Stept, Sam

Sam Stept Composer active in the 1930s and 1940s Samuel H. Stept, Odessa, Russia, September 18, 1897; Los Angeles, California, December 1, 1964. The Stept family settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after emigrating to the United States in 1900. As a teenager, Stept worked first as a pianist for a local music publisher, then as an accompanist on the vaudeville circuit. By the early 1920s, he was leading his own dance band. His first hit came in 1928 with lyricist Bud Green on “That’s My…