Top Movie Songs—100 years, 100 songs
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Number
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Song Title
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Performer
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Music/Lyrics
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Movie
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1
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Over the Rainbow
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Judy Garland
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Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg
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The Wizard of Oz, 1939
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2
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As Time Goes By
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Dooley Wilson
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Herman Hupfeld
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Casablanca, 1942
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3
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Singin' in the Rain
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Gene Kelly
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Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
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Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
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4
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Moon River
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Audrey Hepburn
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Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961
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5
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White Christmas
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Bing Crosby
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Irving Berlin
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Holiday Inn, 1942
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6
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Mrs. Robinson
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Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel
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Paul Simon
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The Graduate, 1967
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7
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When You Wish Upon A Star
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Cliff Edwards
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Leigh Harline/Ned Washington
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Pinocchio, 1940
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8
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The Way We Were
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Barbra Streisand
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Marvin Hamlisch/Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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The Way We Were, 1973
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9
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Stayin' Alive
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The Bee Gees
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Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb
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Saturday Night Fever, 1977
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10
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The Sound of Music
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Julie Andrews
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Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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The Sound of Music, 1965
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11
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The Man That Got Away
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Judy Garland
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Harold Arlen/Ira Gershwin
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A Star is Born, 1954
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12
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Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
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Marilyn Monroe
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Jule Styne/Leo Robin
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953
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13
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People
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Barbra Streisand
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Jule Styne/Bob Merrill
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Funny Girl, 1968
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14
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My Heart Will Go On
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Céline Dion
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James Horner/Will Jennings
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The Titanic, 1997
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15
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Cheek to Cheek
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Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
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Irving Berlin
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Top Hat, 1935
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16
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Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born)
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Barbra Streisand
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Barbra Streisand/Paul Williams
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A Star is Born, 1976
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17
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I Could Have Danced All Night
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Audrey Hepburn (voiced by Marni Nixon)
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Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner
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My Fair Lady, 1964
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18
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Cabaret
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Liza Minnelli
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John Kander/Fred Ebb
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Cabaret, 1972
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19
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Some Day My Prince Will Come
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Adriana Caselotti
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Frank Churchill/Larry Morey
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937
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20
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Somewhere
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Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant)
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Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
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West Side Story, 1961
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21
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Jailhouse Rock
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Elvis Presley
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Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
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Jailhouse Rock, 1957
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22
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Everybody's Talkin'
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Harry Nilsson
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Fred Neil
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Midnight Cowboy, 1969
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23
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Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
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B. J. Thomas
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Burt Bacharach/Hal David
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969
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24
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Ol' Man River
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Paul Robeson
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Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II
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Showboat, 1936
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25
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High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin)
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Tex Ritter
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Dimitri Tiomkin/Ned Washington
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High Noon, 1952
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26
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The Trolley Song
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Judy Garland
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Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
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Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
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27
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Unchained Melody
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The Righteous Brothers
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Alex North, Hy Zaret
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Ghost, 1990
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28
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Some Enchanted Evening
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Rossano Brazzi (voiced by Giorgio Tozzi)
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Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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South Pacific, 1958
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29
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Born To Be Wild
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Steppenwolf
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Mars Bonfire
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Easy Rider, 1969
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30
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Stormy Weather
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Lena Horne
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Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
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Stormy Weather, 1943
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31
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Theme from New York, New York
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Liza Minnelli
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John Kander/Fred Ebb
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New York, New York, 1977
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32
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I Got Rhythm
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Gene Kelly
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George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
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An American in Paris, 1951
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33
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Aquarius
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Ren Woods, Ensemble
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Galt MacDermot/Gerome Ragni, James Rado
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Hair, 1979
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34
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Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
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Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
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George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
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Shall We Dance, 1937
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35
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America
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Rita Moreno, George Chakiris, and Ensemble
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Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
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West Side Story, 1961
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36
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Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
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Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, Ensemble
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Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman
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Mary Poppins,1964
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37
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Swinging on a Star
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Bing Crosby
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James Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
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Going My Way, 1944
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38
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Theme from Shaft
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Isaac Hayes, Chorus
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Isaac Hayes
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Shaft, 1971
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39
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Days of Wine and Roses
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Chorus
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Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
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Days of Wine and Roses, 1963
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40
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Fight the Power
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Public Enemy
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Carlton Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, and Keith Shocklee
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Do the Right Thing, 1989
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41
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New York, New York
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Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Jules Munshin
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Leonard Bernstein/Betty Comden, Adolph Green
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On the Town, 1949
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42
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Luck Be A Lady
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Marlon Brando, Ensemble
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Frank Loesser
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Guys and Dolls, 1955
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43
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The Way You Look Tonight
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Fred Astaire
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Jerome Kern/Dorothy Fields
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Swing Time, 1936
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44
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Wind Beneath My Wings
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Bette Midler
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Larry Henley, Jeff Silbar
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Beaches, 1988
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45
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That's Entertainment
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Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, and Oscar Levant
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Arthur Schwartz/Howard Dietz
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The Band Wagon, 1953
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46
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Don't Rain On My Parade
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Barbra Streisand
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Jule Styne/ Bob Merril
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Funny Girl, 1968
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47
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Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
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James Baskett
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Allie Wrubel/Ray Gilbert
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Song of the South, 1947
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48
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Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)
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Doris Day
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Ray Evans, Jay Livingston
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The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956
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49
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Make 'Em Laugh
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Donald O’Connor
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Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
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Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
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50
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Rock Around the Clock
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Bill Haley and the Comets
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Bill Haley and the Comets
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Blackboard Jungle , 1955
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51
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Fame
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Irene Cara
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Michael Gore/Dean Pitchford
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Fame, 1980
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52
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Summertime
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Diahann Carroll (voiced by Loulie Jean Norman)
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George Gershwin/DuBose Heyward
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Porgy and Bess, 1959
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53
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Goldfinger
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Shirley Bassey
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John Barry/Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley
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Goldfinger, 1964
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54
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Shall We Dance
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Deborah Kerr (voiced by Marni Nixon), Yul Brynner
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Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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The King and I, 1956
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55
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Flashdance...What a Feeling
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Irene Cara
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Giorgio Moroder/Keith Forsey, Irene Cara
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Flashdance, 1983
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56
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Thank Heaven for Little Girls
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Maurice Chevalier
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Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner
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Gigi, 1958
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57
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The Windmills of Your Mind
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Noel Harrison
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Michel Legrand/Alan and Marilyn Bergman
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The Thomas Crown Affair, 1968
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58
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Gonna Fly Now
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DeEtta Little, Nelson Pigford
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Bill Conti/Carol Connors, Ayn Robbins
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Rocky, 1976
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59
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Tonight
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Natalie Wood (voiced by Marni Nixon), Richard Beymer (voiced by Jimmy Bryant)
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Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim
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West Side Story, 1961
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60
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It Had to Be You
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Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Jr.
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Isham Jones/Gus Kahn
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When Harry Met Sally, 1989
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61
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Get Happy
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Judy Garland
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Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler
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Summer Stock, 1950
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62
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Beauty and the Beast
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Angela Lansbury
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Alan Menken/Howard Ashman
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Beauty and the Beast, 1991
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63
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Thanks for the Memory
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Bob Hope, Shirley Ross
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Ralph Rainger/Leo Robin
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The Big Broadcast of 1938, 1938
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64
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My Favorite Things
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Julie Andrews
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Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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The Sound of Music, 1965
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65
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I Will Always Love You
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Whitney Houston
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Dolly Parton
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The Bodyguard, 1992
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66
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Suicide is Painless
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Johnny Mandel
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Johnny Mandel/Mike Altman
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M*A*S*H, 1970
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67
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Nobody Does it Better
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Carly Simon
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Marvin Hamlisch/Carole Bayer Sager
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The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
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68
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Streets of Philadelphia
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Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
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Philadelphia, 1993
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69
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On the Good Ship Lollipop
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Shirley Temple
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Richard A. Whiting/Sidney Clare
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Bright Eyes, 1934
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70
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Summer Nights
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John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Ensemble
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Jim Jacobs, Warren Casey
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Grease, 1978
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71
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The Yankee Doodle Boy
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James Cagney
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George M. Cohan
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Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942
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72
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Good Morning
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Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O’Connor
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Nacio Herb Brown/Arthur Freed
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Singin’ in the Rain, 1952
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73
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Isn't it Romantic?
