Editing Sammy Kaye (section)

{{Short description|American bandleader and songwriter (1910–1987)}}

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = Sammy Kaye
| image               = Sammy Kaye 1952.JPG
| alt                 = Sammy Kaye (1952)
| caption             = Kaye in 1952
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| background          = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name          = Samuel Zarnocay, Jr.
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1910|3|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Lakewood, Ohio|Lakewood]], [[Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1987|6|2|1910|3|13|mf=y}}
| death_place         = [[Ridgewood, New Jersey]], U.S.
| genre               = [[Big band]], [[Swing music|swing]], [[jazz]]
| occupation          = Musician, bandleader
| instrument          = Saxophone, clarinet
| years_active        = 
| label               = [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]], [[RCA Victor]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Bell Records|Bell]], [[Decca Records|Decca]]
| associated_acts     =
| website             = {{URL|www.sammykayeorchestra.com/}}
}}

'''Sammy Kaye''' (born '''Samuel Zarnocay Jr.'''; March 13, 1910 &ndash; June 2, 1987) was an American bandleader and songwriter,<ref name="Larkin50">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2002|edition=Third|isbn=1-85227-937-0|page=228}}</ref> whose tag line, "Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye", became one of the most famous of the [[Big Band]] Era.<ref name="Larkin50"/> The expression springs from his first hit single in 1937, "[[Sammy Kaye discography#Singles|Swing and Sway]]" (U.S. no. 15). He was the first to record and release the standard "[[Blueberry Hill]]" in 1940. During World War II, he co-wrote and recorded the anthemic "[[Remember Pearl Harbor (song)|Remember Pearl Harbor]]" (U.S. No. 3). He was the first to record and release the no. 1 song "[[Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)|Daddy]]" in 1941.<ref>[https://secondhandsongs.com/work/60718/versions#nav-entity First to record Daddy. Sammy Kaye. Second Hand Songs. Retrieved 8 October 2023.]</ref> His signature tune was "[[Harbor Lights (song)|Harbor Lights]]", a number-one hit in 1950.