Chester Conn


Chester Conn '' was an American composer of popular music and music publisher.

Early career

In 1918, Cohn was working for Broadway Music Corp in New York. In 1922, Cohn was working for Leo Feist, Inc., in its Chicago office. In 1937, Conn co-founded the New York music publishing of Bregman, Vocco & Conn, Inc.. The other name partners were Jack Bregman '' and Rocco Vocco. Chester Conn's only child, a son, Jack D. Conn, had been an executive at BVC. Given that Bregman, Vocco, and Jack Conn all predeceased Chester, Chester sold the firm in May 1967 to 20th Century Fox for 4.5 million dollars in cash. Chester Conn died years later at age.

Selected works

Conn's best-known song is the jazz standard "Sunday". The Jazz Discography Online, as of June 2017, lists 497 recording sessions for "Sunday" – from 1926 to 2015. Other songs include "My Suppressed Desire", "Outside of Heaven", "Just Like Before", "I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore", "Make Her Mine", "Forgive My Heart",
"Night Lights", "It's None of My Affair", "Time To Go Home", "Blue Waltz ", "Anything I Do", "Oh Well", and "Because You Lied."

Other works

The performers who have recorded Conn's songs include Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Eddie Fisher, Coleman Hawkins, Milt Jackson, Carmen McRae, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Clark Terry, and Ben Webster, Lester Young.

Death

Chester was born to David Cohn and Minnie . At an early age, Chester was raised by his mother, who had become a widow sometime before 1900. Chester Conn died of a heart attack April 4, 1973, while living in Flushing, Queens. He was stricken at the Aqueduct Racetrack. Conn was survived by his wife, Grace , whom he married May 1, 1921, in Chicago. He was also survived as daughter-in-law, Ella Conn '', and one grandson, Brian Conn. Ella Conn was an aunt to Gary Nardino, a notable Hollywood TV and film director, producer, and industry executive.

General references

Catalog of Copyright Entries, Library of Congress, Copyright Office'''

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