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Episode 35: A Look That Time Can’t Erase (1967)
Episode 35: A Look That Time Can’t Erase (1967)
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Length:
79 minutes
Released:
Aug 28, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
History was made in 1967, when Quincy Jones became the first Black man to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Jones was having a banner year, writing the nominated song "The Eyes of Love," the title song for the eventual Best Picture winner In the Heat of the Night, and the Oscar-nominated score for In Cold Blood. Though he would become a superstar producer in the next decade, Jones was still struggling to find popularity with the public. The other nominees for Original Song felt the same struggle, and we'll learn more about that on this episode of The Best Song Podcast.
Released:
Aug 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (79)
Episode 1 - Prologue: The first episode of The Best Song Podcast examines the early history of the movies, from the first words sung by Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer in 1927 to the songs that could have won an Oscar in the later 1920s and early 1930s, if the Academy Award ... by The Best Song Podcast