| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Benny Goodman Orchestra |
Hooray for Hollywood |
Hollywood Hotel OST |
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90th Academy Awards are tonight! |
| Frances Williams |
Hollywood Party |
That's Entertainment: The Ultimate Anthology of MGM Musicals |
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on today's show, every Oscar winning song from 1934-1965 |
| Don Swan & His Orchestra |
Hooray for Hollywood |
Mambo Fever |
Capitol |
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| Ginger Rogers |
The Continental |
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO |
Rhino |
1934 Best Song winner from THE GAY DIVORCEE, m. Con Conrad, l. Herb Magidson |
| Dick Powell |
Lullaby of Broadway |
Charming Gents of Stage and Screen |
ASV Living Era |
1935 GOLD DIGGERS OF 1935, m. Harry Warren, l. Al Dubin |
| Fred Astaire |
The Way You Look Tonight |
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers at RKO |
Rhino |
1936 SWING TIME, m. Jerome Kern, l. Dorothy Fields |
| Bing Crosby |
Sweet Leilani |
Bing! His Legendary Years |
BMG |
1937 WAIKIKI WEDDING, m. & l. Harry Owens |
| Oscar Peterson Trio |
They Can't Take That Away from Me |
Oscar Peterson Plays Pretty |
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nominated 1937 SHALL WE DANCE, m. George Gershwin l. Ira Gershwin |
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| Bob Hope & Shirley Ross |
Thanks for the Memory |
Make Mine a Double |
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1938 THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, m. Ralph Rainger l. Leo Robin |
| Judy Garland |
Over the Rainbow |
Academy Award Winning Music from MGM Classics |
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1939 THE WIZARD OF OZ, m. Harold Arlen l. Yip Harburg |
| Cliff Edwards |
When You Wish Upon a Star |
Singin' In the Rain |
ASV Living Era |
1940 PINOCCHIO, m. Leigh Harline l. Ned Washington |
| Ann Sothern |
The Last Time I Saw Paris |
Academy Award Winning Music from MGM Classics |
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1941 LADY BE GOOD, m. Jerome Kern l. Oscar Hammerstein |
| Alvino Rey |
Blues in the Night |
Ultra-Lounge: Space Capades |
Capitol |
nominated 1941 BLUES IN THE NIGHT, m. Harold Arlen l. Johnny Mercer |
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| William Gillespie |
Blues In the Night |
Blues in the Night OST |
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this song should have won in 1941, & Jerome Kern, the composer of the winning song, petitioned the Academy to get a rules change tht would have disqualified his own song. The award was changed to "Best Original Song" and from then on had to be written for the movie |
| Bing Crosby |
White Christmas |
Bing! His Legendary Years |
BMG |
1942 HOLIDAY INN m. & l. Irving Berlin |
| Alice Faye |
You'll Never Know |
Hello, Frisco, Hello OST |
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1943 HELLO, FRISCO, HELLO, m. Harry Warren l. Mack Gordon |
| Bing Crosby |
Swinging on a Star |
Swinging on a Star |
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1944 GOING MY WAY, m. James Van Heusen l. Johnny Burke |
| Jeanne Crain |
It Might as Well Be Spring |
State Fair OST |
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1945 STATE FAIR, m. Richard Rodgers l. Oscar Hammerstein |
| Stan Getz |
It Might as Well Be Spring |
The Complete Roost Recordings |
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| Judy Garland |
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe |
The Complete Decca Masters |
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1946 THE HARVEY GIRLS, m. Harry Warren, l. Johnny Mercer |
| Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers |
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah |
And the Winner Is: Capitol Sings the Best Movie Songs |
Capitol |
1947 SONG OF THE SOUTH, m. Allie Wrubal, l. Ray Gilbert, sung by James Baskett in the movie |
| Bob Hope |
Buttons and Bows |
And the Winner Is: Capitol Sings the Best Movie Songs |
Capitol |
1948 THE PALEFACE, m. & l. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
| Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban |
Baby, It's Cold Outside |
Neptune's Daughter OST |
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1949 NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER, m. & l. Frank Loesser |
| Nat King Cole |
Mona Lisa |
The Extraordinary Nat King Cole |
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1950 CAPTAIN CAREY, USA, m. & l. Ray Evans & Jay Livingston |
| Bing Crosby & Jane Wyman |
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening |
Great American Songwriters: Johnny Mercer |
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1951 HERE COMES THE GROOM, m. Hoagy Carmichael l. Johnny Mercer |
| Charlie Byrd |
A Kiss to Build a Dream On |
For Louis |
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nominated 1951 THE STRIP, m. & l. Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby & Oscar Hammerstein |
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| Tex Ritter |
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling (High Noon) |
High Noon OST |
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1952 HIGH NOON, m. Dimitri Tiomkin, l. Ned Washington |
| Doris Day o/ Paul Weston |
Secret Love |
Golden Girl |
Columbia |
1953 CALAMITY JANE, m. Sammy Fain l. Paul Francis Webster |
| Frank Sinatra |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection |
Capitol |
1954 THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN, m. Jules Stye, l. Sammy Cahn |
| The Four Aces |
Love is a Many-Splendored Thing |
The Four Aces: Greatest Hits |
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1955 LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING, m. Sammy Fain l. Paul Francis Webster |
| Doris Day |
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Que Sera) |
Sentimental Journey: Pop Vocal Classics Vol. 4 |
Columbia |
1956 THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, m. & l. Jay Livingston & Ray Evans |
| Frank Sinatra |
All the Way |
The Capitol Years |
Capitol |
1957 THE JOKER IS WILD, m. James Van Heusen l. Sammy Cahn |
| Dimitri Tiompkins |
Wild is the Wind |
Wild is the Wind |
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nominated 1957 WILD IS THE WIND, m. Dimitri Tiompkins l. Ned Washington |
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| Louis Jourdan o/ MGM Studio Orchestra |
Gigi |
Academy Award Winning Music from MGM Classics |
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1958 GIGI, m. Frederick Loewe, l. Alan Jay Lerner |
| Frank Sinatra |
High Hopes |
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection |
Capitol |
1959 A HOLE IN THE HEAD, m. James Van Heusen l. Sammy Cahn |
| Melina Mercouri |
Never on Sunday |
Never on Sunday OST |
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1960 NEVER ON SUNDAY, m. & l. Manos Hadjidakis |
| Audrey Hepburn |
Moon River |
Music from the Films of Audrey Hepburn |
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1961 BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S, m. Henry Mancini l. Johnny Mercer |
| Billy Eckstine |
Days of Wine and Roses |
Now Singing in 12 Great Movies |
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1962 DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES m. Henry Mancini l. Johnny Mercer |
| Frank Sinatra |
Call Me Irresponsible |
Nothing But the Best |
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1963 PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION, m. James Van Heusen l. Sammy Cahn |
| Dick Van Dyke |
Chim Chim Cher-ee |
Mary Poppins OST |
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1964 MARY POPPINS, m. & l. Richard Sherman and Robert Sherman |
| Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass |
I Will Wait for You |
SRO |
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nominated 1965 THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, m. Michel Legrand, l. Jacques Demy, English l. Norman Gimbel |
| Shirley Bassey |
The Shadow of your Smile |
Let Me Sing and I'm Happy |
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1965 THE SANDPIPER, m. Johnny Mandel l. Paul Francis Webster |
