1936 OSCAR-WINNING SONG: The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire
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| Title | 1936 OSCAR-WINNING SONG: The Way You Look Tonight - Fred Astaire |
| Author | The78Prof |
| Duration | 3:06 |
| File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
| Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=7gbHeZiALck |
Description
Movie: “Swing Time” (RKO), starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, and Helen Broderick.
Audio from CD source, the original 78rpm single was issued on Brunswick 7717 - The Way You Look Tonight (Dorothy Fields-Jerome Kern) by Fred Astaire, orchestra conducted by Johnny Green, recorded in Los Angeles July 28, 1936. This is Fred’s original recording of a song which spent six weeks atop the “Your Hit Parade” radio survey and returned 25 years later as the debut hit for The Lettermen.
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1936 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES (6)
The Way You Look Tonight (“Swing Time”) (winner)
I’ve Got You Under My Skin (“Born To Dance”)
Pennies From Heaven (“Pennies From Heaven”)
Did I Remember (“Suzy”)
When Did You Leave Heaven (“Sing Baby Sing”)
A Melody From The Sky (“The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine”)
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1936 FILMS
All My Life (“Laughing Irish Eyes”)
Easy To Love (“Born To Dance”)
A Fine Romance (“Swing Time”)
Goodnight, My Love (“Stowaway”)
I’m An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) (“Rhythm On The Range”)
I’m Shooting High (“King Of Burlesque”)
Let’s Face The Music And Dance (“Follow The Fleet”)
Moonlight And Shadows (“The Jungle Princess”)
San Francisco (“San Francisco”)
When I’m With You (“Poor Little Rich Girl”)
With Plenty Of Money And You (“Gold Diggers Of 1937”)
You (“The Great Ziegfeld”)
You Turned The Tables On Me (“Sing Baby Sing”)
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