-04535 | 10-in. | 1/29/1937 | Dedicated to you | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-06463 | 10-in. | 3/26/1937 | Would you like to buy a dream? | Beatrice Douglas ; Teddy Hill NBC Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-09510 | 10-in. | 6/10/1937 | Would you like to buy a dream? | George Hamilton ; Music Box Music ; Lee Norton | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-09727 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | If it's the last thing I do | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-010527 | 10-in. | 6/8/1937 | Posin' | Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-010528 | 10-in. | 6/8/1937 | If you ever should leave me | Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-010559 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | If you should ever leave | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-010563 | 10-in. | 6/12/1937 | Posin' | Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-013356 | 10-in. | 9/8/1937 | If it's the last thing I do | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-017467 | 10-in. | 12/6/1937 | Just a simple melody | Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-017718 | 10-in. | 12/15/1937 | Bei mir bist du schon | Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017739 | 10-in. | 12/17/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017754 | 10-in. | 12/21/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017779 | 10-in. | 12/28/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Kate Smith | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-017783 | 10-in. | 12/29/1937 | Bei mir bist du schön | Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-018377 | 10-in. | 1/27/1938 | Bei mir bist du schön | Marimba Pan-Americana | Marimba band, with vocal | lyricist | |
Victor | PBS-019040 | 10-in. | 3/4/1938 | Joseph | Ozzie Nelson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-019304 | 10-in. | 6/1/1938 | I've been saving myself for you | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Gene Walsh | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-019566 | 10-in. | 2/11/1938 | Please be kind | Bama Boys | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-019682 | 10-in. | 2/18/1938 | Please be kind | Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-021055 | 10-in. | 3/1/1938 | Please be kind | Claude Thornhill Orchestra ; Maxine Sullivan | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-021127 | 10-in. | 3/9/1938 | Please be kind | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-023507 | 10-in. | 5/28/1938 | I've been saving myself for you | Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-023767 | 10-in. | 7/1/1938 | Laughing boy blues | Scat Powell ; Willie Farmer Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-028141 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Wait until my heart finds out | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-030325 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | It's easy to blame the weather | Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Victor | BS-031808 | 10-in. | 1/20/1939 | I want my share of love | Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-031866 | 10-in. | 1/31/1939 | I want my share of love | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-032963 | 10-in. | 3/12/1939 | Prosschai | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-033723 | 10-in. | 2/14/1939 | It's easy to blame the weather | Lyle "Spud" Murphy Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-036487 | 10-in. | 9/10/1939 | The girl with the pigtails in her hair | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-040237 | 10-in. | 7/3/1939 | Let's disappear | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Bill Stoker | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-040993 | 10-in. | 10/23/1939 | It's my turn now | Vincent Lopez ; Sonny Schuyler ; Suave Swing Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-041149 | 10-in. | 7/31/1939 | Hoy! Hoy! | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Al Stuart | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-041750 | 10-in. | 10/10/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Jimmy Brown ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | BS-042728 | 10-in. | 9/25/1939 | The girl with the pigtails in her hair | Hal Kemp Orchestra ; Smoothies | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-043319 | 10-in. | 10/26/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-043364 | 10-in. | 11/7/1939 | It's my turn now | Bob Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-043875 | 10-in. | 11/20/1939 | Love's got me down again | Blue Barron ; Charlie Fischer | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-043921 | 10-in. | 11/27/1939 | What used to was, used to was (Now it ain't) | Ziggy Elman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-051876 | 10-in. | 7/17/1940 | I could make you care | Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-054620 | 10-in. | 7/23/1940 | I could make you care | Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-054774 | 10-in. | 8/13/1940 | I could make you care | Bea Wain | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-055499 | 10-in. | 3/27/1941 | Twiddlin' my thumbs | Lou Bring ; Joan Merrill | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-061013 | 10-in. | 3/27/1941 | As if you didn't know | Lou Bring ; Joan Merrill | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | MBS-092768 | 10-in. | before 4/24/1951 | Sé mi amor | Fernando Fernández ; Orquesta Luis Arcaraz | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D4VB-0091 | 10-in. | 4/11/1944 | I'll walk alone | Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D4AB-0447 | 10-in. | 11/27/1944 | There goes that song again | Lewis Martin ; Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Victor | D4VB-0477 | 10-in. | 12/18/1944 | Saturday night (is the loneliest night of the week) | Ruth Gaylor ; Hal McIntyre Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Victor | D4VB-1036 | 10-in. | 11/20/1944 | I should care | The Sentimentalists ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ; Bonnie Lou Williams | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and female vocal quartet | lyricist | |
