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Sammy Fain, whose real name was Samuel Feinberg, was an American composer and actor who was born on June 17, 1902 in New York City, New York (United States) and died on December 6, 1989 in Los Angeles (California).
Sammy Fain was born in New York City. In 1923 he appeared with Artie Dunn in a short film directed by Lee De Forest, filmed with the Phonofilm sound process. From 1925 onwards, Fain devoted himself entirely to music. He was a self-taught pianist who played by ear. He began working as a pianist and composer for the music publisher Jack Mills.
Fain first collaborated with Irving Kahal. Together they wrote 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 compositions include Everybody's Welcome, Right This Way, Hellzapoppin, I'll Be Seeing You, Flahooley, Ankles Aweigh, Christine and many others.
Fain also wrote for over 30 films in the 1930s, 40s and 50s and was nominated for the 'Best Original Song Oscar' nine times, winning twice, with Secret Love from Calamity Jane in 1954 and Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing from the film of the same title in 1955. He co-wrote several songs with Paul Francis Webster. Fain wrote the second theme for the television series Wagon Train in 1958: (Roll Along) Wagon Train.
In the 1950s he wrote songs for three Disney feature films: Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953) and Sleeping Beauty (1959).
In 1963 he collaborated with Harold Adamson in writing the songs for the 1964 film The Incredible Mr. Limpet, and tunes such as I Wish I Were a Fish, Be Careful How You Wish and Deep Rapture enhanced his reputation.
In 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
He renewed his collaboration with Disney in the late 1970s for The Adventures of Bernard and Bianca and was nominated alongside Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins for the Best Song Oscar for Someone's Waiting for You.
Fain died in Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Cedar Park Cemetery in Emerson, New Jersey.
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