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In the 1935 MAE WEST comedy "Goin' to Town," there are several favorites on the soundtrack.
• • "Love Is Love" — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Irving Kahal; Sung by Mae West
• • "He's a Bad Man" — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Irving Kahal; Sung by Mae West
• • "Now I'm a Lady" — Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Irving Kahal and Sam Coslow; Sung by Mae West
• • Past columns have focused on both Sammy Fain and Sam Coslow so let's get better acquainted with Mr. Kahal.
• • Born in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania in the month of March — — on 5 March 1903 — — Irving Kahal was initiated into variety and, eventually, performed with a troupe led by Gus Edwards [1879 — 1945]. During this time Kahal met vaudevillian songwriter Sammy Fain in New York City. That meeting began one of the most prolific collaborations from Tin Pan Alley and lasted until Kahal's death in 1942. In 1927 they produced their first song, "Let a Smile be Your Umbrella," a chart-topper covered by many vocalists.
• • In 1930, Paramount Pictures signed Kahal and Fain to write a song for the Maurice Chevalier movie The Big Pond. They traveled to Los Angeles, composed "You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me" (written with Pierre Norman), and adopted that California city as their new base of operations.
• • For the remainder of their partnership, Kahal and Fain worked for several movie studios, mainly focused on providing one or two numbers to be included in a variety of films. They continued to create instant classics and they also wrote for Broadway musicals.
• • Unfortunately, 38-year-old Irving Kahal died at the height of his success on 7 February 1942 in New York, New York. Kahal was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Even MAE WEST's charisma could not save "Myra Breckinridge" [released on 24 June 1970] — — but two numbers she performed onscreen were pressed on a promotional disk and the record has become quite a keepsake. It took the efforts of three adults worshipping at the grotto of improbable thoughts to come up with an astonishing sweetcake fat with brag like "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit," copyrighted in 1964 and only used in this particular motion picture. Maybe it became tainted fruit, especially for morose types who prefer songs about ummm . . . suffering heroically. Tsk! So many can't take a joke.
• • Born in Brooklyn, New York during the month of September — — on 11 September 1925 — — Alan Bergman was part of this tutti-frutti threesome. He penned the lyrics with his wife Marilyn Bergman and Sammy Fain wrote the music.
• • The prolific songwriter, composer, and author was educated at UCLA and the University of Northern Carolina (BA). During WW II, he wrote and directed Special Services shows, then directed TV shows for CBS in Philadelphia, PA from 1945—1953. He joined ASCAP in 1955 and wrote TV production numbers for Jo Stafford special shows, and songs for Fred Astaire and Marge and Gower Champion. He also wrote songs for revues and night club acts. Happy Birthday, Alan.
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• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Even MAE WEST's presence couldn't save "Myra Breckinridge" [released on 24 June 1970] — — but two numbers she performed onscreen were pressed on a promotional disk and the record has become quite a keepsake. It took the efforts of three adults worshipping at the grotto of improbable thoughts to come up with an astonishing sweetcake fat with brag like "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit," copyrighted in 1964 and only used in this particular motion picture. Maybe it became tainted fruit, especially for morose types who prefer songs about ummm . . . suffering heroically. Tsk! So many can't take a joke.
• • Born in New York City during the month of June — — on 17 June 1902 — — Sammy Fain [birthname Samuel E. Feinberg] was part of this tutti-frutti threesome.
• • After a brief career as an actor, Sammy Fain became a full-time composer. Working extensively with his writing partner Irving Kahal, this successful team cranked out chart-toppers such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella" [1927], an instant classic. Another lyricist who collaborated with Fain was Lew Brown, with whom he wrote "That Old Feeling" [1937].
• • Fain racked up an extensive resume of Broadway credits and also composed music for more than 30 films during the 1930s — 1950s. Though Fain was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972, it probably was not for "You Gotta Taste All the Fruit," whose lyrics were penned by Marilyn Bergman and Alan Bergman.
• • Sammy Fain died in Los Angeles, California on 6 December 1989, and is interred at Cedar Park Cemetery in Emerson, New Jersey. Sammy, we summon the unseamed richness of birdspeak to chirp you a birthday song today.• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/________
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In the 1935 MAE WEST comedy "Goin' to Town," there are several favorites on the soundtrack.