You Fascinate Me So

YOU FASCINATE ME SO!THE LIFE AND TIMES OF CY COLEMAN

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He penned songs such as Witchcraft and The Best Is Yet to Come (signature tunes for Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett respectively) and wrote such musicals as ÊSweet CharityÊ ÊI Love My WifeÊ ÊOn the Twentieth CenturyÊ and ÊThe Will Rogers FolliesÊ ä yet his life has gone entirely unexplored until now. ÊYou Fascinate Me SoÊ takes readers into the world and work of Tony Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer/performer Cy Coleman exploring his days as a child prodigy in the 1930s his time as a hot jazz pianist and early television celebrity in the 1950s and his life as one of Broadway's preeminent composers.ÞThis first-time biography of Coleman has been written with the full cooperation of his estate and it is filled with previously unknown details about his body of work. Additionally interviews with colleagues and friends including Marilyn and Alan Bergman Ken Howard Michele Lee James Naughton Bebe Neuwirth Hal Prince Chita Rivera and Tommy Tune provide insight into Coleman's personality and career.