Samuel Howard Stept (aka Sammy Stept; 18 September 1897 – 1 December 1964) was an American songwriter who wrote for Broadway,

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and the

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s. He became known simply as Sam Stept or Sam H. Stept – he rarely used his full middle name.

Family

Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Stept came to the United States at the age of three and grew up in

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. Sam was the son of Solomon (1874–1969,) and Clara Stept (born 1872), who were married around 1895, in Russia. Sam Stept married Jessie E. Stept ''(née'' McBride, c. 1901–1967). Jessie was the daughter of George B. McBride and Ada F. McBride of Pittsburgh.

Career

Early in his music career, Stept worked for a local publishing house as staff pianist ( song-plugger), then in

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as accompanist to performers that included

Anna Chandler Anna Chandler (July 4, 1884 – July 10, 1957) was an American vaudeville actress and mezzo-soprano singer of popular and light classical songs. She was born in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Chandler married Jack Curtis, a booking agent. The ...

, Mae West, and

Jack Norworth John Godfrey Knauff (January 5, 1879 – September 1, 1959), known professionally as Jack Norworth, was an American songwriter, singer and vaudeville performer. Biography Norworth is credited as writer of a number of Tin Pan Alley hits. He wr ...

. During the early 1920s, Stept lived in

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, where he led a dance band. Within the next few years, he began composing with lyricist Bud Green. Their first hit came in 1928 with vocalist Helen Kane's rendition of " That's My Weakness Now," and the duo would collaborate on tunes through the early 1930s. Stept worked with many other

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s through his career, including

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and

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(while songwriting for Hollywood from the mid-1930s to mid-1940s), Lew Brown,

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, and Eddie DeLange. Some of his popular tunes for the big screen are " Laughing Irish Eyes" for the 1936 film of the same name, "Sweet Hearts" for ''

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'' and for the 1942 movie '' Private Buckaroo'', " Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" and "

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." Stept's output slowed down in the late 1940s, and by the late 1950s, he was concentrating fully on his music-publishing business. Songs written by Stept have been recorded by many other big names in pop and jazz, including,

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Glenn Miller Alton Glen Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band founder, owner, conductor, composer, arranger, trombone player and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the United States Arm ...

Fats Waller Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, violinist, singer, and comedic entertainer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz pi ...

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, as well as by Henry "Red" Allen, Bunny Berigan, Count Basie,

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, and

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Death

He died at age 67 in

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Selected songs

* *: Sam. H. Stept (music) *: Al. Selden (words) *: Anna Chandler (performer) *: Strauss Peyton Barbelle (photo) (Illustrator on sheet music) *: A.J. Stasny Music Co., 1917 * "We must Have a Song to Remember" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Bud Green (music) *: New York: Al Piantadosi & Co. Inc., 1919 * "And That Ain't All" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Bud Green (words) *: New York: Al Piantadosi & Co. Inc., 1919 * "Moonbeams" *: George E. Price (music) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Dave Kaplan (arranger) *: New York: Edw. B. Marks Music Co., 1921 * "You'll Change Your Mind," 1923 *: Sam Ward ''(né'' Samuel Windish; 1892–1960), Andy Hamilton, Sammy Stept (words & music) * "You" *: Bud L. Cooper (born 1899) (music) *:

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(words) *: New York:

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, 1923 * "I Care For Her and She Cares For Me" *: Bud L. Cooper (born 1899) (music) *: Sam H. Stept (words) *: May Singhi Breen (arranger) *: New York:

, 1925 * *: Al Bernard, Al (words & music) *: Sam H. Stept (words & music) *: New York: Harold Dixon Music Publisher, 1926 * "Lo-nah" *: Stept, Sam H. Stept (music) *: Bud Green (words) *: New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc., 1926 * "My Sunday Girl," 1927 *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Herman Ruby ''(né'' Herman Rubinstein; 1891–1959) (words) *: Bud L. Cooper (born 1899) (words) * *: Bud Green and Sam H. Stept (words and music) *: Green & Stept Inc. Music Publishers * *: Bud Green and Sam H. Stept (words and music) * " I'll Always Be In Love With You" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Herman Ruby ''(né'' Herman Rubinstein; 1891–1959) (words) *: Bud Green (words) *: Sam H. Stept (words) *: New York: Green & Stept, Inc., 1929 * "For The Like's O' You And Me" *: Bud Green and Sam H. Stept (words and music) *: Green & Stept Inc., 1929 * *: Bud Green and Sam H. Stept (words and music) *: Green & Stept Inc., 1929 * "Do Something" *: Sam H. Stept (words & music) *: Bud Green (words & music) *: New York: Green & Stept, Inc., 1929 * "Love Is a Dreamer" *: Bud Green (words & music) *: Sam H. Stept (words & music) *: Green & Stept Inc., 1929 * "World is Yours and Mine" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: James Frederick Hanley, 1892–1942 (music) *: Bud Green (music) *: Anthony J. Franchini (arranger) *: New York: Shapiro, Bernstein & Co. Inc., 1929 * "I've Got My Eye On You" *: Bud Green & Sam H. Stept (words & music) *: New York: De Sylva,

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Inc., 1929 * "Tomorrow is Another Day" *: Bud Green, Bud (music & words) *: Sam H. Stept (music & words) *:

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(arranger) *: Music Publishers Holding Corporation, 1930 * "Congratulations" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *:

Maceo Pinkard Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem ...

(music) *: Bud Green (words) *: Coleman Goetz (words) *: New York: De Sylva,

, &

Inc., 1930 * "Liza Lee" (from the film '' Big Boy)'' *: Bud Green *: Sam Stept *:

(arr.) *: New York: Music Publishers Holding, 1930 * *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Bud Green (Lyrics) *: Sidney Clare (music) *:

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(music) *: New York: Remick Music Corp., 1930 * "By a Lazy Country Lane" *: Sam H. Stept (music & words) *: Bud Green (music & words) *: New York: De Sylva,

, &

Inc., 1931 * "Who's In Your Arms Tonight?" *:

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, Bud L Cooper (born 1899), Stept (words & music), 1931 * "And So I Married the Girl" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Herb Magidson (words) *: New York: Remick Music Corp., 1932 * "You Can Put It In the Papers" *:

(words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Harms Inc., 1934 * "Tiny Little Fingerprints" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *:

(words) *: Charles Newman, 1901–1978 (words) *: New York: Crawford Music Corporation, 1935 * "All My Life" *: Sidney D. Mitchell (words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1936 * "Lost In My Dreams" *: Sidney D. Mitchell (words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1936 * "Hidden Valley" *: Stept, Sam H. Stept (music) *: Sidney D. Mitchell, 1888–1942 (words) *:

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: Sam Fox Pub. Co., 1936 * "Sweet Heartache" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *:

(words) *: New York: Santly Bros.–Joy, Inc., 1937 * "Now You're Talking My Language" *:

Ted Koehler Ted L. Koehler (July 14, 1894 – January 17, 1973) was an American lyricist. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. Life and career Koehler was born in 1894 in Washington, D.C. He started out as a photo-engraver, but w ...

Sidney D. Mitchell Sidney D. Mitchell (June 15, 1888 in Baltimore, Maryland – February 25, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) was a Hollywood film industry lyricist and composer. Mitchell is best known for his collaborations with Lew Pollack on movie scores a ...

(words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Select Music Publications Inc., 1937 * "Chiquita" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Oliver Drake (words) *: Jean Walz (arranger) *: Chicago: M.M. Cole Publishing Co., 1939 * "

Comes Love Comes Love" is a 1939 jazz standard. It was composed by Sam H. Stept, with lyrics by Lew Brown and Charles Tobias. It was featured in the Broadway musical ''Yokel Boy'', starring Phil Silvers and Buddy Ebsen, where it was introduced by Judy Canova ...

