Best Song Winners
In 1958 the Academy Award for Best Song went to "Gigi" from the film
Music by Frederick Loewe, Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner.
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in this year: 1958 ... ; Best Actor in a Leading Role; ... ; Best Music, Original Song;
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; Best Actor in a Leading Role; ... The Defiant Ones (1958) - Nedrick Young; Harold Jacob Smith; - Nedrick Young had been blacklisted at the time and the Oscar went to his pseudonym 'Nathan E. Douglas'. In 1993 AMPAS restored Young's credit upon the request of his widow and recommendation of the Academy's writers branch.
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The film had a total of nine nominations and nine Oscars and awards in almost every category including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Alan Jay Lerner), Best Color Cinematography, Best Art/Set Direction, Best Song ("Gigi" by Lerner and Loewe), ... Freleng's previous Oscar wins were for Tweety Pie (1947),
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THE OSCAR FINALISTS: BEST SONG, PART ONE ... Unlike the score and adaptation categories, the Song category did not use the finalists system until 1958. Until then, the Music Branch members were sent a list of every single eligible song from the films of the year in question and asked to select the ten best,
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THE OSCAR FINALISTS: BEST SONG, PART TWO ... As discussed in Part One of this article, between 1958 and 1979, the Academy's Music Branch would whittle the list of eligible songs down to ten finalists before picking the five nominees.
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Academy Award for Best Original Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is present...
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Academy Awards® for Original Song; Since 1934 ... I Need to Wake Up ... Song of the South...
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Biggest Miss: "Gigi," introduced by Louis Jourdan in the 1958 film of the same name. A cover version by Vic Damone peaked at #88. ... Music Blogs > Chart Watch > Chart Watch Extra: Oscar Best Song Highs & Lows...
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1958 "Gigi" from Gigi ... Academy Award for Best Song; List of Winners ... Oscar Awards Home;
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