Cyril Frank Walter (September 16, 1915 – August 18, 1968) was an American café society pianist based in New York City for four decades.

[1] His long radio and recording career included both solo and duo performances, and stints as accompanist for such elegant vocal stylists as Greta Keller, Mabel Mercer, and Lee Wiley.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Walter grew up in a musical family and received early classical training from his mother, a professional piano teacher.

[8] By then a fixture on the New York music scene, Walter spent the rest of the 1950s performing at various Manhattan venues and recording both as a solo pianist and accompanist—-for example, on Ahmet Ertegun's fledgling Atlantic label.

For example, he composed both words and music for "Some Fine Day" (1953), and collaborated with Alec Wilder on "Time and Tide" (1961) and Chilton Ryan on "You Are There" (1960) and "See a Ring Around the Moon" (1961).

The entire show was professionally captured by filmmaker Michael Stever and sound engineer Rubin Nizri of New Record Studios, and can be viewed in its entirety on The Cy Walter Foundation's YouTube channel.