For the 1952 revue, he penned "Guess Who I Saw Today," which is his best-know song, having been recorded by the likes of Eydie Gorme, Nancy Wilson, Carmen McRae and Toni Tennille. Sarah Vaughan's rendition is in the collection of "25 most important night club songs of all time" in an anthology recorded by the Smithsonian. The story song told of a housewife who, while in town, catches her husband cheating. The bitingly civilized opening verse runs:
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New Faces of 1956 Opened June 14, 1956 |
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Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1952 Opened May 16, 1952 |
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