Carl Sigman
Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was a major AmericanU… Read Full Bio ↴Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was a major AmericanUnited States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
songwriter.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from law school and passed his Bar exams to practice in the state of New York. Instead of law, encouraged by his friend Johnny MercerJohnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music....
, he embarked on a songwriting career that saw him become one of the most prominent and successful in American music history. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his efforts in AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
during the 2nd World War.
Career
Although Sigman wrote many song melodies, he was primarily a lyricistLyricist
A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
who collaborated with songwriters such as Bob HilliardBob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an United States lyricist, born in New York City....
and Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
.
He also wrote English languageEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
lyrics to many songs which were originally composed in other languages, such as Answer MeAnswer Me
"Answer Me" is a popular music song, originally written by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. The English language lyrics were written by Carl Sigman in 1952....
, TillTill (song)
"Till" is a popular music song with music by Charles Danvers . The original French lyrics were written by Pierre Buisson, and the English lyrics by Carl Sigman....
, The Day The Rains Came and What Now My LoveWhat Now My Love (song)
"What Now My Love" is a popular music song. It started out as a French language song, "Et Maintenant" written by composer Gilbert B?caud and lyricist Pierre Delano?....
. During the big bandBig band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the swing from the early 1930s until the late 1940s....
era he composed works used by top band leaders such as Glenn MillerGlenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller , was an United States jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the Swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big band"....
and Guy LombardoGuy Lombardo
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo was a Canadian bandleader and violinist.Forming The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen Lombardo, Lebert Lombardo, and Victor Lombardo and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven."...
. His songs were also hits for individual singing stars. Some of the best known include My Heart Cries For YouMy Heart Cries for You
"My Heart Cries for You" is a popular music song, adapted by Carl Sigman and Percy Faith from an 18th century France melody.It was recorded toward the end of 1950 by Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, in a recording issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39067, which sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Bill...
, which was recorded by three different artists in 1951: Dinah ShoreDinah Shore
Dinah Shore was an United States singer, actress, and Celebrity. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s.After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman and both Jimmy Dorsey and his brother Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own to become the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo succe...
, Guy MitchellGuy Mitchell
Guy Mitchell was a List of Croatian Americans popular music singer, was successful in his homeland as well in the United Kingdom and Australia....
and Vic DamoneVic Damone
Vic Damone is an United States singer and entertainer....
. Two years later Sigman's song Ebb TideEbb Tide
"Ebb Tide" is a popular music song, written in 1953 in music by lyrics Carl Sigman and composer Robert Maxwell .It has been recorded many times, the best-known versions include those by Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra , a successful vocal version in the same year by Vic Damone, Frank Sinatra , The Platters , Lenny Welch and the Righteou...
was a top hit for Frank ChacksfieldFrank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield was a popular English people conductor in the easy listening style. From the 1950s onwards, Chacksfield was one of Britain's most famous orchestra band leader, and his fame spread around the world....
and was a Billboard Top TenRecord chart
Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
hit in 1965 for the Righteous Brothers.
Tommy EdwardsTommy Edwards
Tommy Edwards was an African American singing and songwriter. His biggest selling gramophone record was with the multi-million selling song, "It's All in the Game"....
scored a No. 1 hit in 1958 with It's All In The GameIt's All in the Game
"It's All in the Game" was a 1958 hit for Tommy Edwards. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition entitled "Melody in A Major," written by Charles Dawes, later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge....
, with lyrics by Sigman set to music Vice President Charles Gates Dawes had written in 1911. He is most widely remembered for writing the lyrics for Where Do I Begin(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
" Love Story" is a popular music song published in 1970 in music, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was introduced in the movie Love Story ....
, the theme song for Love StoryLove Story (1970 film)
Love Story is a 1970 in film romantic drama film written by Erich Segal based on his 1970 best-seller Love Story . It was directed by Arthur Hiller....
, the top grossing film of 1970. The song became a major hit record for croonerCrooner
Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads and thus a "balladeer"....
Andy WilliamsAndy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is a legendary American pop singer. Andy Williams has recorded 18 gold and three platinum certified albums. When Ronald Reagan was president, he declared Andy's voice to be "a national treasure"....
.
In 1972 Carl Sigman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.
It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond
.
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
songwriter.
Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from law school and passed his Bar exams to practice in the state of New York. Instead of law, encouraged by his friend Johnny MercerJohnny Mercer
John Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American songwriter and singer. As a songwriter, he is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music....
, he embarked on a songwriting career that saw him become one of the most prominent and successful in American music history. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his efforts in AfricaAfrica
Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
during the 2nd World War.
Career
Although Sigman wrote many song melodies, he was primarily a lyricistLyricist
A lyricist is a writer who specializes in song lyrics, usually paid for by a band to write a custom song. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist....
who collaborated with songwriters such as Bob HilliardBob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard was an United States lyricist, born in New York City....
and Duke EllingtonDuke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
.
