Saul Chaplin(1912-1997)
- Music Department
- Producer
- Composer
Composer, songwriter ("Bei Mir Bist Du Schon," "Until the Real Thing
Comes Along," "Anniversary Song"), pianist, conductor, arranger, author
and producer, educated at the NYU School of Commerce. As a young man,
he joined an orchestra as pianist, and Sammy Cahn was in that orchestra as
a violinist. He joined ASCAP in 1936 and came to Hollywood in 1941. His
chief musical collaborators included Sammy Cahn and Johnny Mercer. His other
popular-song compositions include "Rhythm Is Our Business" (the Jimmy
Lunceford theme), "Shoe Shine Boy," "Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes,"
"Please Be Kind," "If It's the Last Thing I Do," "Joseph, Joseph,"
"Posin'," "Dedicated to You," "Inspiration," "Tell Me Why," "You
Wonderful You," and "Pipes of Pan."
