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Nominees and Winners


1960

1960 was an interesting year for songs from the movies. The Oscar Winner is played rarely, and the other nominees are seldom if ever heard.

The nominees:

"FARAWAY PART OF TOWN" 

"GREEN LEAVES OF SUMMER"

"THE SECOND TIME AROUND"

"THE FACTS OF LIFE"

THE WINNER:

"NEVER ON SUNDAY"











from "PEPE"

from "THE ALAMO"


from "HIGH TIME"

Title song from "THE FACTS OF LIFE"




Title song from "NEVER ON SUNDAY"

1961

5 NOMINEES:

"BACHELOR IN PARADISE"
 
"EL CID (LOVE THEME)"

"POCKETFUL OF MIRACLES"

"TOWN WITHOUT PITY"



And so, The Oscar Nominators got some things right but most things wrong that year. The big movie was the musical version of "WEST SIDE STORY" with some GREAT songs (from "Tonight" to "America" to "Maria"), none of which were nominated; all of them were big hits.  But they lucked out with the winner which has become a true classic. 

The Oscar went to:

     
          "MOON RIVER"




from "Bachelor in Paradise"

from "El Cid"

from "Pocketful of Miracles"

from "Town without Pity"
(big hit by Gene Pitney, so we
can still hear it on the radio from time to time)
















from "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

(Singer Andy Williams is forever greatful to the writer, Henry Mancini)

1962

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


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”

1969

Nominees:

"Come Saturday Morning"

"Jean"

"True Grit"

"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"


And the winner was:

"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head"


from “The Sterile Cuckoo”

from “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”

from “True Grit”

from “The Happy Ending”





from “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”