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Churchill Kohlman (January 28, 1906 – May 25, 1983) was an African-American songwriter who wrote Johnnie Ray's 1951 hit, "Cry" while working in a Pittsburgh dry cleaning factory as the night watchman.〔http://www.americanprofile.com/article/30853.html American Profile article〕〔''Jet'', February 14, 1952, p. 56-7〕 Royalties from "Cry" were the subject of a bitter legal dispute between Kohlman and Perry Alexander, owner of music publisher Mellow Music. Alexander was ordered by arbitrators to pay Kohlman $15,331.24 to settle the dispute in 1953.〔''Billboard'', March 7, 1953, p. 16〕 Kohlman wrote hundreds of other songs, but none achieved the success of "Cry". Churchill had the following siblings: Homer Kohlman (1907–1985); and Alyse Kohlman Klaytor. After his success with "Cry", he was a correspondent for ''Prevue'', a Chicago-based show-business magazine. He married Viola (1915–1995) and had the following children: Phyllis Kohlman O'Leary and Eleanor Kohlman Smith; and Carl Kohlman. He died under the name Charles Kohlman of a heart attack in 1983, at 77 years old, in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Pittsburgh. His grave is at Homewood Cemetery in Point Breeze. ==Popular culture== *The Johnny Ray version of "Cry" was used in the 1987 Ridley Scott film, ''Someone to Watch Over Me''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Churchill Kohlman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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