His body was returned to Lakewood, Ohio and after a Mass at St. Christopher Catholic Church in Rocky River, he was buried in the family plot next to his parents at Lakewood Park Cemetery. Prior to his death in 1987, Sammy Kaye left his orchestra to Roger Thorpe of New Paltz, New York. Thorpe, an accomplished music professor at SUNY Dutchess and director of the Dutchess Jazz Ensemble, knew Sammy from over the years. Thorpe operates the orchestra to this day. In popular culture In October 1939, Kaye's "sweet band" sound was satirized by Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra with the song "The Wrong Idea (Swing and Sweat with Charlie Barnet)" written by Charlie Barnet and Billy May. Discography Compositions Sammy Kaye wrote or co-wrote the following songs: "Remember Pearl Harbor", "Until Tomorrow (Goodnight, My Love)", "Belmont Boogie", "Kaye's Melody", "Wanderin'", "I Gotta See a Dream About a Girl", "I Miss Your Kiss" and "Bottoms Up (Let's Have a Ball)" with Sunny Skylar, "The Midnight Ride", and "Hawaiian Sunset". "I Miss Your Kiss" was released as a U.S. War Department V-Disc in May, 1945 as 433A during World War II for American troops overseas. Filmography Song of the Open Road (1944) Iceland (1942) Legacy Kaye was posthumously inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992, and for his contribution to the recording industry has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. See also "Daddy (Sammy Kaye song)" References External links Official Website Sammy Kaye recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings. 1910 births 1987 deaths American bandleaders American male songwriters Big band bandleaders RCA Victor artists Decca Records artists Vocalion Records artists People from Lakewood, Ohio Ohio University alumni Deaths from cancer in New Jersey 20th-century American musicians Songwriters from Ohio Burials at Lakewood Park Cemetery 20th-century American male musicians Rocky River High School (Ohio) alumni