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Sammy Fain (1902-1989) was an American composer of popular music and a two-time Oscar winner. He wrote songs for Broadway, films, and Disney animated movies, such as "Secret Love", "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing", and "I Wish I Were a Fish".
Sammy Fain covered I'm in the Market for You, Ain't Misbehavin', Watching My Dreams Go By, Lovable and Sweet and other songs. Sammy Fain originally did What a Day!, Happy in Love, I'm in the Market for You, Painting the Clouds with Sunshine and other songs. Sammy Fain wrote I'll Be Seeing You, Secret Love, That Old Feeling, I Can Dream, Can't I ...
- June 17, 1902
- December 6, 1989
Sammy Fain (1902-1989) was a composer and actor who won two Oscars for his songs. He wrote music for films such as Calamity Jane, Grease and The Rescuers, and was married twice.
- Music Department, Composer, Actor
- June 17, 1902
- Sammy Fain
- December 6, 1989
Sammy Fain (born June 17, 1902, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 6, 1989, Los Angeles, Calif.) was a prolific American composer of popular songs, including many for Broadway musicals and Hollywood motion pictures. Numbered among his best-known tunes are “Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella,” “Tender is the Night,” and “I’ll Be Seeing You,” all of which became standards.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sammy Fain was a prolific and versatile songwriter who composed for Broadway, Hollywood and Disney movies. He won two Oscars for "Secret Love" and "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" and wrote classics like "I'll Be Seeing You" and "Here's to Your Illusions".
Dec 7, 1989 · Sammy Fain, among the last of that select breed of tunesmiths who peddled their songs from the backs of trucks and in the dingy hallways of New York City's legendary Tin Pan Alley, died Wednesday.
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Dec 7, 1989 · Mr. Fain was born in New York City on June 17, 1902, and named Samuel Feinberg. A trained pianist, he worked in vaudeville and in the music publishing business as a song plugger before achieving ...
