Seymour "Cy" Coben was an American songwriter whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy.
11 Facts About Cy Coben
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Cy Coben was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, the youngest son of Harris Cohen and Nettie Brandt Cohen, and was originally named Seymour.
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Cy Coben's father was a wholesale meat supplier in New York City.
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Cy Coben learned to play the trumpet and studied at a local music academy.
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Cy Coben spent the next several years in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as a pharmacist's mate.
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Cy Coben wrote "A Good Woman's Love" for his wife Shirley Nagel, whom he married in 1948.
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In 1949, Cy Coben first visited Nashville and soon became a part of the music business there.
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Cy Coben wrote "Nobody's Child" with Mel Foree; Hank Snow recorded it in 1949.
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Cy Coben wrote many novelty songs; one of his biggest novelty hits was "The Old Piano Roll Blues".
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Cy Coben wrote for Homer and Jethro - "The Billboard Song" became a much-recorded favorite, and "Don't Jump Off the Roof, Dad" was later a hit for British comedian Tommy Cooper.
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Cy Coben wrote "How to Catch a Man" for country comedian Minnie Pearl and it became one of her standards.