🎶🎬🏆 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.

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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.

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

Nominees :

Lovely to Look At by Irene Dunne from movie Roberta

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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.

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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

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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.

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

 Nominees :

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

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 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

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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

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Love of My Life from movie Second Chorus

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

 

Waltzing in the Clouds from movie Spring Parade

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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