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Secret Love | 1953

"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.[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. "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 UK, "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.

Film Calamity Jane 1953 Directed by David Butler

Comedy Romance Western Music
Warner Bros.’ sky highest, smile widest, wild and woolliest Western of ’em all!
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane_(1953_film)

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That's Amore from film The Caddy

Blue Pacific Blues from film Miss Sadie Thompson

https://link.deezer.com/s/30qt0EVdIsT1ACg44GbmW

The Moon Is Blue from film The Moon Is Blue

My Flaming Heart from film Small Town Girl

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Three Coins in the Fountain | 1954

Three Coins in the Fountain is a popular song which received the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1955. The song was first recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1954.

Film Three Coins in the Fountain 1954 Directed by Jean Negulesco

Romance Drama
You’ve Never Lived Until You’ve Loved in Rome!
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome’s magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a secretary at a government agency, sets out to win the heart of her smooth-talking novelist employer; Anita, her coworker, defies office regulations by romancing an Italian who works at the agency; and office newcomer Maria meets a real Italian Prince Charming and falls madly in love. The only thing the three hopeful ladies need to do is seal their fate.

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

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The High and the Mighty from film The High and the Mighty

https://link.deezer.com/s/30BH1qas0wQ9bXGvkM8lE

The Man That Got Away from film A Star Is Born

Hold My Hand from film Susan Slept Here

https://link.deezer.com/s/30BH7bhiHTel1qXsZdDTx

Count Your Blessings from film White Christmas

https://link.deezer.com/s/30BHaBBcXAlVbNYupKKud

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  Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | 1955

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song appeared first in the movie Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) .
Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by The Four Aces .

Film Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing 1955 Directed by Henry King

Romance Drama
The price they pay when they come out of their secret garden and face the world in modern-day Hong Kong - makes this one of the screen’s unforgettable experiences!
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China’s Communist revolution.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_a_Many-Splendored_Thing_(film)

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Something's Gotta Give from film Daddy Long Legs

https://link.deezer.com/s/30LxUHfyME6hlqUtkFRUP

I'll Never Stop Loving You from film Love Me or Leave Me

https://link.deezer.com/s/30LxXoaxcwITgevkFajgF

(Love Is) The Tender Trap from film The Tender Trap

https://link.deezer.com/s/30Ly0w0EVPKGC6XHjmQm4

Unchained Melody from film Unchained

I love this tune ​@Nina Nebo 😎

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  Que Sera, Sera | 1956

Que Sera, Sera is a song written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans and first published in 1955. Doris Day introduced it in the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), singing it as a cue to their onscreen kidnapped son.The three verses of the song progress through the life of the narrator—from childhood, through young adulthood and falling in love, to parenthood—and each asks "What will I be?" or "What lies ahead?" The chorus repeats the answer: "What will be, will be."

Film The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Mystery Thriller
A little knowledge can be a deadly thing!
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Knew_Too_Much_(1956_film)

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Friendly Persuasion from film Friendly Persuasion

https://link.deezer.com/s/30XZQAAHBpz3IBNlDJmHy

True Love from film High Society

Julie from film Julie

https://link.deezer.com/s/30XZWnZu9ltUsli4RHIfH

Written on the Wind from film Written on the Wind

https://link.deezer.com/s/30XZYLljSoYDoZ6ghhf5l

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 All the Way  | 1957

In 1957, a recording of "All the Way" was made famous by Frank Sinatra.It was introduced in the film The Joker Is Wild. Sinatra's recording is the best-selling version of the song. Aside from this song, he also sang "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" for the film. It wound up as the flipside of "All the Way" when Capitol Records released the song as a single. The single reached No. 15 in sales and No. 2 in airplay on the Billboard charts. The song peaked at No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart.The song in its orchestral arrangement by Nelson Riddle received the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song. Sinatra rerecorded the song, with a Nelson Riddle arrangement, for his 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra.

Film The Joker is Wild 1957 Directed by Charles Vidor

Music Drama
The Most Electric Performance That Ever Shocked and Fascinated an Audience!
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.

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

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An Affair to Remember from film An Affair to Remember

https://link.deezer.com/s/31fEilAcWbEIPkTKIY8ZT

April Love from film April Love

https://link.deezer.com/s/31fElizkKEey3P2RHkwyW

Tammy from film Tammy and the Bachelor

Wild Is the Wind from film Wild Is the Wind

https://link.deezer.com/s/31fEqs190jBgsCHNGbIay

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Gigi | 1958

“Gigi" is the title song from the 1958 Academy Award-winning film, directed by Vincente Minnelli. It was written by Frederick Loewe (music) and Alan Jay Lerner (words), sung by Louis Jourdan in the film. It then went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1958

Film Gigi 1958 Directed by Vincente Minnelli

Romance Comedy
Thank heaven for Gigi
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who’s gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can’t buy.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigi_(1958_film)

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A Certain Smile from film A Certain Smile

Almost in Your Arms from film Houseboat

https://link.deezer.com/s/31q27iUHI2u8Lz5uCsA35

A Very Precious Love from film Marjorie Morningstar

https://link.deezer.com/s/31q28SIK6BEatq0GxkPye

To Love and Be Loved from film Some Came Running

https://link.deezer.com/s/31q2bKRl8nUe0jLWbE3iH

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High Hopes | 1959

"High Hopes" is a popular song first popularized by Frank Sinatra, with music written by James Van Heusen and lyrics by Sammy Cahn. It was introduced by Sinatra and child actor Eddie Hodges in the 1959 film A Hole in the Head, was nominated for a Grammy, and won an Oscar for Best Original Song at the 32nd Academy Awards

Film A Hole in the Head 1959 Directed by Frank Capra

Comedy Drama
The most wonderful entertainment in the whole wide wonderful world!
An impractical widower tries to hang onto his Miami hotel and his 12-year-old son.

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

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The Best of Everything from film The Best of Everything

The Five Pennies from film The Five Pennies

https://link.deezer.com/s/31GCMugXe9AF2G1BkHjsI

The Hanging Tree from film The Hanging Tree

https://link.deezer.com/s/31GCQhBbCmCEj18DeqcPJ

Strange Are the Ways of Love from film The Young Land

https://link.deezer.com/s/31GCUeideQiNUgvAIccqY

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Never on Sunday | 1960

"Never on Sunday", also known by its original Greek title "Ta Pediá tou Pireá" ("Τα Παιδιά του Πειραιά", The Children of Piraeus), is a song written by Manos Hatzidakis and first sung by Melina Mercouri in the film of the same name, directed by Jules Dassin and starring Mercouri.The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1960, a first for a foreign-language picture.The film score was first released on 1 October 1960 by United Artists Records .

Film Never on Sunday 1960 Ποτέ την Κυριακή Directed by Jules Dassin

Romance Comedy
The Happy Street-Walker of Piraeus…
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.

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

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The Green Leaves of Summer from film  The Alamo

The Facts of Life from film The Facts of Life

https://link.deezer.com/s/32e9Fw00XlULaRXTBRU5Q

The Second Time Around from film High Time

https://link.deezer.com/s/32e9HjR8Eqrz8gkP5GZz7

Faraway Part of Town from film Pepe

https://link.deezer.com/s/32e9JlcPZO3JGibibsP83