tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post4616786699126700450..comments2024-03-29T01:47:12.394-04:00Comments on BB Creations: Oscar Songs 1937Birgithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-78835531434744069282022-04-02T17:48:09.955-04:002022-04-02T17:48:09.955-04:00You are right in that way of thinking but Still of...You are right in that way of thinking but Still of the Night is a huge hit done by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong etc...Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-36852578135489052872022-03-29T12:41:45.840-04:002022-03-29T12:41:45.840-04:00My first thought was In the Still of the Night but...My first thought was In the Still of the Night but it was too stiff to be liked. My second thought was Sweet Leilani because it hasn’t aged well as the other two songs. I can see how it won being it was the Depression and people wanted an escape. Su-sieee! Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515318972570669414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-44475533521500266122022-03-28T00:51:29.766-04:002022-03-28T00:51:29.766-04:00You are right, Eddy did not win nor was he even no...You are right, Eddy did not win nor was he even nominated. Astaire was nominated but didn’t win while Bing’s song won the Oscar.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-33019998928740652212022-03-28T00:50:23.404-04:002022-03-28T00:50:23.404-04:00Well, the Leilani song won the Oscar! The Astaire ...Well, the Leilani song won the Oscar! The Astaire song was nominated but didn’t win and the Cole Porter song was not even nominated. You did 0 for 3Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-80693580593203834562022-03-27T10:42:51.180-04:002022-03-27T10:42:51.180-04:00I just listened to all of them. I enjoyed them all...I just listened to all of them. I enjoyed them all- but think that Fred Astaire was the winner, Bing was nominated and didn't win, and Eddy wasn't nominated. <br /><br />Now to find out how I did. lol. This was fun!<br /><br />DMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202502753961748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-52329990799010715132022-03-26T20:29:26.672-04:002022-03-26T20:29:26.672-04:00Okay, I've listened to all three and I haven&#...Okay, I've listened to all three and I haven't read any of the comments before publishing my own. My favourite is Leilani but my guess is that's the one that wasn't nominated. Bing really helps bring that song home when he jumps in on the second verse and I really like the vocal harmonies behind him. <br /><br />I'm going to guess the Fred Astaire song won because it seems to capture the mood of that era. I didn't know he was a vocalist. I just know him as the most effing suave dancer on the planet at the time. <br /><br />The Nelson Eddy song is epic with all that orchestration behind him, almost ahead of its time. I'll suggest it was nominated but did not win.<br /><br />How did I do?Birgit's brother!https://www.blogger.com/profile/02178558291532747729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-19809887380918004142022-03-24T00:36:30.586-04:002022-03-24T00:36:30.586-04:00I had never heard of the 2nd one but that’s the on...I had never heard of the 2nd one but that’s the one that won! The Astaire song is very famous and so is the last one which has been done by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong etc... but it wasn’t even nominated.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-85002478117097946992022-03-24T00:34:39.050-04:002022-03-24T00:34:39.050-04:00I’m so glad you enjoyed these.I’m so glad you enjoyed these.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-37727151863502520742022-03-24T00:33:21.586-04:002022-03-24T00:33:21.586-04:00Nope, it did not win. Leilani won and the last one...Nope, it did not win. Leilani won and the last one wasn’t even nominated despite the number of people who has sang this song since.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-43654454537179662422022-03-23T23:22:57.029-04:002022-03-23T23:22:57.029-04:00I've heard the first one before, but not the o...I've heard the first one before, but not the other two. I would never have guessed the winner in 100 years! Thanks for opening my eyes to new songs.<br /><br />Bleubeard and Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10149710375520733752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-24860274720162187062022-03-23T18:24:21.712-04:002022-03-23T18:24:21.712-04:00These are classic songs. I can hear them in my hea...These are classic songs. I can hear them in my head now. Glad you picked some good ones and not some that just become annoying earworms. Hope all is well. Hugs-ErikaMy name is Erika.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04834435573574156495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-75996713657423384982022-03-23T16:51:00.905-04:002022-03-23T16:51:00.905-04:00I'll always go with Fred Astaire, but I don...I'll always go with Fred Astaire, but I don't know who actually won.Liz A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16531953467834426316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-24521647419055368802022-03-23T16:50:36.336-04:002022-03-23T16:50:36.336-04:00Bing is on GPS?? Well, Bing's song won. Astair...Bing is on GPS?? Well, Bing's song won. Astaire's was nominated while the song sung by Eddy wasn't even in the running!Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-22405637086502009632022-03-23T16:49:28.676-04:002022-03-23T16:49:28.676-04:00The middle got the Oscar! Gershwin's was nomin...The middle got the Oscar! Gershwin's was nominated while Porter's song wasn't even nominated. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-11506197852761353722022-03-23T16:48:51.682-04:002022-03-23T16:48:51.682-04:00I hope all goes well when you have to attend these...I hope all goes well when you have to attend these medical sessions. I don't believe that is Bing at the beginning and I have no idea who that could be. I like that memory of your dad humming this tune. Guess what? Sweet L won the Oscar!The Astaire song was nominated but the wonderful Cole Porter song sung by Eddy was not even nominated. I was shocked because so many great artists have recorded it. Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-84368098292395778492022-03-23T16:42:01.996-04:002022-03-23T16:42:01.996-04:00It's wild to know all these great songs came o...It's wild to know all these great songs came out in '37 but of the famous ones that I know, they didn't win. "Sweet.." sung by Bing won and the Cole Porter song wasn't even nominated.Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-52898493832093342052022-03-23T16:37:10.273-04:002022-03-23T16:37:10.273-04:00Hahahaa...Yup. Sweet Leilani won and i never heard...Hahahaa...Yup. Sweet Leilani won and i never heard of it before. I actually love the Nelson Eddy version but there goes one's own personal taste. "They Can't Take It Away From Me was nominated and the last one is a beautiful song depending on whom you love to sing it but it was not even nominated!Birgithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09439720285857050428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-83491324550246088452022-03-23T16:31:34.968-04:002022-03-23T16:31:34.968-04:00I'm clueless, and besides that, don't know...I'm clueless, and besides that, don't know. Heh.<br />I am so not a Bing Crosby fan just on gps.<br />Sandra Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03814573408898140885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-52847364710309440662022-03-23T15:32:45.753-04:002022-03-23T15:32:45.753-04:00OMG. I had to look up the answer. OMG. I had to look up the answer. Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-51191077615553480732022-03-23T15:07:16.967-04:002022-03-23T15:07:16.967-04:00Got to be Gershwin, by far the best. Don’t like th...Got to be Gershwin, by far the best. Don’t like the middle one!Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-9516824826240376632022-03-23T11:51:47.659-04:002022-03-23T11:51:47.659-04:00Hi, Birgit!
Thanks for patiently waiting for me w...Hi, Birgit!<br /><br />Thanks for patiently waiting for me while I was a patient at the clinic this morning. <br /><br />Before I left home, I noticed that the title of your post is "Oscar Songs," but I needed to run and didn't look at the content. Imagine my surprise just now when I clicked to read and listen. All this time I was expecting to find a medley of Oscar Levant piano tunes. :)<br /><br />Regarding which of these three 1937 songs won an Oscar, I'm stumped, but I did not cheat and look them up. I am familiar with only one of the three, and that is "Sweet Leilani." It is a song that I remember hearing from time to time when I was young. My dad used to warble it. I need to ask if you know who the male vocalist is at the beginning of the song. It certainly doesn't sound like Bing Crosby whose familiar voice can be heard starting around the 1:20 mark. Of the three songs, I actually like "Sweet Leilani" best. It's just so pretty it brings tears. However, "In The Still of The Night" sounds to me more like the kind of song that would win the top honors at the Academy Awards, and that's the one I'm picking for that distinction. It should be noted that the song introduced by Nelson Eddy in Rosalie is an entirely different song from "In The Still Of The Nite," the major doo-wop hit written by the late by Fred Parris (whom I met circa 1980) and famously recorded by his vocal group The Five Satins.<br /><br />Thank you for the morning musical entertainment, dear friend BB. Enjoy the rest of your week and have a safe and happy weekend!Shady Del Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07887100141814372022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-17983890550286341902022-03-23T06:44:38.699-04:002022-03-23T06:44:38.699-04:00Hi Birgit - I too have absolutely no idea ... nor ...Hi Birgit - I too have absolutely no idea ... nor other choices - I guess the 2022 one will come to the fore next weekend - enjoy. Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141871469594180795.post-70747414860707697822022-03-23T06:26:45.402-04:002022-03-23T06:26:45.402-04:00No idea who won, but I do like your first choice. ...No idea who won, but I do like your first choice. Not a fan of Sweet Leilani. And while I like song #3, that version is awful, in my opinion. I'd choose Ella Fitzgerald singing it, or just about anyone else, lol.Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15045554938847356871noreply@blogger.com