Sammy Fain ur. 17.06.1902r N.York jako Samuel Feinberg zm.16.12.1989r w Los Angeles.
Wyjątkowo płodny kompozytor,który swoją karierę rozpoczął w 1920r i
kontynuował ją do lat 70-tych.Współpracował z takimi autorami tekstów
jak:Paul Francis Webster, E. Y. Harburg, Jack Yellen, Mitchell Parish i Lew Brown.Jego
rodzina wkrótce przeprowadziła się po jego urodzinach do odległej o 60
mil od Nowego Jorku miejscowości Catskill,gdzie jego ojciec był
kantorem w synagodze.Sammy uczył się gry na fortepianie,a będąc na
uczelni sprzedawał skomponowane przez siebie piosenki.
Po ukończeniu uczelni przenosi się do Nowego Jorku i zaczyna pracę jako pianista w Jack Mills Publishing.Niedługo potem formuje wodewilowy duet z Artie Dunnem.W 1925r zakłada spółkę autorsko-kompozytorską z Alem Dubinem i pisze swój pierwszy hit "Nobody Knows What a Red-Headed Mama Can Do". Ale już w 1927r zawiązuje współpracę trwającą 17 lat, z innym młodym autorem tekstów -Irvingiem Kahalem.W latach 30-tych Fain i Kahal przenoszą się do Hollywood,pracując przy musicalach.
Sammy krótko pracuje dla Paramount,póżniej trafia do Warner Brothers,pracując między innymi nad "Piotrusiem Panem" i "Alicją w Krainie Czarów".Jego najbardziej znane piosenki z tego okresu to:"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me", "When I Take My Sugar to Tea," , "That Old Feeling," , "Dear Hearts and Gentle People".
Po śmierci Kahala w 1942r współpracuje z Paulem Francisem Websterem,z którym pisze minn. "Secret Love",z filmu Calamity Jane,"Love Is A Many Spendored Thing","April Love" w wykonaniu Pata Boone'a czy "Tender is the Night", z filmu o tym samym tytule.
Filmografia
2002 Return to Neverland [anim] Songwriter
1987 Radio Days Songwriter
1977 The Rescuers [anim] Songwriter / Composer (Music Score)
1975 The Specialist Songwriter
1971 The Stepmother Composer (Music Score)
1968 If He Hollers, Let Him Go
aka Dead Right Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter
1965 Joy in the Morning Songwriter
1964 The Incredible Mr. Limpet Songwriter
1963 Judy Garland: Judy Garland & Friends [TV] Composer (Music Score)
1963 A New Kind of Love Songwriter
1963 Island of Love Songwriter
1961 Tender Is the Night Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter
1959 The Big Circus Songwriter
1959 Imitation of Life Songwriter
1958 A Certain Smile Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter
1958 Marjorie Morningstar Composer (Music Score)
1958 The Gift of Love Songwriter
1957 April Love Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter
1956 Hollywood or Bust Composer (Music Score) / Songwriter
1955 Ain't Misbehavin' Songwriter
1955 Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Composer (Music Score)
1953 Calamty Jane Songwriter
1953 Calamity Jane Composer (Music Score)
1951 Call Me Mister Songwriter
1951 Alice in Wonderland [anim] Songwriter
1944 I'll Be Seeing You Songwriter
1943 I Dood It Songwriter
1939 Conspiracy Songwriter
1937 New Faces of 1937 Composer (Music Score)
1937 Vogues of 1938
aka Vogues (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score)
1935 G-Men Songwriter
1935 Goin' to Town Songwriter / Composer (Music Score)
1934 Fashions of 1934
aka Fashions (U.S. title) Composer (Music Score)
1934 Dames Actor
1934 Easy to Love Songwriter
1934 Here Comes the Navy Songwriter
1934 Harold Teen Songwriter
1933 Footlight Parade Songwriter
1930 The Big Pond
aka La Grande mare Songwriter
1930 Young Man of Manhattan Songwriter
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Awards
Oscar [Muzyka filmowa]
Calamity Jane 1953 [najlepsza piosenka]
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955 [najlepsza piosenka]
Nominacje do Oscara [Muzyka filmowa]
Vogues of 1938 1937 [najlepsza piosenka]
April Love 1957 [najlepsza piosenka]
A Certain Smile 1958 [najlepsza piosenka]
Marjorie Morningstar 1958 [najlepsza piosenka]
Tender Is the Night 1962 [najlepsza piosenka]
The Stepmother 1972 [najlepsza piosenka]
Half a House 1976 [najlepsza piosenka]
The Rescuers 1977 [najlepsza piosenka]
Grammy
1972 Compostion for Motion Picture/TV Godfather
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Piosenki na listach przebojów
.1928 Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
Sam Lanin & His Orchestra 12.US [with Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler]
.1928 Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella
Roger Wolfe Kahn & His Orchestra 6.US [with Irving Kahal & Francis Wheeler]
.1929 Wedding Bells are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine
Gene Austin 8.US [with Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin]
.1930 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Maurice Chevalier 12.US [with Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman]
.1930 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
High Hatters 13.US [with Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman]
.1930 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me
Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra 3.US [with Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman]
.1931 When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Boswell Sisters 6.US [with Irving Kahal & Pierre Norman]
.1932 Was That the Human Thing to Do?
