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Sammy Cahn
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter Born: June 18, 1913 in New York City, NY Death: January 15, 1993 in California Biography: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... Full Biography
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