American composer Sammy Cahn was one of the last of the "tin pan alley" school of tunesmiths. After five years of churning out specialty numbers and nightclub material, Cahn wrote his first film score for the 1940 Andrews Sisters/Ritz Brothers vehicle Argentine Nights. Inasmuch as the songs in this picture contained such lyrics as "Amigo we go riding tonight," Cahn had nowhere to go but up. His first big hit, "I've Heard That Song Before," was featured in the B-plus musical Youth on Parade (1942). In 1947's It Happened in Brooklyn, Cahn wrote for Frank Sinatra for the first time. It was a professional "marriage" which would result in one top-ten success after another for Sinatra over the next three decades: "Time After Time," "All the Way," "High Hopes," "The Second Time Around," "Call Me Irresponsible," "My Kind of Town" and many more. While several of these songs were not written with Sinatra in mind ("Call Me Irresponsible" was sung by Jackie Gleason in Papa's Delicate Condition [1963]), it was Ol' Blue Eyes' interpretations that made them famous. Working most often in collaboration with Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn wrote for both Hollywood and Broadway during his long career: his best remembered theatrical show was Mary Martin's Peter Pan (1953) ("I Gotta Crow," "I'm Flying," etc.). Nominated 30 times for the Academy Award, Cahn took home the gold-plated statuette on four occasions. In his last two decades, Sammy Cahn showed up frequently on TV and in live concerts; an ingratiating ham, Cahn could go on all night and into the next day with his "And then I wrote..." routine.
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Return to Never Land
Featured Music |
2002 | |||
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Betsy's Wedding
Featured Music |
1990 | |||
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GoodFellas
Featured Music |
1990 | |||
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Falling in Love Again
Songwriter |
1980 | |||
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Heidi's Song
Featured Music |
1980 | |||
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The Stud
Composer (Music Score) |
1978 | |||
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I Will, I Will for Now
Featured Music |
1976 | |||
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That's Entertainment Part II
Archival Appearance |
1976 | |||
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The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox
Songwriter |
1976 | |||
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Paper Tiger
Songwriter |
1975 | |||
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Whiffs
Songwriter |
1975 | |||
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Welcome to Arrow Beach
Songwriter |
1974 | |||
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A Touch of Class
Songwriter |
1973 | |||
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Night Watch
Songwriter |
1973 | |||
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The Great Bank Robbery
Songwriter |
1969 | |||
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A Flea in Her Ear
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1968 | |||
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Star!
Songwriter |
1968 | |||
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
Composer (Music Score) |
1967 | |||
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Texas Across the River
Songwriter |
1966 | |||
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The Oscar
Songwriter |
1966 | |||
| 1965 | ||||
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Robin and the Seven Hoods
Composer (Music Score) |
1964 | |||
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The Hanged Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1964 | |||
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Where Love Has Gone
Songwriter |
1964 | |||
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Come Blow Your Horn
Songwriter |
1963 | |||
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Come Fly With Me
Songwriter |
1963 | |||
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Under the Yum Yum Tree
Songwriter |
1963 | |||
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Pocketful of Miracles
Songwriter |
1961 | |||
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The Pleasure of His Company
Songwriter |
1961 | |||
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High Time
Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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Surprise Package
Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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The World of Suzie Wong
Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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Wake Me When It's Over
Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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Who Was That Lady?
Songwriter |
1960 | |||
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A Hole in the Head
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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Career
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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Holiday for Lovers
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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Say One for Me
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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The Best of Everything
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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They Came to Cordura
Songwriter |
1959 | |||
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Home Before Dark
Songwriter |
1958 | |||
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Indiscreet
Songwriter |
1958 | |||
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Party Girl
Songwriter |
1958 | |||
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Rock-A-Bye Baby
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1958 | |||
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Some Came Running
Songwriter |
1958 | |||
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Don't Go Near the Water
Songwriter |
1957 | |||
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Paris Holiday
Songwriter |
1957 | |||
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Until They Sail
Songwriter |
1957 | |||
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Anything Goes
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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Forever Darling
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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Meet Me in Las Vegas
Lyricist |
1956 | |||
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Pardners
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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Quincannon, Frontier Scout
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Somebody Up There Likes Me
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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The Court Jester
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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The Opposite Sex
Composer (Music Score) |
1956 | |||
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Written on the Wind
Songwriter |
1956 | |||
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Ain't Misbehavin'
Songwriter |
1955 | |||
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Pete Kelly's Blues
Composer (Music Score) |
1955 | |||
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The Tender Trap
Songwriter |
1955 | |||
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A Woman's World
Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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Indiscretion of an American Wife
Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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Three Coins in the Fountain
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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Vera Cruz
Songwriter |
1954 | |||
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Peter Pan
Songwriter |
1953 | |||
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Terminal Station
Songwriter |
1953 | |||
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Three Sailors and a Girl
Producer |
1953 | |||
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April in Paris
Songwriter |
1952 | |||
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Because You're Mine
Songwriter |
1952 | |||
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She's Working Her Way Through College
Songwriter |
1952 | |||
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Double Dynamite
Songwriter |
1951 | |||
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Sugarfoot
Songwriter |
1951 | |||
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Two Tickets to Broadway
Screen Story |
1951 | |||
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Always Leave Them Laughing
Songwriter |
1949 | |||
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Ladies' Man
Composer (Music Score) |
1947 | |||
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Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Songwriter |
1946 | |||
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The Kid from Brooklyn
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1946 | |||
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Anchors Aweigh
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1945 | |||
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Eadie Was a Lady
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1945 | |||
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Carolina Blues
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1944 | |||
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Jam Session
Composer (Music Score) |
1944 | |||
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Janie
Songwriter |
1944 | |||
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Knickerbocker Holiday
Songwriter |
1944 | |||
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Youth on Parade
Composer (Music Score) |
1943 | |||
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Lucky Legs
Composer (Music Score) |
1942 | |||
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Two Yanks in Trinidad
Songwriter |
1942 | |||
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Go West, Young Lady
Composer (Music Score) |
1941 | |||
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Honolulu Lu
Songwriter |
1941 | |||
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Rookies on Parade
Screen Story |
1941 | |||
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Time out for Rhythm
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1941 | |||
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Two Latins from Manhattan
Songwriter |
1941 | |||
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Argentine Nights
Composer (Music Score), Songwriter |
1940 |


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