# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sammy-cahn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:12:04.811Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sammy-cahn"
name: "Sammy Cahn"
slug: "sammy-cahn"
description: "Samuel Cohen, known professionally as 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, and won an Oscar four times for his songs, including the popular hit \"Three Coins in the Fountain\"."
tagline: "American lyricist, songwriter, musician (1913-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sammy_Cahn_1950s.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1913-06-18"
deathDate: "1993-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.16
  momentum:             8.593142501049895
  historical:           22.50678133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005991/"
    handle:    "nm0005991"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Cahn"
    title: "Sammy Cahn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
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    title: "Семмі Кан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Sammy Cahn"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump