🎶🎬🏆 Academy Award for Best Original Song - OSCAR Winners

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The Continental  | 1934

Music Con Conrad , lyrics Herb Magidson  Ginger Rogers, Eric Rhodes

The Continental is a dance to a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson, and was introduced by Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee. "The Continental" was the first song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In the film it was sung by Ginger Rogers, Erik Rhodes and Lillian Miles.

Movie The Gay Divorcee 1934 Directed by Mark Sandrich

Romance, Comedy
The King and Queen of ‘Carioca’
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gay_Divorcee

Nominees :

Carioca by  Fred Astaire, Etta Moten from movie Flying Down to Rio

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Love in Bloom by Noël Coward from movie She Loves Me Not

https://dzr.page.link/Xxr3NuuSpP9HKy9e8

 I know you're going to put them on but they are two of my favorites.

Thank you ​@Carlos L. Bernard for sharing your fav  😀

Hard Out Here For A Pimp (2006 - Hustle & Flow)

By Three Six Mafia

Two of my favourite songs that have won an Oscar

1999 - You'll Be In My Heart

by Phil Collins

1994 - Can You Feel the Love Tonight

by Elton John

Great songs 😎

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Lullaby of Broadway | 1935

Music by Harry Warren ,lyrics Al Dubin ,performed by Winifred Shaw, Dick Powell

Lullaby of Broadway is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin, published in 1935. The lyrics salute the nightlife of Broadway and its denizens, who "don't sleep tight until the dawn."

The song was introduced by Wini Shaw in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935, and, in an unusual move, it was used as background music in a sequence in the Bette Davis film Special Agent that same year. Furthermore, again that year, it was sung by Jeane Cowan in a night club scene in the James Cagney film G Men. In three Warner Bros. films, it won the 1935 Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Movie Gold Diggers of 1935 Directed by Busby Berkeley

Comedy
AT LAST!..IT’S HERE! THE SHOW YOU’VE WAITED TWO YEARS TO SEE!
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Diggers_of_1935

Nominees :

Lovely to Look At by Irene Dunne from movie Roberta

https://dzr.page.link/qW1EqWV52DbvRFfw9

Cheek to Cheek by Fred Astaire from movie Top Hat

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The Way You Look Tonight | 1936

Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by  Dorothy Fields, performed by  Fred Astaire

The Way You Look Tonight is a song from the film Swing Time that was performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."

In the movie, Astaire sang "The Way You Look To-night" to Ginger Rogers while she was washing her hair in an adjacent room. Astaire's recording was a top seller in 1936. Other versions that year were by Guy Lombardo and Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday.

Movie Swing Time 1936 Directed by George Stevens

Comedy, Romance
A glorious songburst of gaiety and laughter!
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swing_Time_(film)

 Nominees :

I've Got You Under My Skin by Virginia Bruce, MGM Studio Orchestra, Eddie Ward

 from movie Born to Dance

https://dzr.page.link/CfA8pRgpYY4BQRvJ6

Pennies from Heaven by Bing Crosby from movie Pennies from Heaven

https://dzr.page.link/fHA7tUsAeH1oPUUM9

When Did You Leave Heaven by Tony Martin from movie Sing, Baby, Sing

https://dzr.page.link/4wihCEDmktuoGrX5A

 Did I Remember by Joan Sutherland, English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge from movie Suzy

https://dzr.page.link/KJomMkGtcPmTTQSL8

A Melody from the Sky  by Sons Of The Pioneers from movie The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

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Sweet Leilani | 1937

Music & Lyrics by Harry Owens , performed by Bing Crosby

"Sweet Leilani" is a song featured in the 1937 film, Waikiki Wedding. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Bing Crosby's record became one of the biggest hits of 1937.

Harry Owens wrote the song on October 20, 1934 for his daughter Leilani, who was born the previous day. Leilani is a popular Hawaiian name, meaning "heavenly garland of flowers" (not "heavenly flower"). It also has a figurative meaning: Small Hawaiian children were carried on their parents' shoulders like a lei (garland), so the name took on the meaning "heavenly child."

