Welcome to

Cafe Songbook

Internet Home of the
Songs, Songwriters and Performers of

The Great American Songbook

Madison Square logo, top of page cafe songbook sign for logo

Search Tips: 1) Click "Find on This Page" button to activate page search box. 2) When searching for a name (e.g. a songwriter), enter last name only. 3) When searching for a song title on the catalog page, omit an initial "The" or "A". 4) more search tips.

Cafe Songbook Performer Index
(last names beginning with "Sa-Sim")

Only performers who currently appear on Cafe Songbook pages are included.
For performers with last names beginning with "Sa-Sim," scroll the table below.
For others, click the appropriate letter(s):
A || B || C || D || E || F || G || H || I-J || K || L || Ma - Mc || Me-My
N-O || P-Q || R || Sinatra || Sk-Sy || T || U-V || W || X-Y-Z
Performer
Featured Album
(or artist photo)
Performance(s) on Cafe Songbook
(Click song title to visit Cafe Songbook page with performance on album and/or video.)
Harvie S
(born Harvie Swartz, December 6, 1948) -- American jazz double-bassist)


cover Harvie S / Kenny Barron albumAmazon || iTunes

Elizabeth Sackett
No album or photo currently available
Spider Saloff (b. 1960, Camden, NJ US, Co-host of the NPR program Words & Music, Saloff is a Chicago-based jazz vocalist)

Spider Saloff album cover
Amazon
Cécile McLorin Salvant
(born August 28, 1989 in Miami, Florida -- jazz singer)



Amazon !! iTunes

San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
(founded 1978)


album: San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus "How Fair This Place"
Amazon || iTunes

Corey Saunders
(singer and actor)

No album cover currently available

Merl Saunders
(born February 14, 1934, San Mateo, California, US - died October 24, 2008 (age 74) -- rock, folk, world music, new age organist and pianiist)

Merl Saunders and Jerry Garcia "Keystone Companions: The Complete 1973 Fantasy Recordings"
Amazon || iTunes
Boz Scaggs
(born William Royce Scaggs June 8, 1944, Canton, Ohio, US -- jazz, rock, pop singer, guitarist and songwriter)

album cover Boz Scaggs "At Last"
Amazon || iTunes
Jane Scheckter
(American jazz singer)

album cover: In Times Like These Jane Scheckter
Amazon || iTunes

Diane Schuur
(born December 10, 1953, Tacoma, Washington US -- Jazz, Blues, Pop singer and pianist)

album cover: Diane Schuur "Music Is My Life"
Amazon || iTunes
Jonathan Schwartz
(born June 28, 1938, New York City, son of Songbook composer Arthur Schwartz -- radio personlity known for his promotion and knowledge of The Great American Songbook)

album cover: Jonathan Schwartz and Arthur Schwartz "Alone Together"
Amazon || iTunes
Vivienne Segal
(born April 19, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania US - died December 29, 1992 (age 95), Beverly Hills, California US -- Broadway stage and film actress and singer)

album cover: "Pal Joey"
Amazon || iTunes
Peter Sellers
(born Richard Henry Sellers, September 8, 1925, Southsea UK - died July 24, 1980, age 54, Fitzrovia UK) -- actor, comedian and singer)

album cover "The Best of Sellers"
Amazon || iTunes
Annie Sellick
(Nashville based jazz and standards singer)


Amazon || iTunes

Ralph Sharon
(born September 17, 1923, London, England,
Jazz pianist,
leader Ralph Sharon Trio)


album cover: Ralph Sharon Trio "The Magic of George Gershwin"
Amazon || iTunes

Artie Shaw
(born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky, May 23, 1910, New York City US - died December 30, 2004 (age 94) Thousand Oaks, California, US - big band leader and clarinetist)

album cover "The Essential Artie Shaw"
Amazon || iTunes
Diane Shaw
(British soul and jazz singer)

album cover: Diane Shaw "Jazz Nites"
Amazon || iTunes icon
Ian Shaw
(born St. Asaph, Wales, UK, June 2, 1962 -- jazz singer and stand-up comedian)


album cover: "Somewhere Towards Love" by Ian Shaw
Amazon || iTunesicon

George Shearing
(born August 13, 1919, Battersea, London - died February 14, 2011 (age 91) New York City -- jazz pianist)


album cover: "Best of George Shearing"


Amazon || iTunesicon

album cover: "Nat King Cole Sings George Shearing Plays"

Daryl Sherman
(Born Woonsocket, Rhode Island, US -jazz singer)



Amazon || iTunes

Dinah Shore
(born Frances Rose Shore, February 29, 1916, Winchester, Tennessee, US - died February 24, 1994 (age 77) Beverly Hills, California, US -- pop singer)

album cover: Dinah Shore and Andre Previn "Dinah Sings, Previn Plays"
Amazon || iTunes icon
Bobby Short
(born Robert Waltrip Short, September 15, 1924, Danville, Illinois, US - died March 21, 2005 (age 80) New York City -- cabaret pianist and singer)


Amazon || iTunes
Beverly Sills
(born May 25, 1929, Brooklyn, New York - died July 2, 2007, New York City -- operatic soprano and chief administrator of New York City Opera, Lincoln Center and Metropolitan Oera)

album cover: "The Very Best of Beverly Sills"
Amazon || iTunes
Carly Simon
(born Carly Elisabeth Simon, June 25, 1945, New York City -- folk, rock, and standards singer)

album cover: Carly Simon "Torch"
Amazon || iTunes
Nina Simone
(born Eunice Kathleen Waymon, February 21, 1933, Tryon, North Carolina, US - died April 21, 2003 (age 70) -- Carry-le-Rouet, Bouches-du-Rhône, France -- jazz, blues and folk singer)

album cover: Nina Simone "After Hours"
Amazon || iTunes
back to top of page

Credits

(this page)

 

Credits for Videomakers of videos used on this page:

  • No videos currently appear on this page.

Borrowed material (text): The sources of all quoted and paraphrased text are cited. Such content is used under the rules of fair use to further the educational objectives of CafeSongbook.com. CafeSongbook.com makes no claims to rights of any kind in this content or the sources from which it comes.

 

Borrowed material (images): Images of CD, DVD, book and similar product covers are used courtesy of either Amazon.com or iTunes/LinkShare with which CafeSongbook.com maintains an affiliate status. All such images are linked to the source from which they came (i.e. either iTunes/LinkShare or Amazon.com).

 

Any other images that appear on CafeSongbook.com pages are either in the public domain or appear through the specific permission of their owners. Such permission will be acknowledged in this space on the page where the image is used.

 

For further information on Cafe Songbook policies with regard to the above matters, see our "About Cafe Songbook" page (link at top and bottom of every page).

 

Performers on "Sa" - "Sim" Page
(Click name to go directly to entry)

Harvie S
Spider Saloff
Elizabeth Sackett
Cécile McLorin Salvant
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Corey Saunders
Merl Saunders
Boz Scaggs
Jane Scheckter
Diane Schuur
Jonathan Schwartz
Vivienne Segal
Peter Sellers
Annie Sellick
Ralph Sharon
Artie Shaw
Diane Shaw
Ian Shaw
George Shearing
Daryl Sherman
Dinah Shore
Bobby Short
Beverly Sills
Carly Simon
Nina Simone
Credits

back to top of page