SAMMY CAHN’S HOLLYWOOD STAR AND ONLY 1 MORE WEEK TO GO UNTIL 2.6 MILLION

When you write, let it be from the depth of your gizzards. Write as if the whole world will read it–Brian Cohen, NZ.

Now exactly who was the conscientious Sammy Cahn? He was known as one of Hollywood’s most romantic songwriters, because of his ability to phrase lyrics. He was a wordsmith. As American empire is built upon the ability of its artists and entertainers to romance the world via pop culture; Sammy Cahn was a good one.

Born Samuel Cohen, his Jewish parents immigrated from Poland to the US. All immigrants and their children, have to work harder. Most do as Cahn showed. His successful songwriting partnership with Frank Sinatra produced music magic for America, like few others could in music. He scripted Sinatra’s blue-eyed boy talent. He also was a sought after songwriter of Doris Day and Dean Martin.  Like myself, Sammy Cahn had four sisters – Sadye, Pearl, Florence, and Evelyn, all who played piano. To read more about his work, go here.

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.20.10. This post for the Jewish teacher I had in New Zealand, Brian Cohen, who when I was a Maori kid, sitting in his class next to my fellow hori lad, Timmy Cotton at school, Mr. Cohen would read the stories I’d written as his homework assignments, in class during English lessons to the entire class. Brian was a rugby obsessed school teacher, a military competitive sports coach, who also loved literature. The American beatnik poets in particular. My stories were the only one’s of our class, he would unapologetically read out, when I was 11 years-old. So unfair. At this time in New Zealand, Maori kids schoolwork was rarely celebrated by the education system at the time. In his own way, Brian Cohen – the redhead in winter, (the blonde in summer) Jewish-Kiwi school teacher, was revolutionary concerning Maori causes.

I wanted the floor to open up and hide me when he taught from my work, but I had Timmy as my bodyguard against all of the jealous glares of the other kids in class. Timmy was tough, an adopted kid, he was almost six feet at 12. He was the best Maori bro to have beside you ever.

Thanks Mr. Cohen for being such an amazing school teacher. I’m with your people now, seeing what that’s all about. :). This one also for brotha Taika Cohen of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui Maori tribe- who has just wrapped on filming The Green Lantern with Ryan Reynolds, Temuera Morrison, Tim Robbins and the very talented Angela Bassett~

~Posted by Horiwood.Com, Hollywood California USA. 10.20.10~

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