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- Birth nameSaul Elias Kaplan
- 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."- IMDb Mini Biography By: Hup234!
- SpousesBetty Levin(May 24, 1968 - November 15, 1997) (his death)Ethel Schwartz(October 30, 1937 - September 29, 1949) (divorced, 1 child)
- Father-in-law of Broadway director/producer Harold Prince.
- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985.
- Daughter, Judy Prince
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