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]