Remember Best Original Song? It used to be an event category at the Oscars. Throughout the awards' history, most years' biggest movie anthems would double as massive Billboard hits. Before "Baby, It's Cold Outside" became a holiday fixture, it was an Academy Award-winning number from the 1949 movie "Neptune's Daughter." "The Way You Look Tonight," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Take My Breath Away" were all soundtrack entries before they were pop staples. And that's not even beginning ...
What Happened To Best Original Song? Not Even Adele Can Make It Culturally Relevant
The Huffington Post - 28 Feb 2014 23:03
Remember Best Original Song? It used to be an event category at the Oscars. Throughout the awards' history, most years' biggest movie anthems would double as massive Billboard hits. Before "Baby, It's Cold Outside" became a holiday fixture, it was an Academy Award-winning number from the 1949 movie "Neptune's Daughter." "The Way You Look Tonight," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" and "Take My Breath Away" were all soundtrack entries before they were pop staples. And that's not even beginning ...
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