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unusual facts about Academy Award for Best Song



Born to Dance

The film introduced the Porter standards "You'd Be So Easy to Love" (performed by Stewart and Marjorie Lane, dubbed for Powell) and "I've Got You Under My Skin" (performed by Bruce), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song.

Cinderella Liberty

It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marsha Mason), Best Music, Original Dramatic Score and Best Music, Song (John Williams and Paul Williams for "Nice to Be Around").

Paul Francis Webster

Altogether, sixteen of his songs received Academy Award nominations; among lyricists, he is second only to Johnny Mercer, who was nominated eighteen times, in number of nominations.

Ralph Freed

The song received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song at the 15th Academy Awards.

Robb Royer

Royer and Griffin, using the pseudonyms Robb Wilson and Arthur James, wrote the lyrics for "For All We Know," featured in the film Lovers and Other Strangers, which won the Academy Award for Best Song.

Tender Is the Night

The song "Tender Is the Night", from the movie soundtrack, was nominated for the 1962 Academy Award for Best Song.

The Happy Ending

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role, (Jean Simmons) and Best Music, Song (Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, for "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?").

Working Girl

The film features a notable opening sequence following Manhattan-bound commuters on the Staten Island Ferry accompanied by Carly Simon's song "Let the River Run", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Song.


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Kathleen York

"In the Deep" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song with York performing the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006.