Sammy Gallop(1915-1971)
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Composer, songwriter, lyricist ("Elmer's Tune", "Count Every Star",
"Holiday for Strings"), and author, educated at Duluth Junior College.
He wrote revues for the Latin Quarter in New York, and also songs for
the Broadway musicals "Star and Garter", "John Murray Anderson's
Almanac" and "All For Love". Joining ASCAP in 1942, his chief musical
collborators included Peter DeRose, David Rose, Guy Wood, Jerry
Livingston, David Saxon, Elmer Albrecht, Rube Bloom, Howard Steiner,
Steve Allen, Chester Conn, Milton Delugg, and James Van Heusen. His
other popular-song compositions include "Elmer's Tune", "Autumn
Serenade", "Shoofly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy", "There Must Be a Way",
"Outside of Heaven", "Somewhere Along the Way", "My Lady Loves to
Dance", "Make Her Mine", "Forgive My Heart", "Wake the Town and Tell
the People", "Half as Lovely", "No Good Man", "Maybe You'll Be There",
"Caribbean Clipper", "Bluebird Singing in My Heart", "Vagabond Shoes",
"Night Lights", "The Right Thing to Say" and "Meet Me Where They Play
the Blues".