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| Q: Which film did the song ... first appear in? | A: |
| Busy Doing Nothing (1949) |
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A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court |
| Take a Look at Me Now (Phil Collins – Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1984) – theme to |
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Against All Odds |
| The Green Leaves of Summer |
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The Alamo |
| Somewhere Out There (1986 – Grammy winner) |
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An American Tail |
| Best That You Can Do (Best Original Song Oscar 1981): theme to |
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Arthur |
The Power of Love (Huey Lewis & the News – Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1985)
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Back to the Future |
| Drip, Drip, Drop, Little April Showers |
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Bambi |
| Thanks for the Memory (1938) |
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The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
| Rock Around the Clock (over the credits of) |
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Blackboard Jungle |
| Falling in Love Again (Marlene Dietrich's signature tune) |
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The Blue Angel |
| I Will Always Love You (written by Dolly Parton): theme to |
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The Bodyguard |
| I've Got You Under My Skin (1936) |
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Born to Dance |
| Moon River (sung by Audrey Hepburn; Best Original Song Oscar 1961) |
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Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| On the Good Ship Lollipop (1934)
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Bright Eyes |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B (Best Original Song Oscar 1941) |
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Buck Privates |
| The One and Only (Chesney Hawkes – No. 1 for 5 weeks, 1991) |
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Buddy's Song |
| Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (sung by B. J. Thomas; Best Song Oscar 1969) |
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Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
| Secret Love (sung by Doris Day; Best Original Song Oscar 1953) |
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Calamity Jane |
| Mona Lisa (sung by Nat King Cole; Best Original Song Oscar 1950) |
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Captain Carey, USA |
| Truly Scrumptious (named after one of the characters, who isn't in the book) |
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| How Do I Live (Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1997) |
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Con Air |
| Show Me Heaven |
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Days of Thunder |
| Duelling Banjos (instrumental) |
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Deliverance |
| (I've Had) The Time of my Life (Best Original Song Oscar 1987) |
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Dirty Dancing |
| Michael Andrews and Gary Jules' cover version of Tears for Fears' Mad World (UK Christmas No. 1 in the same year) was recorded for (2001 sci–fi psychological thriller) |
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Donnie Darko |
| A Couple of Swells |
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Easter Parade |
| Let's Face the Music and Dance (Astaire & Rogers) |
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Follow the Fleet |
| Love is All Around (Wet Wet Wet version) |
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Four Weddings and a Funeral |
| Let It Go (Best Original Song Oscar 2014) |
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Frozen |
| The Continental, Night and Day (1934) |
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The Gay Divorcee |
| Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (sung by Marilyn Monroe) |
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| 1990 blockbuster whose soundtrack featured the Righteous Brothers'
1965 recording of Unchained Melody
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Ghost |
| Put the Blame on Mame (sung by Rita Hayworth) |
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Gilda |
| Wooden Heart |
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G. I. Blues |
| I Got Rhythm (1943 – Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland) |
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Girl Crazy |
| Swinging on a Star (Best Original Song Oscar 1944) |
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Going My Way |
| Jeepers Creepers (sung by Louis Armstrong to a racehorse of that name) |
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Going Places (1938) |
| Lullaby of Broadway (Best Original Song Oscar 1935) |
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Gold Diggers of 1935 |
| Mrs. Robinson, The Sounds of Silence, Scarborough Fair |
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The Graduate (1967) |
| Bill Murray wakes up to I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) |
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Groundhog Day |
| In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (Best Original Song Oscar 1951) |
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Here Comes the Groom |
| Accentuate the Positive (Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1945) |
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Here Come the Waves |
| "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling" was the opening lyric of the
theme song to ... , which was credited in the film with the same title as the film itself, won the
Best Original Song Oscar in 1952, and was released on record as The Ballad of ...
