Irving Kahal (March 5, 1903, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania – February 7, 1942, New York City) was a popular American song lyricist active in the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his collaborations with composer Sammy Fain which started in 1926 when Kahal was working in vaudeville sketches written by Gus Edwards. Their collaboration lasted 16 years, until Kahal's death in 1942.
Among many fine songs, the stand-out was "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" on which Pierre Norman lent a hand, which was sung by Maurice Chevalier in the film The Big Pond (1930) effectively becoming his signature tune, and featured by Frank Sinatra on his magisterial album Songs For Swingin' Lovers.
The Fain/Kahal catalogue also includes "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella" (1928) with Francis Wheeler, "Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine" (1929) with Willie Raskin, "By a Waterfall" (1930), "When I Take My Sugar to Tea" (1931) with Pierre Norman, "I Can Dream, Can't I?" (1938) and "I'll Be Seeing You", which was written in 1938, but became a hit in 1943 especially among the families of servicemen sent overseas.
In 1970, Irving Kahal was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
IrvingKahal (March 5, 1903, Houtzdale, Pennsylvania – February 7, 1942, New York City) was a popular American song lyricist active in the 1920s and 1930s...
written by Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics), Sammy Fain (music) and IrvingKahal (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley...
the lyrics by IrvingKahal and Francis Wheeler. The song was published in 1927 and was the first collaboration between the Fain / Kahal team. Successful...
Stephens as Lissa. The interpolated song "I'll Be Seeing You", written by IrvingKahal and Sammy Fain, was featured in the production and has since been recognized...
with his first American hits "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" by IrvingKahal, Pierre Norman and Sammy Fain and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in...
and Dorothy Burgess. The film's songs are by Sammy Fain (music) and IrvingKahal (lyrics). Sometime after its initial release, the title Fashions of 1934...
Johnson James Weldon Johnson Arthur Johnston Isham Jones Scott Joplin IrvingKahal Gus Kahn Bert Kalmar Jerome Kern Francis Scott Key Lead Belly Sam M....
1956, 1963 Pierre Connor, Sammy Fain, IrvingKahal You Can Take My Word for It, Baby 1946 Ticker Freeman, Irving Taylor You Cast a Spell Over Me 1940 (radio)...
Johnny Burke I'll Be Seeing You (1938) – Music by Sammy Fain – Lyrics by IrvingKahal – Performed by Liberace The film grossed a domestic total of $18,254...
Monkey Business, and both of which were co-written with Sammy Fain and IrvingKahal. He joined ASCAP in 1925. He was educated at the Wyoming Conservatory...
lyrics as written by Sammy Fain, IrvingKahal, and Pierre Norman. Since Fain was primarily a music writer and Kahal a lyricist, it may be assumed that...
Jimmy Mundy, Trummy Young) – 4:06 "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, IrvingKahal) – 1:36 "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Kurt Weill) – 4:11 "It Could Happen...
notable for its title song, composed by Sanford Green and with lyrics by IrvingKahal. The short was released on May 30, 1936. The plot revolves around a group...
[citation needed] Later, Fain worked extensively in collaboration with IrvingKahal. Together they wrote classics such as "Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella"...
Mine)" is a popular barbershop song composed by Sammy Fain with lyrics by IrvingKahal and Willie Raskin. Published in 1929, the song laments the loss of childhood...
"Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)" (Sammy Fain, IrvingKahal, Willie Raskin), 2:30 Session 3: June 25, 1956 "Waltz of the Wind" (Fred...
Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)" (take 1) (Sammy Fain, IrvingKahal, Willie Raskin) – 1:56 "What Is Life" (take 1) – 4:34 "Beware of Darkness"...
Rhythms." In early 1932, she recorded a piano roll of the Sammy Fain and IrvingKahal popular tune "Was That The Human Thing To Do" for the Aeolian Company's...
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