" *: Sam H. Stept (composer) *: Lew Brown and

(lyrics) *: 1939 * "Came Here To Talk For Joe" *: Lew Brown, Charlie Tobias, Sam H. Stept, 1942 * *: Sam H. Stept (music & words) *: Lew Brown (music & words) *:

(music & words) *: New York: Robbins Music Corporation, 1942 * "This is Worth Fighting For" (

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) *: Edgar DeLange (words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Harms Inc., 1942 * "Johnny Get Your Gun" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Lew Brown &

(lyrics) *: 1943 * "When They Ask About You" *: Sam H. Stept (music & words) *: Bradbury Wood Ltd., 1943 * "It's a Crying Shame" *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: Bob Russell (words) *: New York: Edwin H. Morris & Company, 1944 * "Don't Marry That Girl" *:

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(words) *: Sam H. Stept (music) *: New York: Barton Music Corp., 1946 * "Next Time I Fall in Love" *: Sam H. Stept (words & music) *: Robert Music Corp., 1948 * "The Army's Always There" *: Chosen from 700 "All Army Song Contestants," Stept's song was played at

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's 1953

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, 1953 *: Sam H. Stept (music and words) * "Sing Me a Song of The Islands" *: Words & music: Sam H. Stept & E. DeMauney ''(née'' Elizabeth Marshall Mauney; 1912–1995; late widow of Dennis Calvin Blythe; 1908–1989) *: New York: Sherwin Music, Inc. (© 26 May 1953; EU 317770)

Broadway shows

* ''Shady Lady'' (1933), co-composer * ''Yokel Boy'' (1939), co-composer and co-lyricist, starring

Judy Canova Judy Canova (November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983),Although one source gives her birth date as November 20, 1916, (DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960''. McFarland ...

, Buddy Ebsen, and Phil Silvers * ''Michael Todd’s Peep Show'' (1950), Michael Todd * ''Music Hall Varieties'' (1932) and (1933)

Recordings and performers

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– " Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" * Ernie Andrews – "When They Ask About You" *

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– "I'll Always Be In Love With You" * Bob Crosby – "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" *

Doris Day Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sent ...

– "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" * Morton Downey – "World is Yours and Mine" * Morton Downey & Dorothy Lee – "Do Something" * Morton Downey with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians – "I'll Always Be In Love With You" *

Eddie Fisher Edwin Jack Fisher (August 10, 1928 – September 22, 2010) was an American singer and actor. He was one of the most popular artists during the 1950s, selling millions of records and hosting his own TV show, ''The Eddie Fisher Show''. Actress Eli ...

– "If It Were Up To Me" (1953) *

Billie Holiday Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday had an innovative influence on jazz music and pop si ...

– "My First Impression of You" * Buck Jones – "Hidden Valley" * Helen Kane " That's My Weakness Now" (Hit Single) (1928) * Hal Kemp – "Tiny Little Fingerprints" *

Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Ba ...

– "All My Life" (2006, Café Carlyle, New York) *

Frances Langford Julia Frances Newbern-Langford (April 4, 1913 – July 11, 2005) was an American singer and actress who was popular during the Golden Age of Radio and made film and television appearances for over two decades. She was known as the "GI Nighting ...

– "Sweet Heartache" * Guy Lombardo – "It's a Crying Shame" *

– "And That Ain't All" *

Glenn Miller Orchestra Glenn Miller and His Orchestra was an American swing dance band formed by Glenn Miller in 1938. Arranged around a clarinet and tenor saxophone playing melody, and three other saxophones playing harmony, the band became the most popular and com ...

– "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree" * Leon Redbone – "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" *

Nelson Riddle Nelson Smock Riddle Jr. (June 1, 1921 – October 6, 1985) was an American arranger, composer, bandleader and orchestrator whose career stretched from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s. He worked with many world-famous vocalists at Capitol Records ...

