Cy Coleman
The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000
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Paulette provides a brief resume of composer Cy Coleman. He says he first wanted to be a foreign correspondent but he was a child prodigy and made his first public appearance at the age of six. Started playing clubs at sixteen. He explains what 'trunk songs' are. How he started working with Carolyn Lee. The show "Sweet Charity" and working with Dorothy Fields. Jazz as an influence on his work. His publishing firm Notable Music. The show "Little Me" and its London production. Future productions. He plays a medley of songs from "Sweet Charity."
WNYC archives id: 92319
