Sammy Kaye (1910 — 1987) was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter.
Read Full Bio ↴Sammy Kaye (1910 — 1987) was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter.
He graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one.
A leader of one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Band era, he made a large number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, and the American Decca record label. Kaye was known for an audience participation gimmick called "So You Want To Lead A Band?" where audience members would be called onto stage in an attempt to conduct the orchestra, with the possibility of winning batons. Kaye was also known for his use of "singing of song titles", which was emulated by Kay Kyser and Blue Barron.
Musicians included Ralph Flanagan, Dale Cornell and Marty Oscard. Singers included Don Cornell (not related to Dale Cornell), Billy Williams, and Nancy Norman.
He was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992 and for his contribution
to the recording industry has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Read Full Bio ↴Sammy Kaye (1910 — 1987) was a famous U.S. bandleader and songwriter.
He graduated from Rocky River High School in Rocky River, Ohio in 1927. He attended Ohio University in Athens, Ohio where he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. Kaye could play the saxophone and the clarinet, but he never featured himself as a soloist on either one.
A leader of one of the so-called "Sweet" bands of the Big Band era, he made a large number of records for Vocalion Records, RCA Victor, Columbia Records, and the American Decca record label. Kaye was known for an audience participation gimmick called "So You Want To Lead A Band?" where audience members would be called onto stage in an attempt to conduct the orchestra, with the possibility of winning batons. Kaye was also known for his use of "singing of song titles", which was emulated by Kay Kyser and Blue Barron.
Musicians included Ralph Flanagan, Dale Cornell and Marty Oscard. Singers included Don Cornell (not related to Dale Cornell), Billy Williams, and Nancy Norman.
He was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992 and for his contribution
to the recording industry has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Ain't She Sweet
Sammy Kaye Lyrics
Ain't She Sweet There she is! There she is! There's what keeps me up…
Along The Navajo Trail Every day, along about evening When the sunlight's beginning…
Candy Some say that love is sweet as a rose, Some say…
Chickery Chick Once there lived a chicken who would say "chick-chick" "Chic…
Daddy Hey, listen to my story about a gal named Daisy…
It Might As Well Be Spring I'm as restless as a willow in a windstorm I'm as…
Serenade Of The Bells In the sleepy town of San Juanita There's a story that…
The Four Winds And The Seven Seas You ask where I live Here′s the address I give The four…
We'll Meet Again We'll meet again We'll meet again, don't know where, don't…
With Out You You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…