Celebrating the Music of Sammy Cahn
Many years ago, Tita Cahn invited me to lunch and shared many stories about her famous husband, songwriter Sammy Cahn, born June 18, 1913. Over the course of his career, Sammy wrote hundreds of songs, many with composers Jimmy Van Heusen and Jules Styne. There's no doubt that Frank Sinatra liked Sammy's music; he recorded 89 of Sammy's songs, several multiple times. At that first lunch meeting, Tita Cahn recalled hearing us play the Dean Martin spoof of "I Love Las Vegas," which opens "Drink to me only ..." "Sammy wrote those parody lyrics for Dean," she said. But she said he didn't want anyone to know until he was gone because he didn't want his songwriter friends to be mad at him for changing their lyrics.
Celebrate the music of Sammy Cahn all weekend by inviting your music loving friends to tune in and sample the music. Share this email with them and tell them to follow these simple instructions. Go to
http:/MartiniInTheMorning.com - Click Login & Listen and when prompted, enter Username: Sammy Password: Cahn. They can listen through Tuesday, June 22.
(Our stream works great on computers and Android devices. To listen on an Apple/iOS device (iPhone, iPad, iPod), you'll need the StreamS HiFi Radio app. Email the name and email address of the person who needs the app and we'll gift it to them - Sorry, US only.)