– "Blame it on Paree" (hit single) (1957) *

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– "Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone"

Film, TV, and theater

* ''

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'', directed by

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, (song, "That's My Weakness Now") (1929) * ''Nothing But the Truth'' (song, "Do Something") (1929) * ''Syncopation'' (song, "Do Something") (1929) * ''Syncopation'' (song, "I'll Always Be in Love with You") (1929) * ''Mother's Boy'' (song, "The World Is Yours and Mine") (1929) * ''Mother's Boy'' (song, "There'll Be You And I") (1929) * ''Lucky in Love'' (song, "Love is a Dreamer") (1929) * ''Lucky in Love'' (song, "For The Like's O' You And Me") (1929) * ''Lucky in Love'' (song, "When They Sing The Wearin' of the Green") (In Syncopated Blues) (1929) * ''Lullaby of Broadway'' (song, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone") (1930) * ''Big Boy'', with Al Jolson (song, "Liza Lee") (1930) * ''Playing Around'' (song, "You're My Captain Kidd") (1930) * ''Playing Around'' (song, "Playing Around") (1930) * ''Playing Around'' (song, "That's the Lowdown on the Lowdown") (1930) * ''Showgirl in Hollywood'' (song, "I've Got My Eye On You") (1929) * ''Showgirl in Hollywood'' (song, "There's a Tear For Every Smile in Hollywood") (1930) * ''Showgirl in Hollywood'' (song, "Hang Onto a Rainbow") (1930) * ''The Naughty Flirt'' ("Untitled Song") (1931) * ''Music Hall Varieties'' (song, "And So I Married the Girl") (1932) * ''The Organ Grinder'' (song, "Organ Grinder") (1933) * ''Buddy's Show Boat'' (song, "And So I Married the Girl") (1933) * ''Baby Take a Bow'' w/

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(song, "On Account-a I Love You") (1934) * ''

Hop-Along Cassidy ''Hop-Along Cassidy'' (reissued as ''Hopalong Cassidy Enters'') is a 1935 American Western film that features the character ''Hop-Along Cassidy'' created by writer Clarence E. Mulford. This is the first of 66 ''Hopalong Cassidy'' films produced ...

'' (song, "Followin' the Stars") (1935) * '' Bar 20 Rides Again'' (song, "Open Up Your Heart When the Moon Hangs High") (1935) * ''

The Eagle's Brood ''The Eagle's Brood'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and written by Doris Schroeder and Harrison Jacobs. The film stars William Boyd, James Ellison, William Farnum, George "Gabby" Hayes, Addison Richards, Nana M ...

'' (song, "Free with Love") (1935) * ''Dancing Feet'' (title song) (1935) * ''Dancing Feet'' (song, "Everytime I Look At You") (1935) * ''Let It Be Me'' (song, "I've Got My Eye on You") (1936) * '' The Phantom Rider'' (song, "Hidden Valley") (1936) * ''Oh, Susanna!'' (song, "Water Wheel") (uncredited)) (1936) * ''The Big Show'' (song, "Mad About You") (uncredited) (1936) * ''The Big Show'' (song, "Lady Known as Lulu") (uncredited) (1936) * ''Red River Valley,'' w/

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(song, "Where a Water Wheel Keeps Turning On") (1936) * ''Ride Ranger Ride'' (song, "On the Sunset Trail") (1936) * ''Hit the Saddle'' (song, ''Winding the Trail'') (1937) * ''Laughing Irish Eyes'' (title song from the film) (1936) * ''Laughing Irish Eyes'' (song, "All My Life") (1936) * ''Sitting on the Moon'' (song, "Lost In My Dreams") (1936) * ''Happy-Go-Lucky'' (song, "A Treat for the Eyes") (1936) * ''Happy-Go-Lucky'' (song, ("I'm With You") "Right or Wrong") (1936) * ''Hit Parade'' (song, "Sweet Heartache") (1937) * ''Hit Parade'' (song, "If It Wasn't for Pete") (1937) * ''Having a Wonderful Time'' w/ Ginger Rogers and

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(song, "My First Impression of You") (1937) * ''Having a Wonderful Time'' w/ Ginger Rogers and

(song, "Nighty Night") (1937) * ''Having a Wonderful Time'' w/ Ginger Rogers and

(song, "The Band Played Out of Tune") (1937) * '' Hours Leave'' (song, "Now You're Talking My Language") (1937) * ''Night Spot'' (song, "There's Only One Way to Say 'I Love You") (1938) * '' The Women'' (song, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone") (1939) * ''

