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Ned Washington (August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist. ==Biography== Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Music award twice: in 1940 for "When You Wish upon a Star" in ''Pinocchio'' and in 1952 for "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" in ''High Noon''. Some of Washington's songs include: *"Town Without Pity" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1961), sung in the movie by Gene Pitney *"Rawhide" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958), sung in the T.V. show by Frankie Laine *"Wild Is the Wind" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956) sung in the movie by Johnny Mathis *"Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956), sung in the movie by Frankie Laine *"The 3:10 to Yuma" (music by George Duning, 1957), sung in the movie by Frankie Laine *"The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954) (Deleted from the final "cut", but nominated anyway; also deleted from the recent "restoration" by Batjac) * Lyrics from the musical numbers in the film Let's Do It Again, 1953. *"My Foolish Heart" (music by Victor Young, 1950) *"Green Dolphin Street" (music by Bronislau Kaper, 1947) *"Stella by Starlight" (music by Victor Young), 1944), recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Verve album ''Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!''. *"Baby Mine" for ''Dumbo'' (music by Frank Churchill, 1941) *"When You Wish upon a Star" for ''Pinocchio'' (music by Leigh Harline, 1940), sung in the movie by the character Jiminy Cricket, voice by Cliff Edwards, also known as "Ukulele Ike" *"The Nearness of You" (with Hoagy Carmichael, 1938) *"Smoke Rings" (music by H. Eugene Gifford, 1932) *"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (music by George Bassman, 1932) *"I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (music by Victor Young, 1932), recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Pablo release ''Digital III at Montreux.'' *"Singin' in the Bathtub" (with Herb Magidson; music by Michael H. Cleary, 1929) Ned Washington is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His grave is located in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ned Washington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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