Sammy Fain
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Biography
Samuel E. Feinberg, known professionally as Sammy Fain, was born on June 17, 1902, in New York City. He was an American composer of popular music who began his career as a self-taught pianist before focusing on songwriting and composition. He collaborated extensively with lyricists Irving Kahal and later Paul Francis Webster, contributing numerous works to The Great American Songbook and Broadway theatre. Notable songs include âLet a Smile Be Your Umbrellaâ and âIâll Be Seeing You.â Fainâs Broadway credits include works such as Flahooley and Ankles Aweigh. He composed music for several films and received ten Academy Award nominations, winning twice for Best Original Song with âSecret Loveâ from Calamity Jane (1953) and âLove Is a Many-Splendored Thingâ (1955). Fain was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972. He died on December 6, 1989, in Los Angeles, California.
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- Secret Love by Sammy Fain
- Fantasmic! featuring Modest Mussorgsky
- A very Precious Love by Sammy Fain
- By a Waterfall
- Tender Is the Night featuring Sammy Fain
- Jeepers Creepers by Monty Siegel
- Main Title featuring Sammy Fain
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing
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- If You Don't Want To Be Sweethearts
- Beyond the Laughing Sky by Bob Hilliard
- If You Don't Want to Be Sweethearts, I Don't Want to Be Friends
- The Fantasyland Darkride Suite featuring Paul Smith
- A Woman's Touch by Sammy Fain
- The Handwriting's On The Wall
