Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)

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"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics 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. ^[1]

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 Ringo Starr (in his album Sentimental Journey), Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams and Barry Manilow, as well as the title of the song being referred to by AFI in their album Very Proud of Ya.

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1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Record Research. 

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
Preceded by n.a.	Billboard Top 100 number one single (The Four Aces version) November 12, 1955 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Sixteen Tons" Tennessee Ernie