Carole Bayer Sager
b. March 8, 1946 New York, NY, USA.
In the 1960s, Carole attended New York's High School of Music and Art, where she began writing poems - as lyrics. In 1966, she came to the attention of Screen Gems president Don Kirshner, who signed her to his publishing company, where she soon was penning songs for such groups as 'The Monkees' and 'The Mindbenders'. In 1970, she wrote the lyrics for the 'off-Broadway' show Georgy.

In 1975, she and Melissa Manchester co-composed "Midnight Blue", and "Don't Cry Out Loud". In 1978, Elektra issued her 'debut' album. Singer Leo Sayer had a hit with one of Carol's tunes, "When I Need You". Sager next worked with husband, Marvin Hamlisch, on the Broadway musical They're Playing Our Song, which may have had some autobiographical content exploring the romantic entanglements of a songwriting team. Later, Carole and Marvin were nominated for an Oscar nomination their song "Nobody Does It Better," -the theme of the James Bond movie thriller The Spy Who Loved Me . In 1981, Sager's third LP Sometimes Late at Night, had her biggest solo hit, - the single "Stronger Than Before".

Regretfully, her marriage to Hamlisch ended in divorce, amd she began working with another composer, Burt Bacharach. Their 1981 song ""Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", - a hit for singer Christopher Cross, earned them an Academy Award. The next year, Sager and Bacharach, were married, and though this marriage also, sadly, ended in divorce (1991), their partnership was very fruitful. The song "That's What Friends Are For"; originally written in 1982 for the comedy Night Shift, is perhaps their most notable. For singer Neil Diamond, Sager, and Bacharach wrote the hit "Heartlight". For a Patti Labelle /Michael McDonald duet, they wrote "On My Own". In 1988 the team scored the soundtrack for the sequel Arthur 2: On the Rocks, and also wrote some tracks for Barbra Streisand's LP Till I Loved You.

Since her divorce from Bacharach; Carol has continued to work, writing songs for such films as Beethoven's 2nd and Junior>. She is currently (2002) married to Robert Daly.

   Edgar Santly
Currently no information available.
1927 "I'm Nobody's Baby", Music Milton Ager; lyric Santly and Benny Davis. A very big hit.

   William J. Scanlan
b. Feb. 14, 1856, Springfield, MA, USA, d. Feb. 19, 1898, New York, NY, USA.
Overview
Scanlan was, at only 13 years old, a boy temperance singer. For seven years, he toured New England with different temperance lecturers. It was his job to sing and to provide the entertainment at their meetings. When he was 20 years old, he formed a vaudeville team with William Cronin, an Irish comedian.

Brief Chronology of his songs:
1872
      "Jim Fisk", originally credited to Scanlan, but the eminent musicologist, Sigmund Spaeth,             notes that doubts have arisen as to the authorship of the song.
1878 to 1871 Scanlan appeared in stage musicals with Minnie Palmer.
1872 Scanlan appears in his own production of 'Friend and Foe'.
      "Peek-a-Boo', The first successful song definitely known to be his.
      "Moonlight at Killarney"
      "Over the Mountain"
      "There's Always a Seat in the Parlor for You"
Ca. 1883 He is known to be a songwriter' singer, and actor in stage productions of the impressario, Augustus Pitou.
1883 For show 'The Irish Minstrel", he wrote
      "My Nellie's Blue Eyes"
      "Scanlan's Rose Song"
      "I Love Music"
      "Bye, Bye Baby"
      "What's In a Kiss"
1885 For show 'Shane-na-lawn', he wrote
      "Peggy O'Moore"
      "You and I, Love"
      "Gathering the Myrtle With Mary"
      "Remember Boy, You're Irish"
      "Why Paddy's Always Poor"
1888 For show 'Myles Arroon', he wrote
      "Swing Song"
      "My Maggie"
      "Live, My Love, O Live"
1891 For show 'Mavourneen', he wrote
      "Mavourneen"
      "Molly O"

