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Biography

Sammy Fain began working as a staff pianist and composer for music publisher Jack Mills.  Later, Fain worked extensively in collaboration with Irving Kahal writing classics such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella," "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me," and "I'll Be Seeing You." Another lyricist who collaborated with Fain was Lew Brown, with whom he wrote "That Old Feeling".  His Broadway credits also included Everybody's Welcome, Right This Way, Hellzapoppin’, Flahooley, Ankles Aweigh, Christine and Something More.  Fain composed music for more than 30 films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s.  He was nominated for the best Original Song Oscar nine times, winning twice, with "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane in 1954 and with "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" from the movie of the same title in 1955.  He co-wrote both songs with Paul Francis Webster, another long-time collaborator.  In 1963, he collaborated with Harold Adamson in writing songs for the 1964 movie The Incredible Mr. Limpet, including the songs "I Wish I Were a Fish," "Be Careful How You Wish" and "Deep Rapture."  In 1972, he was inducted into The Songwriters Hall of Fame.