Gender
Male
Born
Jun 18, 1913
New York, New York, USA
Died
Jan 15, 1993
Los Angeles, California, USA
Performer Writer Lyricist Composer Musical Director
Also Known As
Samuel Cohen [Birthname]
  • CREDITS
    Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional lyrics by Glen Kelly, Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Tausha Hammed, Clarence Williams, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Howard Johnson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Billy Higgins, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
    • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
    Come Fly Away (Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
    Thoroughly Modern Millie (Apr 18, 2002 - Jun 20, 2004)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring "Thoroughly Modern Millie" written by Sammy Cahn; Featuring "The Speed Test" written by W. S. Gilbert; Featuring "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" written by Rida Johnson Young; Featuring "Muqin" written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
    Those Were the Days (Nov 07, 1990 - Feb 24, 1991)
    Musical, Original
    • Words by Itsik Manger, Mani Leib, Ben Bonus, Jack Yeller, Jacob Jacobs and Nellie Casman; Yiddish Lyrics by Chana Mlotek, Robert Abelson and Moishe Rosenfeld; English Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
    Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
    Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, Ellas McDaniel, Jack Palmer, Andy Razaf, Dorothy Fields, Al J. Nieburg, Manny Curtis, Irving Mills, Sammy Cahn, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Harry Brooks, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Ted Koehler, Big Maybelle Smith, Grant Clarke, W. C. Handy, Alex Hill and Leroy Kirkland
    Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! (Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
    Special, Benefit
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jerry Ross, Fred Ebb, Sammy Cahn, Allan Sherman, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Frank Loesser, Carolyn Leigh and Richard Adler
    The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
    Special, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Leo Robin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Fred Ebb, Carolyn Leigh, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer, Alan Jay Lerner, Irving Caesar and Sammy Cahn
    Jule's Friends at the Palace (May 19, 1974 - May 19, 1974)
    Special, Benefit
    • Performer: Sammy Cahn
      • Introduction - Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Merrill, Frank Loesser, Benny Krueger and Ned Miller
    Words & Music (Apr 16, 1974 - Aug 03, 1974)
    Musical, Original
    • Performer: Sammy Cahn
      • Original
    • Book by Sammy Cahn
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    • Musical Director: Sammy Cahn and Richard Leonard
    Look to the Lilies (Mar 29, 1970 - Apr 19, 1970)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    Walking Happy (Nov 26, 1966 - Apr 16, 1967)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    Skyscraper (Nov 13, 1965 - Jun 11, 1966)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    Come on Strong (Oct 04, 1962 - Nov 03, 1962)
    Play, Original
    • Title song by Sammy Cahn
    Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden (Oct 02, 1962 - Nov 03, 1962)
    Special, Original
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    The Littlest Revue (May 22, 1956 - Jun 17, 1956)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional music and lyrics by: John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, John Strauss, Sidney Shaw, Sammy Cahn and Michael Brown
    Two's Company (Dec 15, 1952 - Mar 08, 1953)
    Musical, Original
    • Additional Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    High Button Shoes (Oct 09, 1947 - Jul 02, 1949)
    Musical, Original
    • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
    On the Record (Nov 09, 2004 - Jul 31, 2005)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs by Robert B. Sherman, Sonny Burke, Sammy Cahn, Floyd Huddleston, Stephen Schwartz, Frank Churchill, Phil Collins, Eliot Daniel, Mack David, Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd, Terry Gilkyson, Sammy Fain, Leigh Harline, Winston Hibler, Al Hoffman, Elton John, Jack Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Jerry Livingston, Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Al Rinker, Ted Sears, Richard M. Sherman, Carl Stalling, Oliver G. Wallace, Matthew Wilder and Allie Wrubel
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Floyd Huddleston, Howard Ashman, Sammy Cahn, Phil Collins, Eliot Daniel, Mack David, Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd, Sammy Fain, Ray Gilbert, Winston Hibler, Bob Hilliard, Elton John, Jack Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Jerry Livingston, Larry Morey, Randy Newman, Tim Rice, Al Rinker, Stephen Schwartz, Ted Sears, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Glenn Slater, Ned Washington, Matthew Wilder and David Zippel
    Some Like It Hot (Jun 04, 2002 - May 11, 2003)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Joe Grey, Leo Wood and Sammy Cahn
    Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Oct 02, 1990 - Sep 08, 1991)
    Musical, Original
    • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
  • AWARDS