It was during the run of this show "Mavourneen' (opened Sept. 28, 1891, in New York's 14th Street Theater), that William Scanlan began showing signs of mental instability. He continued to work until, by December 25, he was completely insane. Committed to the Bloomingdale Asylum in White Plains, N.Y. on January 7, 1892, he remained there until his death on February 19, 1898

   Victor Schertzinger
b. April 8, 1890, Mahanoy City, PA, USA, d. Oct. 26, 1941, Hollywood, CA, USA.
Victor was a child prodigy of musical parents. He received his early Violin instruction, from private tutors, while attending Brown Preperatory School. As a child of eight, he appeared as a prodigy violinist with several orchestras, including the Victor Herbert Orchestra, the John Phillip Sousa band, and others. He gave violin performances in his teens while touring America and Europe.

Returning to America, he began conducting theater orchestras in the Los Angeles area.

In 1913, He published two songs:
      "Marcheta", his own lyric.
      "My Wonderful Dream Girl", lyric by Oliver Morosco

While still conducting pit orchestras in Los Angeles, he began to write background music for the early Hollywood Silents. The 1916 film 'Civilization' had a full length background music score by Schertzinger. With sound, his work was heard in many of the early 'talkies', including:
1927 the film, 'Laughing Lady'
      "Another Kiss"
1928 the film, 'Manhattan Cocktail'
      "Gotta Be Good"
1929 the film, 'The Love Parade', starring Maurice Chevalier, had
      "Dream Lover", lyric by Clifford Grey
      "Paris Stay the Same", lyric Clifford Grey

Following these, he contributed songs:
For film, 'One Night of Love', starring Grace Moore
      "One Night of Love", Lyric by Gus Kahn
For film, 'Love Me Forever'
      "Love Me Forever", lyric Gus Kahn
For film, 'Rhythm on the River', starring Bing Crosby
      "I Don't Cry Any More", lyric by Johnny Burke
For film, 'Road to Singapore', Bob Hope and Bing Crosby musical
      "Willow Tree", lyric by Johnny Burke
For film, 'Kiss the Boys Goodbye'
      "I'll Never Let a Day Pass By", lyric Frank Loesser
      "Kiss the Boys Goodbye", Lyric by Loesser
For film, 'The Fleet's In',
      "I Remember You", lyric by Johnny Mercer

Little recalled now, but Schertzinger also directed some films, including the 1939 British Technicolor production of the Mikado. Curiously, though, Schertzinger is perhaps best recalled today for his compositions and scores for the Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour "Road To ....." films (Road to Zanzibar, Road To Sinapore, Road To Morocco, etc.) Schertzinger died in Hollywood, in 1941; he was only 51 years old.

   Lalo Schifrin
b. June 21, 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina
né: Boris Schifrin
Overview
Schifrin's talents range from solo Jazz piano playing to Jazz compositions. For Cannonball Adderley, he composed "Dialogues for Jazz Quintet and Orchestra", and for Paul Horn, he wrote "Jazz Suite on the Mass Text". Since the early 1960's, Lalo has recorded intermittently as a jazz pianist.

Lalo was born into a musical family. His father occupied a violin chair with the Buenos Aires Philharmonic Orchestra. At an early age, he won a scholarship to study music in Paris, France. He began performing as a Jazz pianist and then formed a small group that actually competed at the 1955 International Jazz Festival. He became friends with Bop trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie who was part of the American Expatriate scene in Paris at that time.

In 1958, Schifrin emigrated to the United States. He continued playing Jazz. and began composing and arranging for Gillespie and others. When Quincy Jones gave him an entree into the Los Angeles studio system, Schifrin became one of the best known and successful motion picture and television composers of the 1960s. Perhaps, his greatest success was the theme for' Mission: Impossible'.