Movie Waikiki Wedding 1937 Directed by Frank Tuttle

Comedy, Romance
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter’s pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikiki_Wedding

 Nominees :

 Whispers in the Dark by Connie Boswell from movie Artists and Models

https://dzr.page.link/htPh9Q9PACdSr6Mv7

 They Can't Take That Away from Me by Fred Astaire from movie Shall We Dance

That Old Feeling by Romantic Strings from movie Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

https://dzr.page.link/Fx8FcB5iBzinvR5fA

Remember Me by Carroll Gibbons from movie Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

https://dzr.page.link/iF7aYE9bSj8kKfuE6

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 Thanks for the Memory  | 1938

Music by Ralph Rainger , lyrics Leo Robin 

Thanks for the Memory  (1938) is a popular song composed by Ralph Rainger with lyrics by Leo Robin. It was introduced in the 1938 film The Big Broadcast of 1938 by Bob Hope and Shirley Ross, and recorded by Shep Fields and His Orchestra featuring John Serry Sr. on accordion in the film and vocals by Bob Goday on Bluebird Records (B-7318, 1937). Dorothy Lamour's solo recording of the song was also popular, and has led to many mistakenly believing over the years that it was she who sang the tune with Hope in the film (in which Lamour also appeared).

Movie The Big Broadcast of 1938 1938 Directed by Mitchell Leisen

Comedy, Music, romance
The finest array of entertainment ever offered!
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Broadcast_of_1938

 Nominees :

Now It Can Be Told  from movie Alexander's Ragtime Band

 https://dzr.page.link/8VaCWLk8e5tdNy8Q8

Change Partners  from movie Carefree

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The Cowboy and the Lady from movie The Cowboy and the Lady

Jeepers Creepers from movie Going Places

https://dzr.page.link/yHznZEq4Q3Kf12Hs5

A Mist Is Over the Moon from movie The Lady Objects

https://dzr.page.link/Q6JcgpRxiXj4Z78i8

Always and Always from movie Mannequin

https://dzr.page.link/GsmN7ph9dgVdbmFPA

Merrily We Live from movie Merrily We Live

https://dzr.page.link/ruxZ27crrusX4FRW6

My Own from movie That Certain Age

https://dzr.page.link/agmTFX2uir7J6VCp6

Dust from movie Under Western Stars

https://dzr.page.link/1qMzuN9R8cViaYC17

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Over the Rainbow |1939

  Music by Harold Arlen , Lyrics by Yip Harburg ,performed by Judy Garland

Over the Rainbow   also known as "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale.
"Over The Rainbow" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song. It has been included in several all-time lists, and has been covered by several artists in varying languages. In 2017, it was selected for induction into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Movie The Wizard of Oz 1939  Directed by Victor Fleming

Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Gaiety! Glory! Glamour!

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and ask for the things they miss most in their lives. The Wicked Witch of the West is the only thing that could stop them.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz

 Nominees :

 Faithful Forever from movie Gulliver's Travels

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Wishing from movie Love Affair

I Poured My Heart into a Song  from movie Second Fiddle

https://dzr.page.link/HajLAaXcj5sscHeb9

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When You Wish Upon a Star | 1940

Music by Leigh Harline, lyrics Ned Washington ,performed by Cliff Edwards

When You Wish Upon a Star is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for the 1940 Disney animated film Pinocchio, based on the children's fairy tale novel The Adventures of Pinocchio by Italian author Carlo Collodi. The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket, and is heard over the opening credits and in the final scene of the film.

"When You Wish Upon a Star" is widely considered as the signature song of The Walt Disney Company and is often used as such in the production logos at the beginning of many Disney films since the 1980s.

Animated film Pinocchio 1940 Directed by Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen

 

Animation ,Fantasy ,Family

When you wish upon a star, your dreams come true.

