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Sammy Fain

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Composer 1902–1989

Sammy Fain (born Samuel E. Feinberg; June 17, 1902 – December 6, 1989) was an American composer of popular music. In the 1920s and early 1930s, he contributed numerous songs that form part of The Great American Songbook, and to Broadway theatre.

Also credited on7 works

Hellzapoppin
Alive and Kicking
Flahooley
Ankles Aweigh
Catch a Star!
Something More!
Swing!

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature8 passages

  • Music : Hal Borne, Irma Jurist, Sammy Fain, Harold Rome, Ray Golden, Sonny Burke, Leonard Gershe, Billy Kyle, Sid Kuller, and Leo Schumerebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Music : Bhumibol (His Royal Highness King Phumiphon of Thailand), Sammy Fain, Harold Rome, Raymond Scott, Sammy Stept, and Jule Styneebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Music : Sammy Fain (dance music “devised” by Roger Adams; additional dance music by Donald [Don] Pippin)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Music : Jerry Bock, Hal Borne, Phil Charig, Sammy Fain, Norman Martin, and Jay Navarre (ballet music by Herb Schutz)ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “(An) (That) Element of Doubt” (lyric by Howard Dietz, music by Sammy Fain) (Young Lady: Loray White; Boy: Joel Grey; Girl: Muriel Landers); later heard in the Broadway revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 (but was dropped from the revue during the run);ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • (*) “(A) World of Strangers” (lyric by Paul Francis Webster and Ray Golden, music by Sammy Fain) (Girl: Judy Foster; Boy: Alec Davis); originally performed in the 1950 Broadway revue Alive and Kicking ;ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

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