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Sol Kaplan, American pianist and composer (died 1990)
Sol Kaplan was an American film and television music composer. Jeff Bond noted: "Although he wrote only two scores for the series, New York composer Sol Kaplan's music was tracked frequently throughout the show's first two seasons". He went on to write music for dozens of films including the 1953 films Titanic and Niagara.
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Sol Kaplan was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Sol Kaplan's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1919 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.25 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $5,000 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $2,000 | $67,500 |
| Movie ticket | $0.15 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 103.2M | 341 million |
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