A little wooden puppet yearns to become a real boy.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinocchio_(1940_film)

 

 Nominees :

 

Down Argentine Way  from movie Down Argentine Way

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Who Am I? from movie Hit Parade of 1941

 

It's a Blue World from movie Music in My Heart

 

Only Forever from movie Rhythm on the River

https://dzr.page.link/Yuv8EVMZo92B43tK8

 

Love of My Life from movie Second Chorus

https://dzr.page.link/7krSUYe1PH9Xpy3q9

 

Waltzing in the Clouds from movie Spring Parade

https://dzr.page.link/YoEJfsrvuqyQ7q3o8

 

Our Love Affair from movie Strike Up the Band

https://dzr.page.link/NtbNDrRgdPngbe7u8

 

I'd Know You Anywhere from movie You'll Find Out

https://dzr.page.link/tu9paq77QtbJsNUD8

I was listening to the Dutch singer Petra Berger yesterday and she has a cover album (who doesn't?) and a song that is emotionally good, is the song Papa, Can You Hear Me? And I knew that the song was once sung by Barbara Streistand, but what I didn't know, is that this song was nominated for the 56th Academy Awards.

Petra Berger:
 

Barbara Steisand:

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 The Last Time I Saw Paris | 1941

composed by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II , performed by Ann Sothern

The Last Time I Saw Paris is a song composed by Jerome Kern, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, published in 1940. It was sung in the 1941 film Lady Be Good by Ann Sothern.

The song had not been written for the film, and Hammerstein said the song was "not written to order". It still won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1941.
This was Kern's second Academy Award for Best Original Song (following his success with "The Way You Look Tonight" in 1936), and Hammerstein's first.Kern was so upset at winning with a song that had not been specifically written for a motion picture, and that had been published and recorded before the film was even released, that he petitioned the Motion Picture Academy to change the rules. Since then, a nominated song has to have been written specifically for the motion picture in which it is performed.

Movie Lady Be Good 1941 Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, Busby Berkeley

Comedy Romance Music
THE TAP-HAPPIEST, SWING-SINGIEST, MELODIC MIRACLE SINCE “ZIEGFELD GIRL”!
Married songwriters almost split up while putting on a big show.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(1941_film)

 Nominees :

Out of the Silence  from movie All-American Co-ed

Blues in the Night from movie Blues in the Night

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Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy  from movie Buck Privates

Baby Mine from Dumbo

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Dolores from movie Las Vegas Nights

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Be Honest with Me from movie Ridin' on a Rainbow

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Chattanooga Choo Choo from movie Sun Valley Serenade

https://dzr.page.link/Nftwac94NZcrx6VFA

Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye from movie You'll Never Get Rich

https://dzr.page.link/jeLFp41YKh3q3YEz5

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White Christmas | 1942

Music & lyrics by Irving Berlin , performed by Bing Crosby

White Christmas is a song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. Written by Irving Berlin for the 1942 musical film Holiday Inn, the song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 15th Academy Awards. Originally sung by Bing Crosby, it topped the Billboard chart for 11 weeks and returned to the number one position again in December 1943 and 1944. His version would return to the top 40 a dozen times in subsequent years.

Since its release, "White Christmas" has been covered by many artists. Crosby's version is the world's best-selling single (in terms of sales of physical media), with estimated sales in excess of 50 million physical copies worldwide. When the figures for other versions of the song are added to Crosby's, sales of the song exceed 100 million.

Movie Holiday Inn 1942 Directed by Mark Sandrich

Comedy ,Drama ,Romance
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim’s supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_Inn_(film)

 Nominees :

Always in My Heart from movie Always in My Heart

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How About You?  from movie Babes on Broadway

https://dzr.page.link/rWf4Uhcf1fAd2TNi9

Love Is a Song from movie Bambi

Pennies for Peppino from movie Flying with Music

Pig Foot Pete from movie Hellzapoppin'[a]

https://dzr.page.link/qNwEZ6Qz36PU3nii7

There's a Breeze on Lake Louise from movie The Mayor of 44th Street

https://dzr.page.link/NK7PDnSgDdbmA6ss7

(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo from movie Orchestra Wives

https://dzr.page.link/Fne5q3YRwycfNazt6

Dearly Beloved from movie You Were Never Lovelier

https://dzr.page.link/z1vhSVhGxMycEwEK6

I've Heard That Song Before from movie Youth on Parade

https://dzr.page.link/qohkAZWmqeEJfnTo7

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 You'll Never Know  | 1943

    Music by Harry Warren, lyrics Mack Gordon ,performed by  Alice Faye

You'll Never Know sometimes referred to as "You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)" in later years, is a popular song with music written by Harry Warren and the lyrics by Mack Gordon. The song is based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris.
The song was introduced in the 1943 movie Hello, Frisco, Hello where it was sung by Alice Faye. The song won the 1943 Academy Award for Best Original Song, one of nine nominated songs that year. It was also performed by Faye in the 1944 film Four Jills in a Jeep.

The song is often credited as Faye's signature song. However, Faye never released a record of the ballad, and frequent later recordings of the song by other singers diminished her association with it.

Movie Hello, Frisco, Hello 1943 Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone

Comedy . Music , Romance
SINGING…DANCING…ROMANCING ON THE GLITTERING BARBARY COAST!
In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk to the big time, while spurning the love of his troupe’s star singer for a selfish heiress.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_Frisco,_Hello

 Nominees :

Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe from movie Cabin in the Sky

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Say a Pray'r for the Boys Over There from movie Hers to Hold

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Change of Heart from movie Hit Parade of 1943

Saludos Amigos from movie Saludos Amigos

My Shining Hour from movie The Sky's the Limit

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You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To from movie Something to Shout About

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We Mustn't Say Goodbye from movie Stage Door Canteen

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That Old Black Magic from movie Star Spangled Rhythm

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They're Either Too Young or Too Old from movie Thank Your Lucky Stars

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Swinging on a Star  | 1944

 Music by Jimmy Van Heusen , lyrics by Johnny Burke performed by Bing Crosby

Swinging on a Star is an American pop standard with music composed by Jimmy Van Heusen and lyrics by Johnny Burke. It was introduced by Bing Crosby in the 1944 film Going My Way, winning an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year, and has been recorded by numerous artists since then. In 2004, it finished at No. 37 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.

Many artists have recorded it under the title "Would You Like to Swing on a Star".

Film Going My Way 1944 Directed by Leo McCarey

Comedy Drama Music
When the St. Louis Browns lost Bing, the Cardinal got a good singer!
Youthful Father Chuck O’Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O’Malley’s worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going_My_Way

 Nominees :

Rio de Janeiro from film Brazil

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Long Ago (and Far Away) from film Cover Girl

I'll Walk Alone from film Follow the Boys

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I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night  from film Higher and Higher

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Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart from film Hollywood Canteen

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Silver Shadows and Golden Dreams from film Lady, Let's Dance

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The Trolley Song from film Meet Me in St. Louis

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Remember Me to Carolina from film Minstrel Man

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Too Much in Love from film Song of the Open Road

https://dzr.page.link/z7nKfgVXwCjo7Q1d8

I'm Making Believe from film Sweet and Low-Down

https://dzr.page.link/KJJZmNAaxTittowPA

Now I Know from film Up in Arms

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It Might as Well Be Spring  | 1945

It Might as Well Be Spring  is a song from the 1945 film State Fair. which features the only original film score by the songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. "It Might as Well Be Spring" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for that year.

Film State Fair 1945 Directed by Walter Lang

Comedy Romance Music
For the young in heart! And romantic oldsters, too!
During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest…with hilarious results.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Fair_(1945_film)

 Nominees :

 I Fall in Love Too Easily  from film Anchors Aweigh

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Sleighride in July from film Belle of the Yukon

https://dzr.page.link/w5EqPSRAp2CGXRMj8

Aren't You Glad You're You? from film The Bells of St. Mary's

More and More from film Can't Help Singing

https://dzr.page.link/ycFYcu2KcXJQ2Aij9

Endlessly from film Earl Carroll Vanities

Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive from film Here Come the Waves

https://dzr.page.link/iMuC7eW7j8XwnMKg6

Love Letters from film Love Letters

https://dzr.page.link/iD792p7fgydN5KYf9

Some Sunday Morning from film San Antonio

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I'll Buy That Dream from film Sing Your Way Home

https://dzr.page.link/31MUYmKmdbwvM8Nr8

Linda from film The Story of G.I. Joe

Anywhere from film Tonight and Every Night

The Cat and the Canary from film Why Girls Leave Home

So in Love from film Wonder Man

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On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe | 1946

On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first win for Mercer.

The song refers to the famous eponymous fallen flag railroad, and was featured in the 1946 Western film, The Harvey Girls, (about the famous 19th century nation-wide railroad lines of chain restaurants of Harvey Houses, established by entrepreneur Fred Harvey, 1835-1901). It was sung by Judy Garland (1922-1969), with support from cast actors Ben Carter, Marjorie Main, Virginia O'Brien, Ray Bolger, and the MGM Studios Chorus

Film The Harvey Girls 1946 Directed by George Sidney

Romance Comedy Western Music
It’s Blazing, Blistering Romance… in the wide open spaces!
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a “Harvey House” restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harvey_Girls

 Nominees :

You Keep Coming Back Like a Song from film Blue Skies

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Ole Buttermilk Sky from film Canyon Passage

https://dzr.page.link/wYC7vxyYPnmHgEzk7

All Through the Day from film Centennial Summer

https://dzr.page.link/fzH4VGHLAYY1FPFj6

I Can't Begin to Tell You from film The Dolly Sisters

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 Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah | 1947

Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah is a song composed by Allie Wrubel with lyrics by Ray Gilbert for the Disney 1946 live action and animated movie Song of the South, sung by James Baskett. For "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah", the film won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and was the second Disney song to win this award, after "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio (1940). In 2004, it finished at number 47 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs, a survey of top tunes in American cinema.

Animated movie Song of the South 1946 Directed by Harve Foster, Wilfred Jackson

Family Animation
Here Comes the Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Show!
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br’er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents’ separation as well as his new life on the plantation.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah

 Nominees :

Pass That Peace Pipe from film Good News

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You Do from film Mother Wore Tights

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I Wish I Didn't Love You So from film The Perils of Pauline

https://dzr.page.link/A88hGWpmACyYu8xP8

A Gal in Calico from film The Time, the Place and the Girl

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Buttons and Bows | 1948

Buttons and Bows  is a popular song with music written by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans. The song was published on February 25, 1948 by Famous Music Corp., New York. The song was written for and appeared in the Bob Hope and Jane Russell film The Paleface and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. It was originally written with a Native American theme, but was changed when the director said that would not work in the movie. It was a vocal selection on many radio programs in late 1948. It was reprised in the sequel, Son of Paleface, by Roy Rogers, Jane Russell and Bob Hope. In 2004 it finished #87 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of the top tunes in American cinema.

Film The Paleface 1948 Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

Comedy Western
Like Merry Xmas and Happy New Year…They belong together!
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, “Painless” Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

Letterboxd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paleface_(1948_film)

 Nominees :

For Every Man There's a Woman from film Casbah

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It's Magic from film Romance on the High Seas

https://dzr.page.link/KYrTU6co6WtgPw4U6

This Is the Moment from film That Lady in Ermine

https://dzr.page.link/wtJ6pWBxNrt4vJU29

The Woody Woodpecker Song from film Wet Blanket Policy

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 Baby, It's Cold Outside | 1949

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a popular song written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and popularized in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter. While the lyrics make no mention of a holiday, it is commonly regarded as a Christmas song owing to its winter theme. The song was released in eight recordings in 1949—including well-known versions by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan, Hot Lips Page and Pearl Bailey, and by Dean Martin and Marilyn Maxwell—and has been covered numerous times since.

