- Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
- Father, with Esther Muir, of Jacqueline Coslow.
- Father-in-law of Ted Sorel.
- Although primarily known as a song writer Sam Coslow also made recordings for Gennett, Victor, Columbia, Vocalion and Decca Records.
- Sam Coslow wrote the title song, with Friedrich Hollaender to the Paramount movie True Confession (1937) in one afternoon.
- Described himself as "The Renaissance Man of Tin Pan Alley" and the "Tin Pan Alley Renaissance Man".
- Sam Coslow wrote the song "In the Middle of a Kiss" in 35 minutes before a circle of friends at a party in response to a challenge that he couldn't write a usable song in one hour. The song was later used in the Paramount movie College Scandal (1935).
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