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Sunday Night is Music Night: Come Fly With Me: A Celebration of Sammy Cahn

Come Fly With Me: A Celebration of Sammy Cahn

BBC Radio 2 - Sunday Night is Music Night, Come Fly With Me: A Celebration of Sammy Cahn

Don Black celebrates the centenary of the great lyricist Sammy Cahn

Don Black celebrates the centenary of the great lyricist Sammy Cahn with guests Curtis Stigers, Lance Ellington, Alison Jiear, Joe Stilgoe and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Another chance to hear Don Black introduce a special Sunday Night Is Music Night celebrating the great lyricist, Sammy Cahn, 110 years since his birth in June 1913. 

Cahn's prodigious output included writing over 60 hit songs for Frank Sinatra alone, including Come Fly With Me, All the Way, Call Me Irresponsible, High Hopes and Three Coins in the Fountain. He was nominated for an Oscar 23 times and won four. Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin all recorded and had hits with his songs. So enduring is his catalogue, that contemporary artists including Michael Bublé, Jamie Cullum and Diana Krall still include his songs on their current albums. 

The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Broadway maestro Larry Blank are joined by guest singers Curtis Stigers, Lance Ellington, Alison Jiear and Joe Stilgoe.

First broadcast in 2013.

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