Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Who Won The Oscar-1950

 


It’s freebie week over at Monday Music Moves Me and, it is which song won the Oscar, which was nominated and which came up nadda. We’ll, let’s see if you choose correctly…

1. BE MY LOVE SUNG BY MARIO LANZA


This song come from the musical, “The Toast of New Orleans,” starring Kathryn Grayson, David Niven and Mario Lanza which made Lanza a star. This was written by Sammy Cahn( lyrics) and Nicholas Brodszky ( music). Lanza sang this song with Kathryn Grayson in the musical but it became a huge hit for just Lanza’s voice alone that it was his first million seller. 

2. A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES SUNG BY ILENE WOODS


Ilene Woods portrayed Cinderella in the animated musical of Cinderella. It was written by Mack David, Al Hoffman, and Jerry Livingston and became a hit for Disney and you can hear this song in Disney films and is reprised in the 2015  live version of Cinderella starring Lily James. This song is inspired by Frank Liszt’s, “Transcendental Etude #9”.

3. MONA LISA SUNG BY SERGIO DE KARLO


I always thought Nat King Cole was the originator of this song but, he was not! This song come from a the film, “Captain Carey” and it was sung by Sergio whom I never knew about since I have not seen this film. This song was written by Ray Evans and Sam Livingston and didn’t make it really big until Nat King Cole  sang it. 

So…you know the drill, which won the Oscar, which was nominated and which came up empty-handed?

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