Film Neptune’s Daughter 1949 Directed by Edward Buzzell

Music Comedy Romance
With a Great Cast of Stars! Bathing Beauties! Songs and Spectacle!
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O’Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty’s sensible older sister Eve fears Betty’s heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O’Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune%27s_Daughter_(1949_film)

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Through a Long and Sleepless Night from film Come to the Stable

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It's a Great Feeling from film It's a Great Feeling

My Foolish Heart from film My Foolish Heart

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Lavender Blue from film So Dear to My Heart

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Mona Lisa  | 1950

Mona Lisa is a popular song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949), in which it was performed by Sergio de Karlo and a recurrent accordion motif. The title and lyrics refer to the renaissance portrait Mona Lisa painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950.

Film Captain Carey, U.S.A. 1949 Directed by Mitchell Leisen

Mystery War Thriller
The smashing story of an American Soldier who didn’t lay down his guns until betrayal was avenged!
Near the end of World War II, a secret American raid on an enemy transportation hub goes very wrong when a turncoat warns the enemy. Led by Capt. Webster Carey, the mission causes the deaths of many bystanders – among them, Carey believes, his Italian girlfriend, Giulia de Graffi. Back home, Carey stumbles across evidence that might uncover the identity of the informant. But, when he returns to Italy to get even, Carey is stunned by what he finds .

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Carey,_U.S.A.

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Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo from film Cinderella

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Mule Train from film Singing Guns

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Be My Love from film The Toast of New Orleans

Wilhelmina from film Wabash Avenue

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In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening  | 1951

In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening is a popular song with music by Hoagy Carmichael, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was originally planned to feature it in a Paramount Pictures film written for Betty Hutton, that never took off, which was to be called The Mack Sennett Girl, or Keystone Girl. The song was buried in Paramount's files until it was rediscovered and then used in the 1951 film Here Comes the Groom and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The recording by Bing Crosby, and Jane Wyman, with Matty Matlock's All Stars, and the Four Hits and a Miss was recorded on June 20, 1951.It first reached the Billboard entertainment trade magazine's "Best Seller" chart on September 21, 1951, and lasted six weeks on the chart, peaking at number 11.

Film Here Comes the Groom 1951 Directed by Frank Capra

Music Comedy Romance
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he’ll lose the orphans he adopted.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Groom_(1951_film)

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Never from film Golden Girl

Wonder Why from film Rich, Young and Pretty

Too Late Now from film Royal Wedding

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A Kiss to Build a Dream On from film The Strip

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  The Ballad of High Noon | 1952

The Ballad of High Noon (also known simply as "High Noon", or by its opening lyric and better known title, "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'") is a popular song published in 1952, with music by Dimitri Tiomkin and lyrics by Ned Washington.

It is the theme song of the 1952 multiple Academy Award-winning movie High Noon (and titled onscreen as such in the film's opening credits as sung by popular country music singer and actor Tex Ritter), with its tune repeated throughout the film. It was awarded the 1952 Academy Award for Best Original Song and was performed that night for the Academy by Ritter .There were only three instruments accompanying Ritter on the soundtrack: guitar, accordion, and the Hammond Novachord, the first electronic synthesizer, which created an unusual gourd-like percussion background.

Film High Noon 1952 Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Western Drama
The story of a man who was too proud to run!
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Noon

 Nominees :

Because You're Mine from film Because You're Mine

Thumbelina from film Hans Christian Andersen

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Zing a Little Zong from film Just for You

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Am I in Love from film Son of Paleface

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