Oscar 1962: Best Song
THE NOMINEES:
“WALK ON THE WILD SIDE”
“TENDER IS THE NIGHT”
“SECOND CHANCE”
“FOLLOW ME”
AND THE WINNER, BY HENRY MANCINI AND JOHNNY MERCER, WAS THE TITLE SONG FROM THE FILM,
“THE DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES”
from “Walk on the Wild Side”
from “Tender is the Night” FROM THE SAME MUSICAL TEAM THAT GAVE US “SECRET LOVE” IN 1953
from “TWO FOR THE SEESAW”
from “MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY”
from “The Days of Wine and Roses”
1963
1963 had 3 big songs nominated; for a change,one of them won!
THE NOMINEES:
“CHARADE”
“IT’S A MAD,MAD,MAD,MAD, WORLD”
“MORE”
“SO LITTLE TIME”
AND THE WINNER WAS…..
“CALL ME IRRESPONSIBLE”
from “Charade”
from “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World”
from “Mondo Canee”
*best version of the song LINK
from “55 DAYS AT PEKING”
from “PAPA’S DELICATE CONDITION”
1964
Nominees:
“Dear Heart”
“Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”
“My Kind of Town”
“Where Love Has Gone”
And the winner was:
“Chim Chim Cher-ee”
from “Dear Heart”
from ” Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte”
from “Robin and the 7 Hoods”
from “Where Love Has Gone”
from “Mary Poppins”
1965
Nominees:
“The Ballad of Cat Ballou”
“I Will Wait for You”
“The Sweetheart Tree”
“What’s New Pussycat?”
And the winner was:
“The Shadow of Your Smile”
from “Cat Ballou”
from “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”
from “The Great Race”
from “What’s New Pussycat?”
from “The Sandpiper”
1966
Nominees:
“Alfie”
“Georgy Girl”
“My Wishing Doll”
“A Time for Love”
And the winner was:
“Born Free”
from “Alfie”
from “Georgy Girl”
from “Hawaii”
from “An American Dream”
from “Born Free”
1967
Nominees:
“The Bare Necessities”
“The Eyes of Love”
“The Look of Love”
“Thoroughly Modern Millie”
And the winner was:
“Talk to the Animals”
from “The Jungle Book”
from “Banning”
from “Casino Royale”
from “Thoroughly Modern Millie”
from “Doctor Dolittle”
1968
Nominees:
“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
“For Love of Ivy”
“Funny Girl”
“Star!”
And the winner was:
“Windmills of Your Mind”
from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”
from “For Love of Ivy”
from “Funny Girl”
from “Star!”
from “The Thomas Crown Affair”
Oscar 1969: Best Song Nominees:
“Come Saturday Morning” from The Sterile Cuckoo
“Jean” from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
“True Grit” from True Grit
“What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?” from “The Happy Ending”
The winner was:
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
