Education
University of Minnesota.
University of Minnesota.
He wrote the music for National King Cole"s 1951 Number. 1 hit "Too Young". He died at a nursing home in North Bergen, New Jersey. He was 89 and had lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey.
"Too Young"s" words were written by Sylvia Dee, a lyricist and longtime collaborator with Lippman.
As she said that, Mr. Lippman recalled, she looked at me and I looked at her and we both said, "Title?" He teamed up with Buddy Kaye and Fred Wise to do the words and music for "A" - You"re Adorable (The Alphabet Song), which also became a Number.
1 hit, in 1949, as an Radio Corporation of America Victor recording with Perry Como and the Fontane Sisters. Mr. Lippman"s other successful popular songs included the novelty Chickery Chick, which was a number one hit for Sammy Kaye in 1945.
Sidney Lippman, also called Sid, was a native of Minneapolis and graduated from the University of Minnesota.
During World World War II he was a merchant seaman. He moved to Manhattan and studied musical composition for a year at the Juilliard School. During his career, Lippman worked with Burt Reynolds, Andy Minsker and Tracey Ullman.
Barefoot Boy with Cheek (1947).
Broadway musical; music by Lippman. Lyrics by Sylvia Dee.
Book by Max Shulman.