Judy Thorburn
AFI Shares 100 Songs and 100 Memories
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The American Film Institute has just released its list of the top 100 songs from the first 100 years of films. The newest…100 Years – 100 Songs, marks the seventh in its lineup of other top 100 lists that include “Heroes and Villains”, “Passions”, “Thrills”, “Laughs”, “Stars” and “Movies”. These rank as the most memorable songs from the movies which touched our hearts, and which will forever exemplify our culture, and be a part of our collective memories.
Topping the list of most unforgettable songs are such beloved melodies as “Over the Rainbow” by Judy Garland from the 1939 film “The Wizard Of Oz”, “As Time Goes By” from “Casablanca”, “Singin’ In The Rain”, “Moon River”, “White Christmas”, sharing the list with 95 more songs we all know and love.
As with all the other previous lists, they were presented in a special 3 hour television broadcast. This year, the show was hosted by John Travolta. This, the seventh in the series of critically acclaimed television events, showcased each of the songs judged on the basis of their cultural impact and which resonate in the American heritage as an enduring legacy for most Americans.
The 100 were chosen from 400 nominees. The earliest film to have its song included on the list was the 1932 classic “Love Me Tonight” with the song “Isn’t It Romantic” sung by Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald. The most recent film “Chicago” made it with “All That Jazz” sung by Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweger.
The following is the entire list of winning songs.
The Honorees Are...
# |
SONG |
MOVIE |
YEAR |
1 |
Over the Rainbow |
WIZARD OF OZ, THE |
1939 |
2 |
As Time Goes By |
CASABLANCA |
1942 |
3 |
Singin' in the Rain |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN |
1952 |
4 |
Moon River |
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S |
1961 |
5 |
White Christmas |
HOLIDAY INN |
1942 |
6 |
Mrs. Robinson |
GRADUATE, THE |
1967 |
7 |
When You Wish Upon A Star |
PINOCCHIO |
1940 |
8 |
Way We Were, The |
THE WAY WE WERE |
1973 |
9 |
Stayin' Alive |
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER |
1977 |
10 |
Sound of Music, The |
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE |
1965 |
11 |
Man That Got Away, The |
STAR IS BORN, A |
1954 |
12 |
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend |
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES |
1953 |
13 |
People |
FUNNY GIRL |
1968 |
14 |
My Heart Will Go On |
TITANIC |
1997 |
15 |
Cheek to Cheek |
TOP HAT |
1935 |
16 |
Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star is Born) |
STAR IS BORN, A |
1976 |
17 |
I Could Have Danced All Night |
MY FAIR LADY |
1964 |
18 |
Cabaret |
CABARET |
1972 |
19 |
Some Day My Prince Will Come |
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS |
1937 |
20 |
Somewhere |
WEST SIDE STORY |
1961 |
21 |
Jailhouse Rock |
JAILHOUSE ROCK |
1957 |
22 |
Everybody's Talkin' |
MIDNIGHT COWBOY |
1969 |
23 |
Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head |
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID |
1969 |
24 |
Ol' Man River |
SHOW BOAT |
1936 |
25 |
High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin) |
HIGH NOON |
1952 |
26 |
Trolley Song, The |
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS |
1944 |
27 |
Unchained Melody |
GHOST |
1990 |
28 |
Some Enchanted Evening |
SOUTH PACIFIC |
1958 |
29 |
Born To Be Wild |
EASY RIDER |
1969 |
30 |
Stormy Weather |
STORMY WEATHER |
1943 |
31 |
Theme from New York, New York |
NEW YORK, NEW YORK |
1977 |
32 |
I Got Rhythm |
AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN |
1951 |
33 |
Aquarius |
HAIR |
1979 |
34 |
Let's Call the Whole Thing Off |
SHALL WE DANCE |
1937 |
35 |
America |
WEST SIDE STORY |
1961 |
36 |
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
MARY POPPINS |
1964 |
37 |
Swinging on a Star |
GOING MY WAY |
1944 |
38 |
Theme from Shaft |
SHAFT |
1971 |
39 |
Days of Wine and Roses |
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES |
1963 |
40 |
Fight the Power |
DO THE RIGHT THING |
1989 |
41 |
New York, New York |
ON THE TOWN |
1949 |
42 |
Luck Be A Lady |
GUYS AND DOLLS |
1955 |
43 |
Way You Look Tonight, The |
SWING TIME |
1936 |
44 |
Wind Beneath My Wings |
BEACHES |
1988 |
45 |
That's Entertainment |
BAND WAGON, THE |
1953 |
46 |
Don't Rain On My Parade |
FUNNY GIRL |
1968 |
47 |
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah |
SONG OF THE SOUTH |
1947 |
48 |
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) |
MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE |
1956 |
49 |
Make 'Em Laugh |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN |
1952 |
50 |
Rock Around the Clock |
BLACKBOARD JUNGLE |
1955 |
51 |
Fame |
FAME |
1980 |
52 |
Summertime |
PORGY AND BESS |
1959 |
53 |
Goldfinger |
GOLDFINGER |
1964 |
54 |
Shall We Dance |
KING AND I, THE |
1956 |
55 |
Flashdance...What a Feeling |
FLASHDANCE |
1983 |
56 |
Thank Heaven for Little Girls |
GIGI |
1958 |
57 |
Windmills of Your Mind, The |
THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, THE |
1968 |
58 |
Gonna Fly Now |
ROCKY |
1976 |
59 |
Tonight |
WEST SIDE STORY |
1961 |
60 |
It Had to Be You |
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY |
1989 |
61 |
Get Happy |
SUMMER STOCK |
1950 |
62 |
Beauty and the Beast |
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST |
1991 |
63 |
Thanks for the Memory |
BIG BROADCAST OF 1938, THE |
1938 |
64 |
My Favorite Things |
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE |
1965 |
65 |
I Will Always Love You |
BODYGUARD, THE |
1992 |
66 |
Suicide is Painless |
M*A*S*H |
1970 |
67 |
Nobody Does it Better |
SPY WHO LOVED ME, THE |
1977 |
68 |
Streets of Philadelphia |
PHILADELPHIA |
1993 |
69 |
On the Good Ship Lollipop |
BRIGHT EYES |
1934 |
70 |
Summer Nights |
GREASE |
1978 |
71 |
Yankee Doodle Boy, The |
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY |
1942 |
72 |
Good Morning |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN |
1952 |
73 |
Isn't it Romantic? |
LOVE ME TONIGHT |
1932 |
74 |
Rainbow Connection |
MUPPET MOVIE, THE |
1979 |
75 |
Up Where We Belong |
OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, AN |
1982 |
76 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas |
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS |
1944 |
77 |
Shadow of Your Smile, The |
SANDPIPER, THE |
1965 |
78 |
9 To 5 |
9 TO 5 |
1980 |
79 |
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) |
ARTHUR |
1981 |
80 |
Springtime for Hitler |
PRODUCERS, THE |
1968 |
81 |
I'm Easy |
NASHVILLE |
1975 |
82 |
Ding Dong the Witch is Dead |
WIZARD OF OZ, THE |
1939 |
83 |
Rose, The |
ROSE, THE |
1979 |
84 |
Put the Blame on Mame |
GILDA |
1946 |
85 |
Come What May |
MOULIN ROUGE! |
2001 |
86 |
(I've Had) The Time of My Life |
DIRTY DANCING |
1987 |
87 |
Buttons and Bows |
PALEFACE, THE |
1948 |
88 |
Do Re Mi |
SOUND OF MUSIC, THE |
1965 |
89 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN |
1974 |
90 |
Seems Like Old Times |
ANNIE HALL |
1977 |
91 |
Let the River Run |
WORKING GIRL |
1988 |
92 |
Long Ago and Far Away |
COVER GIRL |
1944 |
93 |
Lose Yourself |
8 MILE |
2002 |
94 |
Ain't Too Proud to Beg |
BIG CHILL, THE |
1983 |
95 |
(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco |
ROAD TO MOROCCO |
1942 |
96 |
Footloose |
FOOTLOOSE |
1984 |
97 |
42nd Street |
42nd STREET |
1933 |
98 |
All That Jazz |
CHICAGO |
2002 |
99 |
Hakuna Matata |
LION KING, THE |
1994 |
100 |
Old Time Rock and Roll |
RISKY BUSINESS |
1983 |