CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE
                   SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 (SUBSECTIONS (A)
                  AND (B) OF SECTION 1350, CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE
                             18, UNITED STATES CODE)

In connection  with the attached  Report of Sound Shore Fund, Inc. (the "Trust")
on Form N-CSR to be filed  with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Report"),  each of the  undersigned  officers of the Trust does hereby  certify
that, to the best of such officer's knowledge:

     1.   The Report fully complies with the  requirements  of 13(a) or 15(d) of
          the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934; and

     2.   The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial  condition and results of operations
          of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.

Date:   August 24, 2004
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/s/ T. Gibbs Kane, Jr.
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T. Gibbs Kane, Jr. President


Date:   August 24, 2004
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/s/ Stacey E. Hong
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Stacey E. Hong
Treasurer


A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided  to the Trust and will be retained  by the Trust and  furnished  to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.