    Tony Award®

     

    Best Composer and Lyricist

    1967 | Nominee  | Walking Happy
    Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
     

    Best Musical

    1967 | Nominee  | Walking Happy
    Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
     

    Best Musical

    1966 | Nominee  | Skyscraper
    Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

    Theatre World

    Special Award

    1974 | Recipient
    Sammy Cahn
Bullets Over Broadway (Apr 10, 2014 - Aug 24, 2014)
Musical, Original
  • Additional lyrics by Glen Kelly, Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Tausha Hammed, Clarence Williams, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, Howard Johnson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Billy Higgins, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
  • Additional music by Harry DeCosta, Edwin Edwards, James D. LaRocca, W.H. Ragas, Anthony Sbarbaro, Larry Shields, Andy Razaf, Don Redman, Charles McCarron, Carey Morgan, Sammy Cahn, Saul Chaplin, Clarence Williams, Tausha Hammed, Fred Fisher, Joseph J. McCarthy, Sidney Arodin, Hoagy Carmichael, Ray Henderson, Cole Porter, Sam Theard, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, A. Harrington Gibbs, Joe Grey, Leo Wood, Milton Ager, Joe Young, W. Benton Overstreet, Perry Bradford, Roy Carew, Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams, Burt Clarke, George Clarke, Winston Tharp, Neil Moret, Richard Whiting and Arthur Swanstone
Come Fly Away (Mar 25, 2010 - Sep 05, 2010)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Benny Goodman, Jimmy Mundy, Charles Christian, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Frank Eyton, John Green, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Bart Howard, Al Hoffman, Walter Kent, Manny Kurtz, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, Cole Porter, Count Basie, Jon Hendricks, John Klenner, Sam M. Lewis, Roy Alfred, Billy May, Dolores "Vicki" Silvers, Irving Berlin, Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn, Johnny Burke, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Paul Anka, Claude François, Jacques Revaux, Gilles Thibault, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Lew Spence, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Henry Mayer, Hans Bradtke, Paul Desmond, Gene de Paul, Dean Kay, Kelly L. Gordon, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Carolyn Leigh, Cy Coleman, Josef Joe Myrow and Mack Gordon
Thoroughly Modern Millie (Apr 18, 2002 - Jun 20, 2004)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring "Thoroughly Modern Millie" written by Sammy Cahn; Featuring "The Speed Test" written by W. S. Gilbert; Featuring "I'm Falling in Love with Someone" written by Rida Johnson Young; Featuring "Muqin" written by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young
Those Were the Days (Nov 07, 1990 - Feb 24, 1991)
Musical, Original
  • Words by Itsik Manger, Mani Leib, Ben Bonus, Jack Yeller, Jacob Jacobs and Nellie Casman; Yiddish Lyrics by Chana Mlotek, Robert Abelson and Moishe Rosenfeld; English Lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Feb 26, 1989 - Sep 01, 1990)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim
Black and Blue (Jan 26, 1989 - Jan 20, 1991)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Henry Creamer, Ellas McDaniel, Jack Palmer, Andy Razaf, Dorothy Fields, Al J. Nieburg, Manny Curtis, Irving Mills, Sammy Cahn, Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins, Harry Brooks, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, Frank Eyton, Leslie Johnakins, Andy Kirk, Ted Koehler, Big Maybelle Smith, Grant Clarke, W. C. Handy, Alex Hill and Leroy Kirkland
Happy Birthday, Mr. Abbott! (Jun 22, 1987 - Jun 22, 1987)
Special, Benefit
