They don’t always give out awards for best songs . . . until they do. Every year. At the Oscars. In Lesson 137 of the 101 Series we play the best tunes from the movies. Some of your all-time favorites have won the Oscar for Best Song, we’ll be spinning a couple dozen of them.
PLAYLIST:
THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT: FRED ASTAIRE (1936-SWING TIME)
SWINGIN’ ON A STAR: BING CROSBY (1944-GOING MY WAY)
MONA LISA: NAT ‘KING’ COLE (1950-CAPTAIN CAREY, U.S.A.)
THE BALLAD OF HIGH NOON: TEX RITTER (1952-HIGH NOON)
QUE SERA SERA: DORIS DAY (1956-THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH)
MOON RIVER: AUDREY HEPBURN (1961-BREKFAST AT TIFFANY’S)
BORN FREE: MATT MUNRO (1966-BORN FREE)
RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD: B.J. THOMAS (1969-BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID)
THEME FROM ‘SHAFT’: ISAAC HAYES ( 1971-SHAFT)
THE WAY WE WERE: BARBRA STREISAND (1973-THE WAY WE WERE)
WE MAY NEVER LOVE LIKE THIS AGAIN: MAUREEN MCGOVERN (1974-THE TOWERING INFERNO)
I’M EASY: KEITH CARRADINE (1975-NASVILLE)
LAST DANCE: DONNA SUMMER (1978-THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY)
FAME: IRENE CARA (1980-FAME)
ARTHUR’S THEME: CHRISTOPHER CROSS (1981-ARTHUR)
UP WHERE WE BELONG: JOE COCKER & JENNIFE WARREN (1982-OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN)
I JUAT CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU: STEVIE WONDER (1982-THE WOMAN IN RED)
SAY YOU, SAY ME: LIONEL RITCHIE (1985-WHITE NIGHTS)
TAKE MY BREATHE AWAY: BERLIN (1986-TOP GUN)
SOONER OR LATER: MADONNA (1990-DICK TRACY)
STREETS OF PHILADELPHIA: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN (1993-PHILADELPHIA)
THINGS HAVE CHANGED: BOB DYLAN (2000-WONDER BOYS)
JAI HO: A.E. RAHMAN (2008-SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
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