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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | |
| 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 April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106979.
Chaplin, Saul. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106979.
"Chaplin, Saul." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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Wikipedia: Saul Chaplin
Discogs: Saul Chaplin
Allmusic: Saul Chaplin
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Britannica: Saul Chaplin
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LCNAR: Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93123449
Wikidata: Saul Chaplin - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q542481
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79164453
MusicBrainz: Saul Chaplin - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/75d6e626-3706-4c57-b36d-1eb888ae53dd
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