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'' (song, "The Answer is Love") (1939) * ''

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'' (song, "We've Come a Long Way Together") (1940) * ''Yokel Boy'' (song, "Comes Love") (1942) * ''Yokel Boy'' (song, "I Can't Afford to Dream") (1942) * ''Yokel Boy'' (song, "It's Me Again and Time for Jookin") (1942) * '' Crash Dive'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1943) * ''

Presenting Lily Mars ''Presenting Lily Mars'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by Norman Taurog, produced by Joe Pasternak, starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin, and based on the novel by Booth Tarkington. The film is often cited as Garland's first film ...

'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1943) * ''

The Yankee Doodle Mouse ''The Yankee Doodle Mouse'' is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon in Technicolor. It is the eleventh ''Tom and Jerry'' short produced by Fred Quimby, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott B ...

'' (song, "Johnny, Get Your Gun") (1943) * ''

Thousands Cheer ''Thousands Cheer'' is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by George Sidney and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Produced at the height of the Second World War, the film was intended as a morale booster for American troops and their fam ...

'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1943) * ''

A Guy Named Joe ''A Guy Named Joe'' is a 1943 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film was produced by Everett Riskin, and starred Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, and Van Johnson. The screenplay, written by Dalton Trumbo and Freder ...

'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1943)) * ''Johnny Doughboy'' (song, "All My Life") * ''Syncopation'',

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(song, "Do Something") (1942) * ''Syncopation'',

(song, "I'll Always Be In Love With You") (1929) * ''Private Buckaroo'' (song, "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" ("With Anyone Else But Me")) (1942) * ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'', (song, "This Is Worth Fighting For") (1940s) * ''When Johnny Comes Marching Home'', (song, "When They Ask About You") (1940s) * ''Happy-Go-Nutty'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1944) * ''Stars on Parade'' (song, "When They Ask About You," sung by Lynn Merrick) (1944) * ''Li'l Abner'' (song, "Don't Marry That Girl") (1946) * ''Holiday In Mexico'' (song, "Yo Te Amo Mucho") (1946) * '' Interrupted Melody'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (uncredited)) (1955) * ''

One Froggy Evening ''One Froggy Evening'' is a 1955 American Technicolor animated musical short film written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones, with musical direction by Milt Franklyn. The short, partly inspired by a 1944 Cary Grant film entitled '' On ...

'' (song, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone") (1955) * '' Carol for Another Christmas'' (TV) (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1964) * ''All My Life'' (song: "All My Life") (1966) * ''

The Dirty Dozen ''The Dirty Dozen'' is a 1967 American war film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin with an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Ralph M ...

'' (song, "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree") (uncredited) (1967) * '' The Troy Cory Evening Show'' (song, " That's My Weakness Now"), sung by, father and daughter duo Priscilla Cory and

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1974 * ''Falling in Love Again'' (song, "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree") (1980) * '' Everyone Says I Love You'' (song, "All My Life") (1996) * '' The Rage: Carrie 2'' (song, "Comes Love") (1999) * '' The Story of Us'' (song, "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree") (1999) * '' Chain of Fools'' (song, "Down to This") (2000) * '' Son of the Mask'' (song, "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone") (2005) * ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...

'' (TV) (1 episode, 2006, ''Members Only,''

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) (song, "Comes Love") (2006) * ''

Eurydice Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη 'wide justice') was a character in Greek mythology and the Auloniad wife of Orpheus, who tried to bring her back from the dead with his enchanting music. Etymology Several meanings for the name ...

'', a play by

Sarah Ruhl Sarah Ruhl (born January 24, 1974) is an American playwright, professor, and essayist. Among her most popular plays are ''Eurydice'' (2003), '' The Clean House'' (2004), and ''In the Next Room (or the Vibrator Play)'' (2009). She has been the rec ...

(song, "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree") (off-Broadway, 2007)

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