Joe Sherman (songwriter)

Joe Sherman (né Joseph Daniel Sherman; 25 September 1926 – March 17, 2017) was an American songwriter, conductor, arranger, publisher and producer.[1]

Career

Sherman was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Joe Sherman's chief collaborators included his brother, Noel, as well as George David Weiss, Sid Wayne, Langston Hughes, and Abby Mann.[1] With his brother as lyricist, he composed "To the Ends of the Earth and "Eso Beso" for Paul Anka and "Juke Box Baby" for Perry Como.[2] The brothers joint composition, "Ramblin' Rose", was a hit for Nat King Cole among others.[3]

His brother, Noel, died in 1972.[4]

Bibliography

Notes

1. "Sherman, Joseph D." (bio).
2. Langer.
3. "The Hot 100 Chart". Billboard.com. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
4. Billboard, June 24, 1972.

References

• Billboard (June 24, 1972). "Sherman Dies; A Capitol Exec". Vol. 84, no. 26. p. 70. Retrieved January 1, 2021 – via Google Books. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) "Among the standards that Sherman composed are "Ramblin' Rose," "Graduation Day," "Eso Beso" and "To the Ends of the Earth".
• Langer, Arthur (April 12, 2012). Songs at Twilight: Stories of My Time. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-4634-3202-7. LCCN 2011911546. OCLC 1124414814. Retrieved January 1, 2021 – via Google Books. "Joe had already built an outstanding reputation as a songwriter, having written such hits as "Ramblin' Rose" and "That Sunday, That Summer" for Nat "King" Cole, "Eso Beso" for Paul Anka, and others like "To the Ends of the Earth" and "Graduation Day".
• "Sherman, Joseph D." (biographical entry) (1980). Jaques Cattell Press (ed.). ASCAP Biographical Dictionary (4th ed.). New York: R.R. Bowker. p. 461. ISBN 0-8352-1283-1. LCCN 80-65351. OCLC 1147715021 – via Internet Archive.