Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)
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"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song.
The music was written by Sammy Fain, the words by Paul Francis Webster. The same pair wrote "Secret Love", an earlier winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Song. The song appeared in the movie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing, winning its own Best Song Academy Award. From 1967 to 1973, it was used as the theme song to Love is a Many Splendored Thing, the soap opera based on the movie.
The best-selling version of the song was recorded by the Four Aces, issued by Decca Records as catalog number 29625. It reached #1 on both Billboard and Cash Box in 1955.
Another version, by Don Cornell, was recorded approximately at the same time. It was issued by Coral Records as catalog number 61467.
This song has also has been sung by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow.
| Preceded by "Three Coins in the Fountain" from Three Coins in the Fountain |
Academy Award for Best Original Song 1955 |
Succeeded by "Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)" from The Man Who Knew Too Much |
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