Awards & Winners

Sammy Cahn

Date of Birth 18-June-1913
Place of Birth Lower East Side
(New York City, New York, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as S. Cahn, Samuel Cohen, Cahn, Sammy Kahn
Profession Songwriter, Lyricist, Musician, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Score Composer
Sammy Cahn was an American lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for his romantic lyrics to films and Broadway songs, as well as stand-alone songs premiered by recording companies in the Greater Los Angeles Area. He and his collaborators had a series of hit recordings with Frank Sinatra during the singer's tenure at Capitol Records, but also enjoyed hits with Dean Martin, Doris Day and many others. He played the piano and violin. He won the Academy Award four times for his songs, including the popular song "Three Coins in the Fountain". Among his most enduring songs is "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!", cowritten with Jule Styne in 1945.

Awards by Sammy Cahn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sammy Cahn.

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, Non-Resident Production Words and Music
for the production at the Ford's Theatre

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song My Little Friend
Paper Tiger
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Now That We're In Love
Whiffs

1975


Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Now That We're In Love
Whiffs

1974


Outer Critics Circle Special Award

Nominations 1974 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song All That Love Went To Waste
A Touch Of Class

1973


Nominations 1973 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song All That Love Went To Waste
A Touch of Class

1969


Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Star!
Star!

1968


Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Academy Award for Best Original Song Star!
Star!
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Music The Legend of Robin Hood

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Walking Happy
Academy Award for Best Original Song Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year The September of My Years
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Where Love Has Gone
Where Love Has Gone

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song My Kind of Town
Robin and the 7 Hoods
Academy Award for Best Original Song Where Love Has Gone
Where Love Has Gone

1963


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Call Me Irresponsible
(Papa's Delicate Condition)

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year Call Me Irresponsible
Academy Award for Best Original Song Call Me Irresponsible
Papa's Delicate Condition

1961


Nominations 1961 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Pocketful Of Miracles
Pocketful Of Miracles

1960


Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year The Second Time Around
Academy Award for Best Original Song The Second Time Around
High Time

1959


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : High Hopes
(A Hole in the Head)

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Song of the Year High Hopes
Academy Award for Best Original Song High Hopes
A Hole in the Head
Academy Award for Best Original Song The Best of Everything
The Best of Everything

1958


Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song To Love and Be Loved
Some Came Running

1957


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : All the Way
(The Joker Is Wild)

Nominations 1957 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song All the Way
The Joker Is Wild

1956


Primetime Emmy Award for Best Musical Contribution For Television
Honored for : Producers' Showcase
(For episode Our Town., Best Musical Contribution - For the song Love and Marriage)

Nominations 1956 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Written on the Wind
Written on the Wind
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Musical Contribution For Television Producers' Showcase
Best Musical Contribution - For the score","For episode \"Our Town\".
Primetime Emmy Award for Best Musical Contribution For Television Producers' Showcase
Best Musical Contribution - For the song \"Love and Marriage\"","For episode \"Our Town\".

1955


Nominations 1955 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song I'll Never Stop Loving You
Love Me or Leave Me
Academy Award for Best Original Song (Love Is) the Tender Trap
The Tender Trap

1954


Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Three Coins in the Fountain
(Three Coins in the Fountain)

Nominations 1954 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Three Coins in the Fountain
Three Coins in the Fountain

1952


Nominations 1952 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Because You're Mine
Because You're Mine

1951


Nominations 1951 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Wonder Why
Rich, Young and Pretty

1950


Nominations 1950 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Be My Love
The Toast of New Orleans

1949


Nominations 1949 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song It's a Great Feeling
It's a Great Feeling

1948


Nominations 1948 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song It's Magic
Romance on the High Seas

1945


Nominations 1945 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song Anywhere
Tonight and Every Night
Academy Award for Best Original Song I Fall in Love Too Easily
Anchors Aweigh

1944


Nominations 1944 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song I'll Walk Alone
Follow the Boys

1942


Nominations 1942 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Song It Seems I Heard That Song Before
Youth on Parade