Boswell Sisters 7.US [with Joe Young]
.1933 By a Waterfall
Rudy Vallée & His Connecticut Yankees 15.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1933 By a Waterfall
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 6.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1933 By a Waterfall
Leo Reisman and His Orchestra 6.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1934 How Do I Know It's Sunday?
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians 14.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1937 Our Penthouse on Third Avenue
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra 6.US [with Lew Brown]
.1937 That Old Feeling
Jan Garber and His Orchestra 10.US [with Lew Brown]
.1937 That Old Feeling
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm 1.US [with Lew Brown]
.1938 I Can Dream, Can't I?
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 5.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1938 Simple and Sweet
Connee Boswell 12.US [with Irving Kahal]
.1938 Who Blew Out the Flame?
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra 6.US [with Mitchell Parish]
.1940 Love Song of Renaldo
Abe Lyman and His Californians 19.US [with Irving Kahal]
04/1944 I'll Be Seeing You
Bing Crosby 1.US [with Irving Kahal]
05/1944 I'll Be Seeing You
Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra 4.US [with Irving Kahal]
05/1948 The Dickey-Bird Song
Freddy Martin and His Orchestra 5.US [with Howard Dietz]
05/1948 The Dickey-Bird Song
Larry Clinton and His Orchestra 22.US [with Howard Dietz]
09/1949 I Can Dream, Can't I
The Andrews Sisters 1.US [with Irving Kahal]
09/1949 I Can Dream, Can't I
Toni Arden and Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra 7.US [with Irving Kahal]
12/1949 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Bing Crosby 2.US [with Bob Hilliard]
12/1949 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Gordon MacRae 19.US [with Bob Hilliard]
01/1950 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Benny Strong and His Orchestra 19.US [with Bob Hilliard]
01/1950 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestraa 24.US [with Bob Hilliard]
01/1950 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Dennis Day 14.US [with Bob Hilliard]
01/1954 Secret Love
Doris Day 1.US/1.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
04/1954 I Speak to the Stars
Doris Day 16.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
05/1954 Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)
The Four Aces 26.US [with Irving Kahal & Willie Raskin]
08/1954 The Black Hills of Dakota
Doris Day 7.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
08/1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
The Four Aces 1.US/2.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
11/1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Don Cornell 26.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
11/1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Woody Herman and His Orchestra 79.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
11/1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
David Rose and His Orchestra 54.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
12/1955 Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Don, Dick & Jimmy 96.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
05/1956 A Little Love Can Go a Long, Long Way
The Dream Weavers 33.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
06/1956 If You Wanna See Mamie Tonight
The Ames Brothers 89.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
08/1956 My Son John
David Whitfield 22.UK [with Carolyn Leigh]
10/1957 Man on Fire / Wanderin' Eyes
Frankie Vaughan 6.UK [with Paul Francis Webster, Bernie Lowe, Hal Norton & Kal Mann]
10/1957 April Love
Pat Boone 1.US/7.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
03/1958 A Very Precious Love
The Ames Brothers 23.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
06/1958 A Very Precious Love
Doris Day 16.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
06/1958 A Certain Smile
Johnny Mathis 14.US/4.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
10/1958 I'll Remember Tonight
Pat Boone 34.US/18.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
09/1959 I'll Be Seeing You
Tommy Sands 51.US [with Irving Kahal]
09/1959 I'll Be Seeing You
The Poni-Tails 87.US [with Irving Kahal]
02/1960 That Old Feeling
Kitty Kallen 55.US [with Lew Brown]
05/1960 I'll Be Seeing You
The Five Satins 79.US [with Irving Kahal]
10/1961 I'll Be Seeing You
Frank Sinatra 58.US [with Irving Kahal]
11/1962 Dear Hearts and Gentle People
The Springfields 95.US [with Bob Hilliard]
11/1963 Secret Love
Kathy Kirby 4.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]
10/1966 Secret Love
Groove Holmes 99.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
10/1966 Secret Love
Billy Stewart 29.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
.1973 Secret Love
Tony Booth 47.Country Chart [with Paul Francis Webster]
10/1975 Secret Love
Freddy Fender 20.US [with Paul Francis Webster]
06/1995 Secret Love
Daniel O'Donnell & Mary Duff 28.UK [with Paul Francis Webster]