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Paul Francis Webster (December 20, 1907 – March 18, 1984) [1] was an American lyricist who won three Academy Awards for Best Original Song, and was nominated sixteen times for the award. Life and career
The film producer Buddy Adler asked composer Sammy Fain and lyricist Paul Francis Webster to write a title song for the film. [3] The film was adapted from the book A Many-Splendoured Thing, so the songwriters wrote the song based on that title. However, it was then decided that the title of the film would be better if preceded by "Love Is ...
"Black Coffee" is a song with music by Sonny Burke and words by Paul Francis Webster. The song was published in 1948. Sarah Vaughan charted with this song in 1949 on Columbia; arranged by Joe Lipman, it is considered one of the most notable versions. [1] Peggy Lee recorded the song on May 4, 1953, [2] and it was included on her first LP record ...
Pages in category "Songs with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well).
Invitation" is a song by Bronisław Kaper with lyrics by Paul Francis Webster, which originally appeared in the film A Life of Her Own (1950). Although it was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Score in the original film, it only became a jazz standard after being used as the theme in the 1952 film Invitation. [1]
"Secret Love" is a song composed by Sammy Fain (music) and Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) [2] for Calamity Jane, a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role. [2] Ranked as a number 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box, the song also afforded Day a number 1 hit in the UK.
"Spider-Man" is the theme song of the 1967 cartoon show Spider-Man, composed by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris. The original song was recorded at RCA Studios in Toronto (where the cartoon was produced) featuring 12 CBC vocalists (members of the Billy Van Singers, and Laurie Bower Singers groups) who added to the musical backing track supplied by RCA Studios, New York.