Sammy Fain -composer-
Oscar-winning songwriter Sammy Fain wrote successful pop hits and show tunes for Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s through the 1950s. Born in New York City on June 17, 1902, Fain went on to become a prolific composer of traditional pop tunes that weere oft-covered by vocalists through the decades. The composer got his start when he penned a successful song shortly after getting a job with Jack Mills as a songplugging pianist. The first hit was 1924's "Nobody Knows What A Red Head Mamma Can Do." Other hits that followed include "Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)" (1929) and "You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me" (1930). Fain worked with many lyricists over the years, including Mitchell Parish, Irving Kahal, Jack Yellen, and E.Y. Harburg. He also worked with Lew Brown (of the famed Henderson-DeSylva-Brown songwriting team) with whom he co-wrote "That Old Feeling" (1937). It was sung by Virginia Verrill in the 1937 cinematic musical Vogues of 1938 and brought back, first by Peggy Lee, then again by songstress Jane Froman, who recorded it for the 1952 movie musical about Froman's life, With A Song In My Heart. Another 1930s song by Fain that was later revived is "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (1937), covered by the Andrews Sisters in 1949. Other songs penned by Fain which were used in productions include "Are You Having Any Fun?," sung by Ella Logan in George White's Scandals of 1939, and "I'll Be Seeing You" (1938), which was sung in the Royal Palm Review of WWII (with Rudy Vallee, Tony Martin, and more), and used again in the 1944 movie The Royal Palm Review. Sammy Fain's next hit came in 1949, when both Dinah Shore and Bing Crosby cut popular recordings of "Dear Hearts And Gentle People." A few years later, Fain got his first Oscar for the smash hit sung by Doris Day, "Secret Love" (1953), which sold over two-million copies. In 1955, Fain garnered his second Oscar for the film title song Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. The Four Aces also recorded this tune and it was a million seller. In the late '50s, Sammy Fail songs were recorded by artists including Pat Boone ("April Love" in 1957) and Johnny Mathis ("A Certain Smile" in 1958). --Joslyn Layne, All Music Guide
song title: A Woman's Touch (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: Alice In Wonderland
lyric by Bob Hilliard
song title: And There You Are
lyric by Irving Kahal
song title: April Love
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: Are You Having Any Fun?
lyric by Jack Yellen
song title: Dear Hearts And Gentle People (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
lyric by Bob Hilliard
song title: Dream Weaver
lyric by Bob Hilliard
song title: Gwan Home Your Mudder's Callin'
lyric by Ralph Freed
song title: I Can Dream, Can't I? (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal
song title: I Hear The Music Now
original music by Ambroise Charles Thomas
adapted by Sammy Fain
English lyric by Jerry Seelen
song title: I Left My Sugar Standing In The Rain (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal
song title: I'll Be Seeing You (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal
song title: Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler
song title: Love Is A Many Splendored Thing (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: Please Don't Say No
lyric by Ralph Freed
song title: Secret Love (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: Something I Dreamed Last Night (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Jack Yellen & Herb Magidson
song title: Tender Is The Night (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: That Old Feeling (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Lew Brown
song title: The Deadwood Stage (Click Here for YouTube video clip)
lyric by Paul Francis Webster
song title: The Wildest Gal In Town
lyric by Jack Yellen
song title: When I Take My Sugar To Tea (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman
song title: You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me (Click Here for YouTube audio clip)
lyric by Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman
