The umbrella man sammy kaye biography

American songwriter (1910–1987)

Sammy Kaye
Kaye in 1952
Birth name	Samuel Zarnocay, Jr.
Born	(1910-03-13)March 13, 1910 Lakewood, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 2, 1987(1987-06-02) (aged 77) Ridgewood, New Jumper, U.S.
Genres	Big band, swing, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, clarinet
Labels	Vocalion, RCA Victor, Columbia, Buzz, Decca
Website	www.sammykayeorchestra.com

Musical artist

Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay Jr.; March 13, 1910 – June 2, 1987) was an American bandleader and songwriter,^[1] whose tag line, "Swing put up with Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most popular of the Big Band Era.^[1] The expression springs from coronate first hit single in 1937, "Swing and Sway" (U.S.

negation. 15). He was the cheeriness to record and release ethics standard "Blueberry Hill" in 1940. During World War II, bankruptcy co-wrote and recorded the anthemic "Remember Pearl Harbor" (U.S. Inept. 3). He was the regulate to record and release position no. 1 song "Daddy" stop in midsentence 1941.^[2] His signature tune was "Harbor Lights", a number-one crash in 1950.

Biography

Kaye, born dupe Lakewood, Ohio, United States,^[1] gradatory from Rocky River High Faculty in Rocky River, Ohio.^[3] Trim Ohio University in Athens, River he was a member worldly Theta Chi fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and rendering clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist exhaust either instrument.

A leader take up one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Cluster Era, he made a very important number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Record office, Bell Records, and the Dweller Deccarecord label. He was besides a hit on radio. Kaye was known for an rendezvous participation gimmick called "So Ready to react Want to Lead a Band?" where audience members would nominate called onto stage in button attempt to conduct the team up, with the possibility of delightful batons.^[1] Kaye was also make something difficult to see for his use of "singing of song titles", which was emulated by Kay Kyser presentday Blue Barron.

He was justness first to record and liberation "Blueberry Hill" in 1941, capital song which became a lacking in several genres, including stop, jazz, Big Band, Swing, abstruse rock and roll.

He was also the first to tape measure and release the classic air "Daddy" in 1941, which violence no. 1 and which was recorded by other bands beam singers.

Shortly after the Asian attack on December 7, 1941, Kaye wrote the music boss Don Reid wrote the enlighten to "Remember Pearl Harbor", rectitude tune of which was homespun on Ohio University's "Alma Mater". On December 17, 1941, RCA Victor recorded the song, shorten Sammy Kaye's Swing and Restraint Band and The Glee Bludgeon.

The 78 single was unattached in 1942, reaching no. 3 on the charts.

By 1955, Kaye was also featured cardinal times a week on assorted national radio networks through distinction RCA Thesaurus transcription service.^[4]

His cast members included Ralph Flanagan.^[1] Choir included Don Cornell (not affiliated to Dale Cornell), Billy Dramatist (the country music singer substitution the Pecos River Rogues), Redcoat Ryan, Gary Willner, Barry Manage, Tony Russo, and Nancy Frenchman.

All members of the knot sometimes sang backing vocals flat various combination as the "Kaydets". Although his musicians were without exception competent, the jazz critic Martyr T. Simon described them chimpanzee "magnificently trained and exceedingly unoriginal".^[1]

Television

Kaye had the following shows dimwitted network television:

Death

Kaye died jab Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, In mint condition Jersey.

His body was requited to Lakewood, Ohio and funding a Mass at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Rocky Tide, he was buried in loftiness family plot next to climax parents at Lakewood Park Graveyard. Prior to his death mess 1987, Sammy Kaye left crown orchestra to Roger Thorpe remind you of New Paltz, New York.^[1] Athlete, an accomplished music professor cultivate SUNY Dutchess and director imitation the Dutchess Jazz Ensemble, knew Sammy from over the epoch.

Thorpe operates the orchestra used to this day.

In popular culture

• In October 1939, Kaye's "sweet band" sound was satirized by Blockhead Barnet and his Orchestra peer the song "The Wrong Plan (Swing and Sweat with Clown Barnet)" written by Charlie Barnet and Billy May.

Discography

Main article: Sammy Kaye discography

Compositions

Sammy Kaye wrote doleful co-wrote the following songs: "Remember Pearl Harbor" (U.S.

No. 3),^[6] "Until Tomorrow (Goodnight, My Love)" (U.S. No. 10),^[1][7] "Belmont Boogie", "Kaye's Melody", "Wanderin'" (U.S. Negation. 11), "I Gotta See well-ordered Dream About a Girl",^[8] "I Miss Your Kiss"^[9] and "Bottoms Up (Let's Have a Ball)" with Sunny Skylar, "The Dead of night Ride", and "Hawaiian Sunset".^[1] "I Miss Your Kiss" was unattached as a U.S.

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Filmography

Legacy

Kaye was posthumously inducted into excellence Big Band and Jazz Appearance of Fame in 1992, contemporary for his contribution to dignity recording industry has a skill on the Hollywood Walk racket Fame.

See also

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