Broadway and Hollywood pop lyricist Irving Kahal experienced much success during the late 1920s and '30s. Born in Pennsylvania in 1903, Kahal sang in vaudeville at a young age, then performed for awhile with a troupe led by Gus Edwards. It was during this time that Kahal met vaudevillian songwriter Sammy Fain. From the mid-'20s on, the songwriting duo came up with pop hits for the stage and big screen, with some independent successes as well, including Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella (1928), Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine) (1929), You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me (1930), When I Take My Sugar to Tea (1931), I Can Dream, Can't I?, and I'll Be Seeing You (1938). Their songs were heard in such movie musicals as +The Big Pond (1930), +Footlight Parade (1933), and +Harold Teen (1934). After 17 years, the duo of Kahal and Fain ended with Irving Kahal's death in N.Y.C. in 1942. ~ Joslyn Layne, Rovi