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Seymour Kaufman, 14 June 1929, New York City, New York, USA, d. 18 November 2004, New York City, New York, USA. A pianist, singer, producer and composer of popular songs and scores for films and the Broadway stage, Cy Coleman bequeathed standards such as ‘Witchcraft’ and ‘The Best Is Yet To Come’ to the great American songbook. The youngest of the five sons of emigrants from Russia, Coleman was born and brought up in the Bronx, where his mother owned two tenement buildings. He began to pick out tunes on the piano when he was four years old, irritating his father, a carpenter, to such an extent that he nailed down the lid of the instrument. However, a local teacher was so impressed by Coleman’s piano playing that she provided free lessons in classical music. Between the ages of six and nine, Coleman performed in New York at the Town Hall, Steinway Hall and Carnegie Hall. While continuing his classical studies at the...
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