Episode 24: The Future’s Not Ours to See (1956)

06/12/23 • 43 min

Six of the nine men nominated for the Best Original Song Oscar for 1956 had already won at least one Academy Award. Will this year's winner add another golden boy to their mantels? Or will it be first-timers Tom Adair and Leith Stevens for their song "Julie"? Will Cole Porter ride the popularity that Bing Crosby has in the Academy and win an Oscar for "True Love?" Find out with host Jeff Commings on this episode!

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Episode 23: I Need Your Love (1955)

Rock and roll officially invaded the movie theaters in 1955 with the release of the drama Blackboard Jungle. That movie did not feature an original song, which probably made the eight men nominated for the Oscar that year a little relieved. But the competition was still tough that year, featuring a song that made very few ripples in 1955 but would become a megahit 35 years later. Find out more about this year in movie music on this episode of The Best Song Podcast!

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Episode 25: Take My Hand With a Fervent Prayer (1957)

One would think that the movie musical was dying in 1957, given that only one of the Oscar-nominated original songs from that year came from a musical. Usually, three or four original songs are nominated from musicals. That doesn't mean that the movie musical is officially dying, but title songs from dramatic pictures are now becoming more successful. Learn more about the four title songs and one very dramatic tune nominated for 1957 that were vying for the big award on this episode of The Best Song Podcast.