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."
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 251-275 of 401 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 148778 | 10-in. | 7/2/1929 | The flippity flop | Tom Frawley ; Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | [W]148849 | 10-in. | 7/24/1929 | True blue Lou | Gay Ellis | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Columbia | 148899 | 10-in. | 8/20/1929 | Shoo shoo boogie boo | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 148900 | 10-in. | 8/20/1929 | Do I know what I'm doing (While I'm in love) | Golden Gate Orchestra [California Ramblers] ; Irving Kaufman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | 148981 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | You want lovin' (But I want love) | Jim Andrews ; The Georgians [Paul Specht Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W149000 | 10-in. | 9/13/1929 | True blue Lou | Ipana Troubadours ; Sam Lanin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | [W]149742 | 10-in. | 1/8/1930 | If I were king | Hotel Biltmore Music ; Bert Lown ; Frank Smith | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W149962 | 10-in. | 2/5/1930 | If I were king | The Columbia Photo Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | [W]149972 | 10-in. | 2/7/1930 | If I were king | Sid Garry | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | W149991 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | (Up on top of a rainbow) Sweepin' the clouds away | The Columbia Photo Players | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W149992 | 10-in. | 2/14/1930 | In my little hope chest | The Columbia Photo Players | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | [W]149997 | 10-in. | 2/19/1930 | Up on top of a rainbow, sweepin' the clouds away | Lloyd Keating and his Music ; Jack Lord | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W150010 | 10-in. | 2/21/1930 | Sing, you sinners | Charleston Chasers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W150057 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | (Up on top of a rainbow) Sweeping the clouds away | Buddy Rogers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | [W]150060 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | Sing, you sinners | Lloyd Keating and his Music | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | [W]150112 | 10-in. | 3/24/1930 | Sing, you sinners | Willard Robison | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Columbia | W150139 | 10-in. | 3/27/1930 | Sing, you sinners | Blue Grass Boys ; Lee Morse | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist | |
Columbia | W151628 | 10-in. | 6/22/1931 | Just one more chance | Ben Selvin and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W151804 | 10-in. | 9/21/1931 | You didn't know the music (I didn't know the words) | Ipana Troubadours ; Sam Lanin | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W152347 | 10-in. | 1/10/1933 | Moon song | Art Kassel and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Columbia | W152350 | 10-in. | 1/13/1933 | Twenty million people | Art Kassel and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W152430 | 10-in. | 7/5/1933 | Moonstruck | Irene Collins ; Fran Frey and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with female-male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Columbia | W152433 | 10-in. | 7/5/1933 | Learn to croon | Fran Frey and his Orchestra [Selvin's Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W152486 | 10-in. | 9/8/1933 | Thanks | Lew Conrad ; Meyer Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | W152487 | 10-in. | 9/8/1933 | The day you came along | Lew Conrad ; Meyer Davis Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coslow, Sam," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
Coslow, Sam. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
"Coslow, Sam." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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