Carl Sigman

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Carl Sigman (born September 24, 1909 in Brooklyn , † September 26, 2000 in Manhasset ) was an American songwriter .

Life

Sigman, who grew up in New York , began writing songs instead of a career as a lawyer after being encouraged by his friend Johnny Mercer . He wrote Pennsylvania 6-5000 for Glenn Miller and Love Lies (1940) for Frank Sinatra / Tommy Dorsey . Crazy, He Calls Me (1949) was made famous by Billie Holiday .

He worked mainly as a lyricist, partly in cooperation with Bob Hilliard. He has also worked with Duke Ellington ( All Too Soon ), Jimmy Van Heusen ( I Could Have Told You ) and with Tadd Dameron ( If You Could See Me Now ). He co-wrote My Heart Cries For You with Percy Faith , recorded in 1951 by Dinah Shore , Guy Mitchell and Vic Damone . In 1953 he wrote Ebb Tide , made famous by both Frank Chacksfield and the Righteous Brothers . He also wrote the text for the title song of the film Love Story , Where Do I Begin , with which Andy Williams had a hit. He has also worked on the English language version of songs written in other languages ​​such as Answer Me , Till , The Day the Rains Came and What Now My Love .

In 1972, Sigman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Carl Sigman; Wrote Lyrics for Many Well-Known Songs Los Angeles Times , October 4, 2000
  2. ↑ Thedeadrockstarsclub.com - accessed December 2010
  3. ^ Obituary , The New York Times , Sept. 30, 2000
  4. ↑ Songwriters Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.songwritershalloffame.org
personal data
SURNAME Sigman, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 2000
Place of death Manhasset