Saul Chaplin

Music DepartmentProducerComposer
Born
February 19, 1912
Died
November 15, 1997
Awards
4 wins, 7 nominations

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.…

Biography

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."

Writer

Rookies on ParadeRookies on Parade(1941)

Additional Crew

That's Entertainment, Part IIThat's Entertainment, Part II(1976)

Archive Footage

Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight CowboyDesperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy(2022)as Self - Producer
Summer Stock: Get Happy!(2008)as Self - archival interview
A Tribute to Rudy Wissler(2007)as Self
True LoveTrue Love(2003)as Self
West Side Memories(2003)as Self

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Judy Garland, Saul Chaplin, and Lawrence Turman in I Could Go on Singing (1963)"I Could Go on Singing" Director Ronald Neame, Saul Chaplin, Judy Garland 1962 United Artists"I Could Go on Singing" Judy Garland, director Ronald Neame, Saul Chaplin 1962 United Artists