He also wrote English languageEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
lyrics to many songs which were originally composed in other languages, such as Answer MeAnswer Me
"Answer Me" is a popular music song, originally written by Gerhard Winkler and Fred Rauch. The English language lyrics were written by Carl Sigman in 1952....
, TillTill (song)
"Till" is a popular music song with music by Charles Danvers . The original French lyrics were written by Pierre Buisson, and the English lyrics by Carl Sigman....
, The Day The Rains Came and What Now My LoveWhat Now My Love (song)
"What Now My Love" is a popular music song. It started out as a French language song, "Et Maintenant" written by composer Gilbert B?caud and lyricist Pierre Delano?....
. During the big bandBig band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the swing from the early 1930s until the late 1940s....
era he composed works used by top band leaders such as Glenn MillerGlenn Miller
Alton Glenn Miller , was an United States jazz musician, arranger, composer, and band leader in the Swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1942, leading one of the best known "Big band"....
and Guy LombardoGuy Lombardo
Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo was a Canadian bandleader and violinist.Forming The Royal Canadians in 1924 with his brothers Carmen Lombardo, Lebert Lombardo, and Victor Lombardo and other musicians from his hometown, Lombardo led the group to international success, billing themselves as creating "The Sweetest Music This Side of Heaven."...
. His songs were also hits for individual singing stars. Some of the best known include My Heart Cries For YouMy Heart Cries for You
"My Heart Cries for You" is a popular music song, adapted by Carl Sigman and Percy Faith from an 18th century France melody.It was recorded toward the end of 1950 by Guy Mitchell with Mitch Miller and his orchestra, in a recording issued by Columbia Records as catalog number 39067, which sold over a million copies and reached #2 on the Bill...
, which was recorded by three different artists in 1951: Dinah ShoreDinah Shore
Dinah Shore was an United States singer, actress, and Celebrity. She was most popular during the Big Band era of the 1940s and 1950s.After failing singing auditions for the bands of Benny Goodman and both Jimmy Dorsey and his brother Tommy Dorsey, Shore struck out on her own to become the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo succe...
, Guy MitchellGuy Mitchell
Guy Mitchell was a List of Croatian Americans popular music singer, was successful in his homeland as well in the United Kingdom and Australia....
and Vic DamoneVic Damone
Vic Damone is an United States singer and entertainer....
. Two years later Sigman's song Ebb TideEbb Tide
"Ebb Tide" is a popular music song, written in 1953 in music by lyrics Carl Sigman and composer Robert Maxwell .It has been recorded many times, the best-known versions include those by Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra , a successful vocal version in the same year by Vic Damone, Frank Sinatra , The Platters , Lenny Welch and the Righteou...
was a top hit for Frank ChacksfieldFrank Chacksfield
Frank Chacksfield was a popular English people conductor in the easy listening style. From the 1950s onwards, Chacksfield was one of Britain's most famous orchestra band leader, and his fame spread around the world....
and was a Billboard Top TenRecord chart
Record chart are a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. Examples of music charts are the Hit parade, Hot 100 or Top 40....
hit in 1965 for the Righteous Brothers.
Tommy EdwardsTommy Edwards
Tommy Edwards was an African American singing and songwriter. His biggest selling gramophone record was with the multi-million selling song, "It's All in the Game"....
scored a No. 1 hit in 1958 with It's All In The GameIt's All in the Game
"It's All in the Game" was a 1958 hit for Tommy Edwards. Carl Sigman composed the lyrics in 1951 to a wordless 1911 composition entitled "Melody in A Major," written by Charles Dawes, later Vice President of the United States under Calvin Coolidge....
, with lyrics by Sigman set to music Vice President Charles Gates Dawes had written in 1911. He is most widely remembered for writing the lyrics for Where Do I Begin(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story
" Love Story" is a popular music song published in 1970 in music, with music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Carl Sigman. The song was introduced in the movie Love Story ....
, the theme song for Love StoryLove Story (1970 film)
Love Story is a 1970 in film romantic drama film written by Erich Segal based on his 1970 best-seller Love Story . It was directed by Arthur Hiller....
, the top grossing film of 1970. The song became a major hit record for croonerCrooner
Crooner is an epithet given to a male singer of a certain style of popular songs, dubbed pop standards. A crooner is a singer of popular ballads and thus a "balladeer"....
Andy WilliamsAndy Williams
Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams is a legendary American pop singer. Andy Williams has recorded 18 gold and three platinum certified albums. When Ronald Reagan was president, he declared Andy's voice to be "a national treasure"....
.
In 1972 Carl Sigman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of FameSongwriters Hall of Fame
The Songwriters Hall of Fame is an arm of the National Academy of Popular Music.
It was founded in 1969 by songwriter Johnny Mercer and music publishers Abe Olman and Howie Richmond
.
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