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Lorenz Hart, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Jerry Ross, Fred Ebb, Sammy Cahn, Allan Sherman, Irving Berlin, Sheldon Harnick, Frank Loesser, Carolyn Leigh and Richard Adler
The American Dance Machine (Jun 14, 1978 - Dec 03, 1978)
Special, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Leo Robin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Fred Ebb, Carolyn Leigh, Billy Strayhorn, Johnny Mercer, Alan Jay Lerner, Irving Caesar and Sammy Cahn
Jule's Friends at the Palace (May 19, 1974 - May 19, 1974)
Special, Benefit
  • Performer: Sammy Cahn
    • Introduction - Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Stephen Sondheim, Bob Merrill, Frank Loesser, Benny Krueger and Ned Miller
Words & Music (Apr 16, 1974 - Aug 03, 1974)
Musical, Original
  • Performer: Sammy Cahn
    • Original
  • Book by Sammy Cahn
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
  • Musical Director: Sammy Cahn and Richard Leonard
Look to the Lilies (Mar 29, 1970 - Apr 19, 1970)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Walking Happy (Nov 26, 1966 - Apr 16, 1967)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Skyscraper (Nov 13, 1965 - Jun 11, 1966)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
Come on Strong (Oct 04, 1962 - Nov 03, 1962)
Play, Original
  • Title song by Sammy Cahn
Eddie Fisher at the Winter Garden (Oct 02, 1962 - Nov 03, 1962)
Special, Original
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
The Littlest Revue (May 22, 1956 - Jun 17, 1956)
Musical, Original
  • Additional music and lyrics by: John Latouche, Sheldon Harnick, Lee Adams, Charles Strouse, John Strauss, Sidney Shaw, Sammy Cahn and Michael Brown
Two's Company (Dec 15, 1952 - Mar 08, 1953)
Musical, Original
  • Additional Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
High Button Shoes (Oct 09, 1947 - Jul 02, 1949)
Musical, Original
  • Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
On the Record (Nov 09, 2004 - Jul 31, 2005)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs by Robert B. Sherman, Sonny Burke, Sammy Cahn, Floyd Huddleston, Stephen Schwartz, Frank Churchill, Phil Collins, Eliot Daniel, Mack David, Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd, Terry Gilkyson, Sammy Fain, Leigh Harline, Winston Hibler, Al Hoffman, Elton John, Jack Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Jerry Livingston, Alan Menken, Randy Newman, Al Rinker, Ted Sears, Richard M. Sherman, Carl Stalling, Oliver G. Wallace, Matthew Wilder and Allie Wrubel
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Floyd Huddleston, Howard Ashman, Sammy Cahn, Phil Collins, Eliot Daniel, Mack David, Walt Disney, Jimmie Dodd, Sammy Fain, Ray Gilbert, Winston Hibler, Bob Hilliard, Elton John, Jack Lawrence, Peggy Lee, Jerry Livingston, Larry Morey, Randy Newman, Tim Rice, Al Rinker, Stephen Schwartz, Ted Sears, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Glenn Slater, Ned Washington, Matthew Wilder and David Zippel
Some Like It Hot (Jun 04, 2002 - May 11, 2003)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Joe Grey, Leo Wood and Sammy Cahn
Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Oct 02, 1990 - Sep 08, 1991)
Musical, Original
  • Featuring songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Irving Berlin, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Oscar Hammerstein II, Sheldon Harnick, Carolyn Leigh, Hugh Martin and Stephen Sondheim

Tony Award®

 

Best Composer and Lyricist

1967 | Nominee  | Walking Happy
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
 

Best Musical

1967 | Nominee  | Walking Happy
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn
 

Best Musical

1966 | Nominee  | Skyscraper
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

Theatre World

Special Award

1974 | Recipient
Sammy Cahn

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