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 326-350 of 401 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | XE31154 | 12-in. | 10/9/1929 | Brunswick Brevities program N, pt. 2 | Brunswick Salon Orchestra | Radio transcription disc : Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E32288 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | (Up on top of a rainbow) Sweepin’ the clouds away | Colonial Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E32584 | 10-in. | Apr. 1930 | Sing you sinners | Belle Baker | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E32630 | 10-in. | 4/10/1930 | En alas de la locura | Los Castilians ; José Moriche | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E36859 | 10-in. | 6/12/1931 | Just one more chance | Snooks Friedman Memphis Stompers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E37239 | 10-in. | 10/2/1931 | You didn’t know the music (I didn’t know the words) | Owen Fallon and his Californians [Victor Young Orchestra] | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E37309 | 10-in. | 10/22/1931 | You didn’t know the music (I didn’t know the words) | Jacques Renard Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | E2458-E2460 | 10-in. | 2/17/1926 | When autumn leaves are falling | The Ambassadors | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E3253-E3255 | 10-in. | 6/17/1926 | I’m just wild about animal crackers | The Bostonians | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E3295-E3297 | 10-in. | 6/25/1926 | Let’s call it a day | Chick Endor | Male vocal solo, with 2 violins and piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E3557-E3559 | 10-in. | 7/26/1926 | I never cried before I met you | Essex Club Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E3676-E3677 | 10-in. | 9/4/1926 | She’s still my baby | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E3868-E3869 | 10-in. | 9/29/1926 | She’s still my baby | Jay’s Chelsea Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E4231-E4232 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Hello! Swanee, hello! | Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E17992-E17994 | 10-in. | 2/15/1926 | When autumn leaves are falling | Jack Denny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E18143-E18145 | 10-in. | 3/1/1926 | When autumn leaves are falling | Jack Denny Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | E19412-E19414 | 10-in. | 6/1/1926 | I’m just wild about animal crackers | Six Jumping Jacks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E20055-E20056 | 10-in. | 9/7/1926 | She’s still my baby | Ben Bernie ; Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra ; Keller Sisters and Lynch | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal trio | composer | |
Brunswick | E20215-E20216 | 10-in. | 9/20/1926 | She’s still my baby | Wendell W. Hall | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Brunswick | E21004-E21006 | 10-in. | 12/21/1926 | Hello! Swanee, hello! | Macy and Smalle | Male vocal duet, with piano | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E21889-E21891 | 10-in. | 3/16/1927 | One summer night | Yale Hawaiian Trio | Vocal and instrumental trio (Hawaiian) | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E22287-E22288 | 10-in. | 4/6/1927 | Positively—absolutely! | Alice Boulden | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E22456-E22458 | 10-in. | 4/16/1927 | Positively—absolutely! | Alice Boulden | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
Brunswick | E22604-E22606 | 10-in. | 4/23/1927 | One summer night | Yale Hawaiian Trio | Vocal trio, with ukulele and guitars | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E22900-E22902 | 10-in. | 5/3/1927 | One summer night | Lew White | Organ solo | lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coslow, Sam," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
Coslow, Sam. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104876.
"Coslow, Sam." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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