Sam Coslow

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Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 - April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer and film producer. Coslow was born in New York City. He began writing songs as a teenager. He contributed songs to Broadway revues, formed the music publishing company Spier and Coslow in 1928 and made a number of vocal recordings.

With the explosion of film musicals in the late 1920s, Hollywood attracted a number of ambitious young songwriters and Coslow joined the exodus in 1929. Coslow and his partner Larry Spier sold their publishing business to Paramount Pictures and Coslow became a Paramount songwriter. He formed a successful partnership with composer Arthur Johnston and together they provided the scores for a number of films including Bing Crosby vehicles. Coslow became a film producer in the 1940s and won the Academy Award for Best Short Film for his production Heavenly Music in 1943. He died in New York City.

Songs

• "Bebe" (music by Abner Silver). A 1923 song inspired by film actress Bebe Daniels.
• "True Blue Lou" (music by Richard Whiting) from the 1929 film The Dance of Life
• "Sing You Sinners" (music by W. Frank Harling). Introduced by Lillian Roth in the 1930 film Honey
• "Just One More Chance" (music by Arthur Johnston). The first major success for Bing Crosby as a solo recording artist.
• "Thanks" (music by Arthur Johnston). Introduced by Bing Crosby and Judith Allen in the 1933 film Too Much Harmony
• "The Day You Came Along” (music by Arthur Johnston). Introduced by Bing Crosby and Judith Allen in the 1933 film Too Much Harmony
• "Learn To Croon" (music by Arthur Johnston). Introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1933 film College Humor
• "Cocktails For Two" (music by Arthur Johnston). Introduced by Carl Brisson in the 1934 film Murder at the Vanities
• "My Old Flame" (music by Arthur Johnston). Introduced by Mae West with Duke Ellington & his Orchestra in the 1934 film Belle of the Nineties
• "Beware My Heart" (words and music by Coslow). Introduced by Vaughn Monroe in the 1946 film Carnegie Hall.