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| Posted by: WaymanWong 01:26 pm EST 02/14/25 | |
| In reply to: re: Kander and Ebb noted... - Billhaven 11:50 am EST 02/14/25 | |
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| The Academy's music branch was notoriously slow in recognizing hit pop and rock 'n' roll movie songs. They never nominated a tune from an Elvis movie, like ''Love Me Tender,'' ''Jailhouse Rock,'' ''Can't Help Fallin' in Love'' or ''Viva Las Vegas.'' In recent years, the Best Song Oscar has gone to Billie Eilish and Sam Smith tunes for James Bond films, but they never nominated the iconic ''Goldfinger'' (1964), sung by Shirley Bassey. And during the 1960s, the era of the rock revolution, the Grammys' Song of the Year category was still dominated by ... Broadway showtunes. In 1963, the nominees were: ''As Long as He Needs Me'' from ''Oliver!,'' ''The Sweetest Sounds'' from ''No Strings'' and Sammy Davis Jr.'s ''What Kind of Fool Am I?'' from ''Stop the World - I Want to Get Off,'' which won. Also nominated: Kander & Ebb's ''My Coloring Book'' and ''I Left My Heart in San Francisco.'' In 1965, the title tune of ''Hello, Dolly!,'' sung by Louis Armstrong, beat John Lennon and Paul McCartney's ''A Hard Day's Night'' (and Barbra Streisand's ''People'' from ''Funny Girl''). In 1966, Tony Bennett's ''The Shadow of Your Smile'' beat Lennon and McCartney's ''Yesterday.'' In 1967, the Beatles finally won in this category with ''Michelle,'' beating, among others, ''The Impossible Dream'' from ''Man of La Mancha.'' To bring this full-circle, the Grammys nominated Kander & Ebb for ''New York, New York'' in 1981, but it lost to Christopher Cross' ''Sailing.'' |
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