Aige Old Radio: Best Original Song (14)

"This pre-recorded episode of Aige Old Radio features music from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s that either won or was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song."

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Fred Astaire

1. Fred Astaire recorded (and introduced) the Gershwin Brothers song, "They Can't Take That Away From Me" with Johnny Green and His Orchestra on March 18, 1937. The song was recorded for of Astaire's many movie musicals with Ginger Rogers, Shall We Dance. The song lost to "Sweet Leilani" (from Waikiki Wedding) at the 10th annual Academy Awards.

Kate Smith

2. "How About You?" is a popular song composed by Burton Lane, with lyrics by Ralph Freed. It was introduced by Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney in 1941 for the film, Babes on Broadway. The version heard in this broadcast recorded by Kate Smith as a command performance in 1942. "How About You?" lost to "White Christmas" at the 15th annual Academy Awards in 1942. 

Doris Day

3. Doris Day recorded and introduced "It's Magic" for her film debut in the 1948 film, Romance on the High Seas. The song "Buttons and Bows" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the 1948 Oscars.

Shirley Ross--from The Fabulous Birthday Blog

4. Bob Hope and Shirley Ross recorded "Thanks for the Memory" for The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938). The version heard in this episode is a live command performance give by Shirley Ross in 1944. "Thanks for the Memory" won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 11th Academy Awards (held in 1939). It went on to become Bob Hope's signature song.

Louis Armstrong

5. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" was composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Oscar Hammerstein II in 1935 and recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1951. The song was nominated for The Strip (1951), but lost to "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening". 

James Baskett as 'Uncle Remus' in Song of the South [FindAGrave]

6. James Baskett recorded "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" for the 1946 film, Song of the South. The song won Best Original Song at the 20th annual Academy Awards (held in 1948).

Bing Crosby

7. Bing Crosby introduced "Pennies From Heaven" in the 1936 film of the same name. The song lost to "The Way You Look Tonight" (from Swing Time) at the 1936 Oscars. Billie Holiday's rendition (recorded the same year) would be a big hit for her. It is her version that you hear in this episode of Aige Old Radio.

Screenshot of Izumi Yukimura from Youtube

8. "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)" was introduced by Doris Day in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956). It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and has become Doris Day's signature song. The rendition her in this episode was recorded by singer/actress Izumi Yukimura, also in 1956.

Judy Garland

9. Finally, of course, is "Over the Rainbow"--winner of the 1939 Academy Awards' "Best Original Song" and AFI's Greatest Movie Song of all time. The song was composed by Harold Arlen, lyrics were written by E.Y. Harburg, and of course, it was introduced to audience by Judy Garland for The Wizard of Oz (1939).

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