Sam Coslow
Sam Coslow (December 27, 1902 – April 2, 1982) was an American songwriter, singer, film producer, publisher and market analyst. 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 with Larry Spier and made a number of recordings as a performer. With the explosion of film musicals in the late 1920s, Hollywood attracted a number of ambitious young songwriters, and Coslow joined them in 1929. Coslow and his partner Larry Spier sold their publishing business to Paramount Pictures and Coslow became a Paramount songwriter. One of his first assignments for the studio was the score for the 1930 film The Virtuous Sin. 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 was married to actress Esther Muir from 1934 to 1948, and they had a daughter Jacqueline Coslow, who also worked as an actress. In 1953 he married cabaret singer, Frances King, of Cafe Societie duo Noble & King. Sam and Frances remained married until his death in 1982. Together they have a daughter, Cara Coslow who gained notoriety as Head of Casting for Carsey Werner Productions and the Producer of the television series Dante's Cove. Cara is also an author of two books. During the 1960s Coslow's work shifted from music and film to market analysis. During this time Coslow founded the publishing company Investor's Press, which published investing books and the newsletter "Indicator Digest." During the 1970s Coslow wrote two books, "Cocktails for Two" which focused on his musical career and "Super Yields" which focused on investing. He died in Bronxville in 1982. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 27, 1902 (New York City), Died April 2, 1982 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1919 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer, songwriter, tenor vocal, speaker
Notes: Credited in Victor ledgers as "The Broadway minstrel."
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 276-300 of 401 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W152532 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | I guess it had to be that way | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers ; Walter Cummins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152674 | 10-in. | 1/12/1934 | This little piggie went to market | George Olsen and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | 29989 | 10-in. | 3/21/1941 | Romance in the dark | Eddie Heywood Orchestra ; Billie Holiday | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W100365 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | If I were king | Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | W100369 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | In my little hope chest | Rudy Marlow and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
Columbia | W351043 | 10-in. | 6/18/1931 | Just one more chance | Selvin’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W351125 | 10-in. | 11/5/1931 | You didn't know the music (And I didn't know the words) | Eddie Droesch Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W365028 | 10-in. | 7/14/1931 | Just one more chance | Sammy Fain | Male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | 853 | 10-in. | approximately July 1919 | Pickaninny dreams | OKeh Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-7906 | 10-in. | May 1921 | Daddy won't you please come home | Black Devil Orchestra ; J. Tim Brymn ; Gertrude Saunders | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
OKeh | 9540 | 10-in. | 2/26/1926 | When autumn leaves are falling | Merritt Brunies ; Friars Inn Orchestra [Merritt Brunies] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | 9798 | 10-in. | June 1926 | I'm just wild about animal crackers | Al Turk's Orchestra ; Earl Hayden | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | S-70070 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | I didn't start in to love you (Until you stopped loving me) | Daisy Martin ; Tampa Blue Jazz Band | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
OKeh | S-70096 | 10-in. | Aug. 1921 | Dixie | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70326 | 10-in. | Nov. 1921 | All by my lonesome blues | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | S-70697 | 10-in. | June 1922 | Deedle deedle dum | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
OKeh | S-70886 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | When you're near | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
OKeh | 71229 | 10-in. | Jan. 1923 | Wanita (Wanna eat? Wanna eat?) | Billy Jones | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | songwriter | |
OKeh | S-73021 | 10-in. | 12/16/1924 | I ain't got nobody to love | The Goofus Five ; Billy Jones | Jazz/dance ensemble, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | 74328 | 10-in. | Sept. 1926 | I never knew what the moonlight could do (Till the night I met you) | Abe Essig ; Ritz-Carlton Casa Valencia Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
OKeh | 74341 | 10-in. | 9/7/1926 | She's still my baby | Araby Gardens Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W80223 | 10-in. | 11/24/1926 | Hello! Swanee, hello! | Peerless Four | Male vocal quartet, with banjo, piano, and traps | lyricist | |
OKeh | W80684 | 10-in. | 3/30/1927 | (Does she love me) Positively—absolutely | Les Reis | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
OKeh | W81889 | 10-in. | 11/29/1927 | Lonely melody | Seger Ellis ; Lanin’s Famous Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
OKeh | W400642 | 10-in. | 4/30/1928 | Was it a dream | Rube Bloom ; Noel Taylor | Male vocal solo, with piano | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coslow, Sam," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
Coslow, Sam. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
"Coslow, Sam." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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