Edward Abraham Snyder (February 22, 1919 – March 10, 2011) was an American composer and songwriter. Snyder is credited with co-writing the English language lyrics and music for Frank Sinatra's 1966 hit, "Strangers in the Night".
Life
Snyder was born in New York City on February 22, 1919. He studied piano at the
Juilliard School before taking a job as a songwriter at the
Brill Building. Eddie Snyder died on March 10, 2011, in Lakeland, Florida, at the age of 92.
[ He had two children, Rich Snyder and Valli Kane.]
Career
Early years
Snyder reportedly had a "decent" voice and he found employment as a "piano man" entertaining people in bars, clubs and hotels, first in New York and later in Miami, where he met his future wife, Jessie, in 1945.
Songwriting
In 1951 after coming back to New York, he would begin composing his own material.[
], a song that Sinatra would take to the No. 1 spot on the charts.
He often put words to music by Bert Kaempfert or James Last, with him co-writing the lyrics for James Last's composition of "Games That Lovers Play" (a hit for singers like Wayne Newton, Eddie Fisher and Connie Francis) and also the Ed Ames hit of the Kaempfert composition of "When the Snow Is on the Roses". He worked with Singleton further, writing the lyrics with him for Kaempfert's "Remember When (We Made These Memories)", a hit for Newton.[ Cashbox magazine, March 30, 1968. Record Reviews, The Cashbox Picks of the Week]