Victor | D4RB-1069 | 10-in. | 12/26/1944 | I'll walk alone | Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra | Tenor vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-0024 | 10-in. | 1/8/1945 | What makes the sunset | Kaydets ; Sammy Kaye Orchestra ; Billy Williams [1913-2001] | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-0358 | 10-in. | 8/13/1945 | It's been a long, long time | Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Irene Daye | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-0724 | 10-in. | 4/7/1945 | Can't you read between the lines? | Charlie Spivak Orchestra ; Irene Daye | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | D5VB-0815 | 10-in. | 10/31/1945 | Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! | Norton Sisters ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal group and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-1038 | 10-in. | 3/23/1945 | I fall in love too easily | Albert Sack ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D5VB-1039 | 10-in. | 3/23/1945 | Can't you read between the lines? | Albert Sack ; Dinah Shore | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | D5VB-1144 | 10-in. | 10/5/1945 | I'm glad I waited for you | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-1370 | 10-in. | 3/22/1946 | I've never forgotten | Betty Barclay ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-1605 | 10-in. | 1/31/1946 | Where did you learn to love | Stuart Foster ; Sentimentalists ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-2010 | 10-in. | 2/4/1946 | I love an old fashioned song | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Martin Men ; Clyde Rogers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal group and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-2011 | 10-in. | 2/4/1946 | You're the cause of it all | Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-2013 | 10-in. | 2/6/1946 | Day by day | Martha Stewart | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-2227 | 10-in. | 5/28/1946 | Give me five minutes more | Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-2698 | 10-in. | 8/30/1946 | The things we did last summer | Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D6VB-3382 | 10-in. | 12/12/1946 | What am I gonna do about you | Perry Como | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | D6VB-3383 | 10-in. | 12/12/1946 | I gotta gal I love (in North and South Dakota) | Perry Como ; The Satisfiers | Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-0063 | 10-in. | 1/16/1947 | Time after time | Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-0065 | 10-in. | 1/16/1947 | It's the same old dream | Stuart Foster ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-0131 | 10-in. | 2/10/1947 | Until the real thing comes along | Leslie Scott | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-0494 | 10-in. | 4/10/1947 | Please be kind | Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-0648 | 10-in. | 3/12/1947 | I believe | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1102 | 10-in. | 10/27/1947 | Hankerin' | Tex Beneke ; Moonlight Serenaders ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1103 | 10-in. | 10/27/1947 | I don't care if it rains all night | Moonlight Serenaders ; Garry Stevens ; Tex Beneke Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1210 | 10-in. | 6/26/1947 | I'm still sitting under the apple tree | Vaughn Monroe ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quintet and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1492 | 10-in. | 8/7/1947 | I still get jealous | Three Suns | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1493 | 10-in. | 8/7/1947 | Papa, won't you dance with me | Artie Dunn ; Sun Maids ; Three Suns | Female vocal group, with male vocal solo and instrumental trio | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1739 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | There's music in the land | Vaughn Monroe ; Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quartet and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1742 | 10-in. | 10/15/1947 | Ev'ry day I love you (just a little bit more) | Vaughn Monroe ; Moon Maids ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with female vocal quartet and jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-1774 | 10-in. | 10/21/1947 | I still get jealous | Marion Bell ; Charles Fredericks ; Thomas Lender Jones | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-2116 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | It's you or no one | Earle Hagen Orchestra ; Tony Martin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-2117 | 10-in. | 11/19/1947 | It's magic | Earle Hagen Orchestra ; Tony Martin | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | lyricist | |
Victor | D7VB-3047 | 10-in. | 12/28/1947 | Put 'em in a box, tie 'em with a ribbon (and throw 'em in the deep blue sea) | Ray McKinley ; Ray McKinley Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Columbia | W26343 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | You're just a no account | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W26344 | 10-in. | 12/13/1939 | You're a lucky guy | Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 32408 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | Until the real thing comes along | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | B24045 | 10-in. | 1/30/1939 | It's easy to blame the weather | Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Decca | 61056 | 10-in. | 4/16/1936 | Rhythm saved the world | Cahn-Chaplain Orchestra | vocalist | ||
Decca | L 8654 | 9/7/1955 | Life could not better be | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8655 | 9/7/1955 | The maladjusted jester | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8671 | 9/12/1955 | Where walks my true love | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8672 | 9/12/1955 | My heart knows a lovely song | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8677 | 9/15/1955 | I live to love | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8678 | 9/15/1955 | Willow, willow waley | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8679 | 9/15/1955 | Pass the basket | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8701 | 9/27/1955 | Outfox the fox | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8702 | 9/27/1955 | Life could not better be | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Decca | L 8703 | 9/27/1955 | I'll take you dreaming | Danny Kaye | songwriter | |||
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6999 | 10-in. | 3/9/1939 | Joseph! Joseph! | Orchestre musette Victor | Instrumental ensemble | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cahn, Sammy," accessed May 9, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103731.
Cahn, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 9, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103731.
"Cahn, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 May 2024.
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