Saul Chaplin

Saul Chaplin (February 19, 1912 – November 15, 1997) was an American composer and musical director. He was born Saul Kaplan in Brooklyn, New York. He had worked on stage, screen and television since the days of Tin Pan Alley. In film, he won three Oscars for collaborating on the scores and orchestrations of An American in Paris (1951), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) and West Side Story (1961).

Birth and Death Data: Born February 19, 1912 (Brooklyn), Died November 15, 1997 (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, composer, lyricist

Notes: Name appears as Saul Kaplan on some Victor disc labels.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-88976	10-in.	5/28/1935	Rhythm is our business	Dudley Nix ; Tom Coakley Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-92027	10-in.	5/23/1935	Rhythm is our business	Frank Dailey ; Al Fish ; Meadowbrook Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-94513	10-in.	8/14/1935	Rhythm is our business	Joe Kennedy Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-98364	10-in.	12/9/1935	(If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-98497	10-in.	1/6/1936	(If I had) Rhythm in my nursery rhymes	Little Ramblers ; Eddie Lloyd	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-99158	10-in.	2/16/1936	Shoe shine boy	Hotel Charlotte Orchestra ; Bob Pope ; Dixie Lee Sothern	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-99921	10-in.	3/27/1936	Rhythm saved the world	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-100882	10-in.	8/4/1936	Shoe shine boy	Roy Eldridge ; Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-101301	10-in.	4/9/1936	Rhythm saved the world	Wingy Manone Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-102402	10-in.	8/1/1936	Until the real thing comes along	Fats Waller and his Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-04354	10-in.	2/1/1937	Dedicated to you	Shep Fields ; Bobby Goday ; Rippling Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-04535	10-in.	1/29/1937	Dedicated to you	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-06463	10-in.	3/26/1937	Would you like to buy a dream?	Beatrice Douglas ; Teddy Hill NBC Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	PBS-09510	10-in.	6/10/1937	Would you like to buy a dream?	George Hamilton ; Music Box Music ; Lee Norton	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	PBS-09727	10-in.	10/6/1937	If it's the last thing I do	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-010527	10-in.	6/8/1937	Posin'	Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-010528	10-in.	6/8/1937	If you ever should leave me	Ken Drake Orchestra ; Jimmy Ray	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-010559	10-in.	6/12/1937	If you should ever leave	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-010563	10-in.	6/12/1937	Posin'	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey ; Edythe Wright	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-013356	10-in.	9/8/1937	If it's the last thing I do	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-017467	10-in.	12/6/1937	Just a simple melody	Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-017718	10-in.	12/15/1937	Bei mir bist du schon	Guy Lombardo ; Royal Canadians	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio	lyricist
Victor	BS-017739	10-in.	12/17/1937	Bei mir bist du schön	Jerry Blaine ; Phyllis Kenny ; Stream Line Rhythm	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble	lyricist
Victor	BS-017754	10-in.	12/21/1937	Bei mir bist du schön	Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-017779	10-in.	12/28/1937	Bei mir bist du schön	Kate Smith	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	lyricist
Victor	BS-017783	10-in.	12/29/1937	Bei mir bist du schön	Benny Goodman Quartet ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance quartet, with female vocal solo	lyricist
Victor	BS-018377	10-in.	1/27/1938	Bei mir bist du schön	Marimba Pan-Americana	Marimba band, with vocal	lyricist
Victor	BS-018790	10-in.	1/27/1938	Just a simple melody	Hotel Charlotte Orchestra ; Jimmie Livingston	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	PBS-019040	10-in.	3/4/1938	Joseph	Ozzie Nelson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	PBS-019304	10-in.	6/1/1938	I've been saving myself for you	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Gene Walsh	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-019566	10-in.	2/11/1938	Please be kind	Bama Boys	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-019682	10-in.	2/18/1938	Please be kind	Lola Bard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-021055	10-in.	3/1/1938	Please be kind	Claude Thornhill Orchestra ; Maxine Sullivan	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-021127	10-in.	3/9/1938	Please be kind	Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-023507	10-in.	5/28/1938	I've been saving myself for you	Benny Goodman Orchestra ; Martha Tilton	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-023767	10-in.	7/1/1938	Laughing boy blues	Scat Powell ; Willie Farmer Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-028141	10-in.	10/21/1938	Wait until my heart finds out	Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-030325	10-in.	11/29/1938	It's easy to blame the weather	Jack Leonard ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Victor	BS-031808	10-in.	1/20/1939	I want my share of love	Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Bea Wain	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-031866	10-in.	1/31/1939	I want my share of love	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Helen Forrest	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-032963	10-in.	3/12/1939	Prosschai	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-033723	10-in.	2/14/1939	It's easy to blame the weather	Lyle "Spud" Murphy Orchestra ; Clyde Rogers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	PBS-036487	10-in.	9/10/1939	The girl with the pigtails in her hair	Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-040993	10-in.	10/23/1939	It's my turn now	Vincent Lopez ; Sonny Schuyler ; Suave Swing Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-041149	10-in.	7/31/1939	Hoy! Hoy!	Bob Chester Orchestra ; Al Stuart	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-041750	10-in.	10/10/1939	You're a lucky guy	Jimmy Brown ; Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BS-042728	10-in.	9/25/1939	The girl with the pigtails in her hair	Hal Kemp Orchestra ; Smoothies	Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble	songwriter
Victor	BS-043319	10-in.	10/26/1939	You're a lucky guy	Artie Shaw Orchestra ; Tony Pastor	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-043364	10-in.	11/7/1939	It's my turn now	Bob Allen ; Hal Kemp Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-043875	10-in.	11/20/1939	Love's got me down again	Blue Barron ; Charlie Fischer	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-043921	10-in.	11/27/1939	What used to was, used to was (Now it ain't)	Ziggy Elman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-051876	10-in.	7/17/1940	I could make you care	Frank Sinatra ; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-054620	10-in.	7/23/1940	I could make you care	Gray Gordon ; Art Perry ; Tic-Toc Rhythm Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-054774	10-in.	8/13/1940	I could make you care	Bea Wain	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	PBS-055499	10-in.	3/27/1941	Twiddlin' my thumbs	Lou Bring ; Joan Merrill	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	PBS-061013	10-in.	3/27/1941	As if you didn't know	Lou Bring ; Joan Merrill	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D5VB-1027	10-in.	3/6/1945	A song to remember	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Artie Wayne	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D6VB-3544	10-in.	12/30/1946	Anniversary song	Tex Beneke ; Glenn Miller Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0131	10-in.	2/10/1947	Until the real thing comes along	Leslie Scott	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0494	10-in.	4/10/1947	Please be kind	Beryl Davis ; Toots Camarata Orchestra	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-0555	10-in.	5/26/1947	All my love	Freddy Martin Orchestra ; Freddy Martin	Male vocal solo, with male vocal ensemble and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	D7VB-3101	10-in.	12/30/1947	Anniversary song	Vaughn Monroe ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra	Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	W26343	10-in.	12/13/1939	You're just a no account	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	W26344	10-in.	12/13/1939	You're a lucky guy	Billie Holiday	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Columbia	32408	10-in.	2/10/1942	Until the real thing comes along	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	B24045	10-in.	1/30/1939	It's easy to blame the weather	Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	songwriter
Chess	U7010	10-in.	1947	Dedicated to you	The Five Blazes ; Ernie Harper		composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6999	10-in.	3/9/1939	Joseph! Joseph!	Orchestre musette Victor	Instrumental ensemble	songwriter

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Chaplin, Saul," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106979.

Chaplin, Saul. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106979.

"Chaplin, Saul." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.