Among his recordings are:
      Black Widow, CTI Records CTI7-5000
      Bossa Nova, Audio Fidelity AFSD 5981
      Eso Es Latin Jazz...Man! (arranger), Audio Fidelity AFSD 6117
      Gone With The Wave: Modern Sounds Go Surfin', Colpix SCP492
      Hollywood ... Broadway, MGM SE-4156
      Marquis de Sade, Verve V6-8654
      New Fantasy, Verve V6-8601
      Piano...Strings...And Bossa Nova, MGM SE-4110
      Rock Requiem, Verve V6-8801
      Samba Para Dos, Verve V6-8543
      There's a Whole Lalo Schifrin Going On, Dot DLP 25852
      Towering Toccata, CTI 7-5003
      Uhuru Africa!, Roulette 65001
      Schifrin's Soundtrack albums:
      Bullitt, Warner Brothers WBS-1777
      Che!, Mercury SR-61279
      Kelly's Heroes, MGM SE4323
      Medical Center, MGM SE4742
      Mission: Impossible, Dot DLP 25831
      More Mission: Impossible, Paramount PAS 5002
      Murderer's Row, Colgems S5003
      Nunzio, MCA MCA-2374
      Once a Thief, Verve V6-8624
      The Cincinnati Kid, MGM SE4318
      The Fourth Protocol, DRG 25911
      The Liquidator, MGM SE4413
      The Sting II, MCA MCA-6116
      Way ... Way Out, Fox S3192

   Elmer Schobel
b. Sept. 8, 1896, East St. Louis, IL, USA, d. Dec 14, 1970, Miami, FL, USA.
Overview:
One of the first important composer-arrangers in American Popular Music. He is well remembered today as an excellent sideman, arranger, and composer. In the early 1920s, Schobel prepared many King Oliver, Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton works for publication. Elmer trained to be an electrical and mechanical engineer. He invented 'tunermatic' radio and in 1933 started manfacturing them in his own factory.

Among the many hit songs that Schobel composed as an ASCAP songwriter are:
      "Farewell Blues"
      "Bugle Call Rag"
      "Nobody's Sweetheart"
      "Prince of Wails"
      "Spanish Shawl"
      "House of David Blues".

In his youth, Schobel studied guitar and piano privately. By 1910, he was playing the background music in theaters for silent movies. During 1912 to 1917, he toured as a vaudevillle musician/performer. In 1920, he was in Chicago playing with the '20th Century Jazz Band'. From 1922 to 1923 be played in the 'Friar's Society Orchestra'. Schobel led his own orch. at Chicago's Midway Gardens in 1924-25, after which he traveled to New York City and played in Isham Jones' band. In 1926, he was back in Chicago playing with Louis Panico 1926. In 1927, he again formed his own band. In 1928, he was the arranger for the 'Art Kassel & His Kasssels In The AIr' band. He was the arranger for 'Ina Ray Hutton and her All GIrl Band' in 1935, and then spent the next ten years in New York City as chief music arranger for the Warner Brothers Music publishing companies.

During the 1950-1953 period, Elmer resumed his career as a Jazz Pianist with the Conrad Janis Combo. He then accompanied Tommy Lyman in 1954-55. After which, in 1957-59, Elmer settled in Florida and played with the Arnie Mossler band in St. Petersburg. Schobel died in Florida at age 74.

   Harvey Schmidt
Currently no information available.
1963 'In The Shade'. Lyricist was Tom Jones

   Oskar Sala
b. July 18, 1910, Greiz, Thueringen, Germany, d. Feb. 26, 2002, Berlin, Germany. (natural causes)
Oskar was a skilled physicist as well as a musician. He is perhaps best recalled today as the inventor of the "Mixtur-Trautonium", an instrument he invented in 1929. It was one of the first electronic music synthesizers, and Sala was the only person who could play the instrument properly. It is interesting to note that famed composer Bernard Hermann, was a consultant on the project. (Hermann later used a 'theremin' in one of his film scores.)