Phil Springer, Songwriter! (More Than Santa Baby!)

 

One thing that you should know about me: I have a deep regard for songwriters.  Phil Springer is a songwriter who will turn 100 years old in May. He has over 540 musical credits, the most famous song being one that he cowrote with Joan Javits for Eartha Kitt, "Santa Baby".  His daughter, Tamar Springer has written and produced a documentary about her father "More Than Santa Baby".  I am very pleased to tell you that you may go to a website and VOTE on this documentary!  Please do!

https://forms.gle/KDNYYfsRfnxiAmE98

The website is the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival People's Choice Awards. Once you see the form, type in "More Than Santa Baby" in the Short Film Category.  You might say, "but I haven't seen it!"  I haven't seen this documentary either, but I will! And I KNOW that I will love it, so I have no qualms about voting for it.  

I hope you have seen the video of Phil Springer playing "Moonlight Sonata " on the piano. Hey, it has 1.6 million views! I am pleased to say that it won a 2024 WEBBY award for Best Individual Performance. 

Here is Phil Springer's website:  Composer of Santa Baby
 

If you click on that link, you will also see a book mentioned: "The Last Legacy of  E. Y. "Yip" Harburg". I hope you know his name! He is the one who gave us all the lyrics for many songs, including all of the songs from "The Wizard of Oz"!  Yip Harburg and Phil Springer were great friends and song collaborators. (If someone is going through a tough time, give them a bag of lemon drops and hand write this line from Harburg. "May your troubles melt like lemon drops".  I am paraphrasing of course, but that is totally lifted from the marvelous "Over The Rainbow"!)

Look! This tree is in bloom right at our front walkway. Do you know what it is? (You won't win anything, just my great respect, if you know.)  Spring officially begins tomorrow on March 20th, but it already looks like Spring to me!

Please don't forget to go to that site and vote for the documentary about Phil Springer.  I will send a message to Tamar Springer that I wrote this post on my blog.  I am thanking you all in advance! You are all just the best!