The Deadwood Stage was written for the 1953 film Calamity Jane, in which Doris Day had the staring role. The song was written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster. The song is the opening song of the musical, and often familiar by the opening line I just flew in from the windy city. The Read More
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Secret Love
This is a beautiful love song Doris Day sung in the film Calamity Jane. The song was written by Sammy Fain and the lyrics by Paul Francis Webster for the 1953 film Calamity Jane. “Doris Day first heard “Secret Love” when its co-writer Sammy Fain visited the singer’s home and played it for Read More
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Love is a Many Splendored Thing was written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster for the 1955 film by the same name. The song was also used for the soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, which was based on the movie, and ran from 1967 to 1973. The song won the Oscar Read More
The Black Hills of Dakota
The Black Hills of Dakota refers to the Black Hills that can be found in South Dakota. Wikipedia describes the Black Hills as ” are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and extending into Wyoming…The name “Black Hills” is a translation of the Lakota Read More