<P> `` Secret Love '' is a song composed by Sammy Fain ( music ) and Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics ) for Calamity Jane , a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role . Ranked as a # 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box , the song also afforded Day a # 1 hit in the United States . `` Secret Love '' has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists , becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender , with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart , whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fender 's . In the U.K. , `` Secret Love '' would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song . The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schubert 's A-major piano sonata , D. 664 . </P>
<P> `` Secret Love '' is a song composed by Sammy Fain ( music ) and Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics ) for Calamity Jane , a 1953 musical film in which it was introduced by Doris Day in the title role . Ranked as a # 1 hit for Day on both the Billboard and Cash Box , the song also afforded Day a # 1 hit in the United States . `` Secret Love '' has subsequently been recorded by a wide range of artists , becoming a C&W hit firstly for Slim Whitman and later for Freddy Fender , with the song also becoming an R&B hit for Billy Stewart , whose version also reached the Top 40 as did Freddy Fender 's . In the U.K. , `` Secret Love '' would become the career record of Kathy Kirby via her 1963 remake of the song . The melody bears a slight resemblance to the opening theme of Schubert 's A-major piano sonata , D. 664 . </P>
who wrote the song once i had a secret love
who wrote the song once i had a secret love
Sammy Fain ( music ) Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics )
Sammy Fain ( music ) Paul Francis Webster ( lyrics )