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Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald
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Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart
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Love Me Tonight, 1932
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74
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Rainbow Connection
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Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson)
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Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher
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The Muppet Movie, 1979
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75
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Up Where We Belong
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Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes
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Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie/Will Jennings
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An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982
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76
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
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Judy Garland
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Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
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Meet Me in St. Louis, 1944
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77
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The Shadow of Your Smile
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Chorus
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Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster
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The Sandpiper, 1965
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78
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9 To 5
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Dolly Parton
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Dolly Parton
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9 TO 5, 1980
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79
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Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)
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Christopher Cross
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Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Christopher Cross, and Peter Allen
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Arthur, 1981
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80
|
Springtime for Hitler
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Ensemble
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Mel Brooks
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The Producers, 1968
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81
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I'm Easy
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Keith Carradine
|
Keith Carradine
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Nashville, 1975
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82
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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead
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Ensemble
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Harold Arlen/E. Y. Harburg
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The Wizard of Oz, 1939
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83
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The Rose
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Bette Midler
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Amanda McBroom
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The Rose, 1979
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84
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Put the Blame on Mame
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Rita Hayworth (voiced by Anita Ellis)
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Doris Fisher, Allan Roberts
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Gilda, 1946
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85
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Come What May
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Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor
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David Baerwald
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Moulin Rouge! 2001
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86
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(I've Had) The Time of My Life
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Bill Medley, Jennifer Warnes
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Frank Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz/Frank Previte
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Dirty Dancing, 1987
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87
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Buttons and Bows
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Bob Hope
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Jay Livingston/Ray Evans
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The Paleface, 1948
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88
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Do Re Mi
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Julie Andrews, Ensemble
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Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein II
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The Sound of Music, 1965
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89
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Puttin' on the Ritz
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Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle
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Irving Berlin
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Young Frankenstein, 1974
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90
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Seems Like Old Times
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Diane Keaton
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Carmen Lombardo/John Jacob Loeb
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Annie Hall, 1977
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91
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Let the River Run
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Carly Simon
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Carly Simon
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Working Girl, 1988
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92
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Long Ago and Far Away
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Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth (voiced by Martha Mears)
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Jerome Kern/Ira Gershwin
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Cover Girl, 1944
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93
|
Lose Yourself
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Eminem
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Eminem, Jeff Bass, Luis Resto/Eminem
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8 Mile, 2002
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94
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg
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The Temptations
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Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield
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The Big Chill, 1983
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95
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(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco
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Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
|
Jimmy Van Heusen/Johnny Burke
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Road to Morocco, 1942
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96
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Footloose
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Kenny Loggins
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Kenny Loggins, Dean Pitchford
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Footloose, 1984
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97
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42nd Street
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Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, and Ensemble
|
Harry Warren/Al Dubin
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42nd Street, 1933
|
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98
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All That Jazz
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Catherine Zeta-Jones, RenŽe Zellweger
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John Kander/Fred Ebb
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Chicago, 2002
|
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99
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Hakuna Matata
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Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver, and Joseph Williams
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Elton John/Tim Rice
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The Lion King, 1994
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100
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Old Time Rock and Roll
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Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (lip-synched by Tom Cruise)
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George Jackson, Tom Jones III
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Risky Business, 1983
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Source:
American Film Institute http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/songs.aspx
American Film Institute http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/songs.aspx