Cahn, Sammy

Sammy Cahn Lyricist Samuel Cohen, New York City, June 18, 1913; Beverly Hills, California, January 15, 1993. Cahn produced many hit songs from the mid-1930s through the late 1950s. His major collaborators were Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne and Jimmy Van Heusen . Cahn was an extremely quick writer whose quality belied his huge output. Cahn was raised on New York’s Lower East Side, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland. He learned to play the violin from his mother, and began playing in local bands…