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High Noon |
| High Hopes (Best Original Song Oscar 1959) |
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A Hole in the Head |
| White Christmas (Best Original Song Oscar 1942) |
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Holiday Inn |
| On Days Like These (theme tune, sung by Matt Monro); Getta Bloomin' Move On (a.k.a. The Self–Preservation Society) – both by Quincy Jones |
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The Italian Job |
| When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going (Billy Ocean): theme to |
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The Jewel of the Nile (1985) |
| All the Way (Frank Sinatra; Best Original Song Oscar 1957) – also Chicago (That Toddlin' Town) |
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The Joker is Wild |
| The Bare Necessities, I Wanna Be Like You, Trust in Me (1967 Disney film) |
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The Jungle Book |
| People are Strange (specially–recorded cover version by Echo & the Bunnymen) |
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The Lost Boys |
| For All We Know (The Carpenters; Best Original Song Oscar 1970) |
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Lovers and Other Strangers |
| Do You Know Where You're Going To (Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1975): theme from |
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Mahogany |
| Strangers in the Night |
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A Man Could Get Killed |
| Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now (Starship – Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1987) |
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Mannequin |
| Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que sera sera) – Best Original Song Oscar 1956 |
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The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, The Trolley Song (sung by Judy Garland) – also Skip to my Lou, Home Sweet Home, Auld Lang Syne, etc. |
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Meet Me in St. Louis |
| 1990: Cher sang The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) in |
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Mermaids |
| Everybody's Talkin' (theme song) |
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Midnight Cowboy |
| Tea for Two |
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No No Nanette |
| Up Where We Belong (Best Original Song Oscar 1982) |
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An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Buttons and Bows (Best Original Song Oscar 1948) |
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The Paleface |
| The Lady is a Tramp, My Funny Valentine (1957 – originally in the 1937 musical Babes in Arms) |
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Pal Joey |
| Call Me Irresponsible (Best Original Song Oscar 1963) |
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Papa's Delicate Condition |
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1973) |
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Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid |
| When You Wish Upon a Star, Give a Little Whistle (1940) |
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Pinocchio |
| Hernando's Hideaway |
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The Pyjama Game |
| My Kind of Town |
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Robin and the Seven Hoods |
| Everything I Do (I do it for you) – Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1991 |
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Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves |
| Eye of the Tiger (Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1982 – theme song); Living in America (sung by James Brown) |
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Rocky III |
| Keep Young and Beautiful (Eddie Cantor) |
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Roman Scandals |
| Glory – sung by Common and John Legend – Best Original Song Oscar 2015 |
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Selma |
| They Can't Take That Away From Me (1937 Astaire / Rogers film)
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Shall We Dance |
| Sweet Georgia Brown, I Wanna Be Loved By You |
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Some like it Hot |
| Zip–a–dee–doo–dah (Best Original Song Oscar 1947) |
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Song of the South |
| Evergreen (Best Original Song Oscar, 1976) |
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A Star is Born |
| That Old Black Magic (1943) |
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Star Spangled Rhythm |
| It Might as Well Be Spring (Rodgers & Hammerstein musical; Best Original Song Oscar 1946) |
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State Fair |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo (1941) |
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Sun Valley Serenade |
| Big Spender |
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Sweet Charity |
| The Way You Look Tonight (Best Original Song Oscar 1936) |
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Swing Time |
| The Windmills of your Mind (Best Original Song Oscar 1968) |
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The Thomas Crown Affair |
| My Heart Will Go On (Best Original Song Oscar 1997): "love theme" from |
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Titanic |
| Little White Bull (sung by Tommy Steele – 1959) |
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Tommy the Toreador |
| Take My Breath Away (Best Original Song Oscar, 1986) |
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Top Gun |
| Cheek to Cheek (1935) |
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Top Hat |
| You've Got a Friend in Me (written and sung by Randy Newman)
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Toy Story |
| We Belong Together (written and sung by Randy Newman) – Best Original Song Oscar 2010 |
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Toy Story 3 |
| Because You Loved Me (1996 – Celine Dion) |
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Up Close & Personal |
| Bright Eyes |
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Watership Down |
| The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1937 – Laurel & Hardy)
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Way out West |
| Baby, it's Cold Outside (Best Original Song Oscar 1949) |
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Neptune's Daughter |
| Say You, Say Me (Lionel Richie – Best Original Song Oscar 1985) |
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White Nights |
| I Just Called to Say I Love You (Best Song Original Oscar 1984) |
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The Woman in Red |
| Let the River Run (Carly Simon – Best Original Song Oscar 1988) |
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Working Girl |
| Blaze of Glory (Bon Jovi – Best Original Song Oscar nominee 1990) |
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Young Guns II |
| First appeared in the musical Babes in Arms; was instrumental only in the film version, but sung by Frank Sinatra in the film of Pal Joey |
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The Lady is a Tramp |
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