"(I've Had) The Time of My Life" is a song composed by #FrankePrevite, #JohnDeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by American singers #BillMedley and #JenniferWarnes and used as the theme song for the 1987 film #DirtyDancing. The song has won a number of awards, including the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong, the #GoldenGlobeAwardForBestOriginalSong, and the #GrammyAwardForBestPopPerformanceByADuoOrGroupWithVocals.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7DU70UTI3Q
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"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a #popular song with music by #SammyFain and lyrics by #PaulFrancisWebster. The song appeared first in the movie #LoveIsAManySplendoredThing (1955), and it won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1956. From 1967 to 1973, it was also used as the theme song to #LoveIsAManySplendoredThing, the #soapOpera based on the movie. Many versions of the song have been released. The best-selling version was recorded by #TheFourAces.
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"Dear Heart" is a song written by #HenryMancini, #RayEvans, and #JayLivingston and performed by #AndyWilliams. It appears on the 1965 Andy Williams album, #AndyWilliamsDearHeart. The song was the theme to the 1964 movie #DearHeart. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong and also nominated for best song at the #22ndGoldenGlobeAwards.
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"Moon River" is a song composed by #HenryMancini with lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was originally performed by #AudreyHepburn in the 1961 film #BreakfastAtTiffanys, winning an #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong. The song also won the 1962 #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear. In 1999, Mancini's recording was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. The song has been recorded by many other artists. It became the theme song for #AndyWilliams.
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"Call Me Irresponsible" is a 1962 #song composed by #JimmyVanHeusen with lyrics written by #SammyCahn which won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1963.
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"Call Me Irresponsible" is a 1962 #song composed by #JimmyVanHeusen with lyrics written by #SammyCahn which won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1963.
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"For All We Know" is a #softRock song written for the 1970 #film #LoversAndOtherStrangers, with music by #FredKarlin and lyrics by Robb Wilson ( #RobbRoyer) and James Arthur Griffin ( #JimmyGriffin), both from the American soft rock group #Bread. It was originally performed, for the film's soundtrack, by Larry Meredith and won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1971.
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"For Your Eyes Only" is the 1981 theme to the 12th #JamesBond movie of the same name, written by #BillConti and Mick Leeson, and performed by Scottish singer #SheenaEaston for the accompanying soundtrack album. The song reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100, and number eight on the #UKSinglesChart. It was nominated for an #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #54thAcademyAwards and #GoldenGlobeAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #39thGoldenGlobeAwards in 1982.
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"You'll Never Know", sometimes referred to as "You'll Never Know (Just How Much I Love You)" in later years, is a #popular #song with music written by #HarryWarren and the lyrics by #MackGordon. The song is based on a poem written by a young Oklahoma war bride named Dorothy Fern Norris. The song was introduced in the 1943 movie #HelloFriscoHello where it was sung by #AliceFaye. The song won the 1943 #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong.
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"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from #TheSandpiper", is a #popular #song and #jazzStandard with music by #JohnnyMandel and lyrics by #PaulFrancisWebster. The song was introduced in the #1965Film #TheSandpiper and later became an #EasyListening hit for #TonyBennett in a version arranged and conducted by Mandel. It won the #GrammyAwardForSongOfTheYear and the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong.
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"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from #TheSandpiper", is a #popular #song and #jazzStandard with music by #JohnnyMandel and lyrics by #PaulFrancisWebster. The song was introduced in the #1965Film #TheSandpiper and later became an #EasyListening hit for #TonyBennett in a version arranged and conducted by Mandel. It won the #GrammyAwardForSongOfTheYear and the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong.
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"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by #GiorgioMoroder and #TomWhitlock for the 1986 film #TopGun's #soundtrack, performed by American #newWave band #Berlin and included on their album #CountThreeAndPray. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #59thAcademyAwards, as well as the #GoldenGlobeAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #44thGoldenGlobeAwards in 1986.
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"Take My Breath Away" is a song written by #GiorgioMoroder and #TomWhitlock for the 1986 film #TopGun's #soundtrack, performed by American #newWave band #Berlin and included on their album #CountThreeAndPray. The song won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #59thAcademyAwards, as well as the #GoldenGlobeAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #44thGoldenGlobeAwards in 1986.
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"For All We Know" is a #softRock song written for the 1970 #film #LoversAndOtherStrangers, with music by #FredKarlin and lyrics by Robb Wilson (#RobbRoyer) and James Arthur Griffin (#JimmyGriffin), both from the American soft rock group #Bread. It was originally performed, for the film's soundtrack, by Larry Meredith and won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1971.
