Sammy Cahn
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About
Known for songs such as Come Fly with Me and Love and Marriage. He was covered by numerous singing legends and used across multiple media.
Before Fame
He was a restaurant cashier, played violin in a theater-pit orchestra, worked at a meat-packing plant, and had other jobs as a tinsmith, freight-elevator operator, and bindery porter.
Trivia
He won four Academy Awards: for Three Coins in the Fountain from 1954, All the Way from 1957, High Hopes from 1959, and Call Me Irresponsible from 1963. He was nominated for 22 others.
Family Life
He was first married to vocalist and former Goldwyn girl Gloria Delson in 1945, with whom he fathered two children. He married his second wife, Virginia Tita Basile, in 1970.
Associated With
His collaborations with Frank Sinatra were closely examined by music scholars and historians.