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"In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" is a #popular song with music by #HoagyCarmichael, and lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was originally planned to feature it in a #ParamountPictures film written for #BettyHutton, that never took off, which was to be called The #MackSennett Girl, or Keystone Girl. The song was buried in Paramount's files until it was rediscovered and then used in the 1951 film #HereComesTheGroom and won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong.
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"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by American composer #ColePorter in 1936. It was introduced that year in the #EleanorPowell musical film #BornToDance in which it was performed by #VirginiaBruce. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong that year but lost out to "#TheWayYouLookTonight". Popular recordings in 1936 were by #RayNoble and his Orchestra (vocal by #AlBowlly) and by #HalKemp and his Orchestra (vocal by #SkinnayEnnis).
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"For All We Know" is a #softRock song written for the 1970 #film #LoversAndOtherStrangers, with music by #FredKarlin and lyrics by Robb Wilson (#RobbRoyer) and James Arthur Griffin (#JimmyGriffin), both from the American soft rock group #Bread. It was originally performed, for the film's soundtrack, by Larry Meredith and won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1971.
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"It Might Be You" is a song with music written by #DaveGrusin and lyrics written by #AlanAndMarilynBergman. It was performed by singer-songwriter #StephenBishop in the 1982 film #Tootsie, starring #DustinHoffman and #JessicaLange. The song was nominated for an #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1983. Bishop's recording peaked at No. 25 on the #Billboard #Hot100 chart on May 7, 1983 and spent eight weeks in the #top40, becoming his final top 40 song to date.
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"Moon River" is a song composed by #HenryMancini with lyrics by #JohnnyMercer. It was originally performed by #AudreyHepburn in the 1961 film #BreakfastAtTiffanys, winning an #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong. The song also won the 1962 #GrammyAwards for #RecordOfTheYear and #SongOfTheYear. In 1999, Mancini's recording was inducted into the #GrammyHallOfFame. The song has been recorded by many other artists. It became the theme song for #AndyWilliams.
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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a #popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by #HaroldArlen and the lyric by #JohnnyMercer. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #18thAcademyAwards in 1945 after being used in the film #HereComeTheWaves.
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"The Way You Look To-night" is a song from the film #SwingTime that was performed by #FredAstaire and composed by #JeromeKern with lyrics written by #DorothyFields. It won the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong in 1936. Fields remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful." In the movie.
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"My Kind of Town" or "My Kind of Town (#Chicago Is)" is a popular song composed by #JimmyVanHeusen, with lyrics by #SammyCahn. The song was originally part of the musical score for #RobinAndThe7Hoods, a 1964 musical film starring several members of the #RatPack. It was nominated for the 1964 #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong but lost to "#ChimChimCheree" from #MaryPoppins. Although the song predated the #GrammyAward Best Original Song for a Motion Picture category.
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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a #popular song, published in 1944. The music was written by #HaroldArlen and the lyric by #JohnnyMercer. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #18thAcademyAwards in 1945 after being used in the film #HereComeTheWaves.
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"After All" is a song performed as a #duet by American singers #Cher and #PeterCetera, released on March 3, 1989 by #GeffenRecords. It was used as the love theme for the film #ChancesAre and was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong at the #62ndAcademyAwards. The song was also the first North American #single release from Cher's nineteenth album #HeartOfStone. The song appears on Peter Cetera's 1997 album #YoureTheInspirationACollection and his 2017 album.
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"My Kind of Town" or "My Kind of Town (#Chicago Is)" is a popular song composed by #JimmyVanHeusen, with lyrics by #SammyCahn. The song was originally part of the musical score for #RobinAndThe7Hoods, a 1964 musical film starring several members of the #RatPack. It was nominated for the 1964 #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong but lost to "#ChimChimCheree" from #MaryPoppins. Although the song predated the #GrammyAward Best Original Song for a Motion Picture category.
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"I've Got You Under My Skin" is a song written by American composer #ColePorter in 1936. It was introduced that year in the #EleanorPowell musical film #BornToDance in which it was performed by #VirginiaBruce. It was nominated for the #AcademyAwardForBestOriginalSong that year but lost out to "#TheWayYouLookTonight". Popular recordings in 1936 were by #RayNoble and his Orchestra (vocal by #AlBowlly) and by #HalKemp and his Orchestra (vocal by #SkinnayEnnis).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1AHec7sfZ8