well, That's Show Biz, 03-15-2026 4-50 The Oscars 2026

The Oscars 2026

“Well, That’s Show Biz!”

3-15-2026

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• Welcome to “well, That’s Show Biz!”. I am your host, Jeremy Freedman, and every week I bring you music from Broadway, Movies, and Entertainers along with some anecdotes, information, and commentary all based on a theme.

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• Today’s show was pre-recorded.

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• Tonight is the 2026 Academy Awards.

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• You just heard “Hooray for Hollywood” performed by its songwriters Richard Whiting and Johnny Mercer for tonight is the Oscars ceremony for 2026.

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• As I have done the past few years, we will end the show with the 5 songs nominated for Best Original Song so you can judge for yourself. And we will begin by playing the Oscar winning songs by decade starting with the year 1936. As we go through the decades, you can experience the change in musical tastes through the years.

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• For our first set, we have Fred Astaire singing the 1936 winner, “The Way You Look Tonight” from the movie Swing Time. We will follow that with the 1946 winner from The Harvey Girls, “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe”. And we will close this first set with Doris Day singing her hit version of the song “Que Sera, Sera” which she sang in the 1956 Hitchcock film, The Man Who Knew Too Much. Here we go, the 1936 Oscar winner, “The Way You Look Tonight”.

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• We are playing the Oscar winning songs by decade and you just heard 1936’s “The Way You Look Tonight” from the movie Swing Time, 1946’s “On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe” from The Harvey Girls, and 1956’s “Que Sera, Sera” from The Man Who Knew Too Much.

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• We’ve been playing the Oscar winning songs by decade starting with 1936 and we will end with this year’s Oscar nominated songs. Pay particular attention to how our musical tastes have changed over the years.

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• We are up to 1966 and Matt Monro singing the title song from the movie Born Free. We will follow that with Barbra Streisand and 1976’s “Evergreen”, the love theme from A Star Is Born. After that we have 1986’s “Take My Breath Away”, the love theme from Top Gun. And we will end this set with Madonna singing “You Must Love Me”, a song added to the film version of 1996’s Evita. Here is 1966’s Oscar winning song, “Born Free”.

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• You just heard 1966’s Oscar winning title song from Born Free, 1976’s “Evergreen” from A Star Is Born, 1986’s “Take My Breath Away” from Top Gun, and 1996’s “You Must Love Me” from the film version of Evita.

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• Stay with us. The Oscar nominated songs for tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony are coming up soon on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.

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• You are listening to “well, That’s Show Biz!” on [Station ID].

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• Tonight is the Oscars telecast. We’ve been listening to the Best Song winners from every decade starting with 1936 so we can hear how musical tastes have changed over the years.

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• Before we hear this year’s nominees, we have two more song winners to play.

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• First, from 2006, we have Melissa Etheridge singing “I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth. Then Ryan Gosling sings  2016’s “City of Stars” from La La Land.

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• We’ve been listening to the Best Song winning Oscar songs from each decade starting with 1936 and we just heard the final two, 2006’s “I Need to Wake Up” from An Inconvenient Truth and 2016’s “City of Stars” from La La Land.

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• And now for this year’s 5 nominees for Best Original Song.

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• First we have “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters. We follow that with “I Lied to You” from Sinners. Next we have “Dear Me” from the documentary Diane Warren: Relentless. Then the title song from the film Train Dreams. And finally “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!. Listen and make your choice before tonight's ceremony.

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• You just heard the 5 songs nominated for Best Original Song at tonight’s Oscar ceremony. They were “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters, “I Lied to You” from Sinners, “Dear Me” from the documentary Diane Warren: Relentless, “Train Dreams” from the film of the same name, and “Sweet Dreams of Joy” from Viva Verdi!.

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• How did these songs compare with the Oscar winning songs over the decades? You listened, now you decide. And that concludes today’s show on the Oscars for 2026.

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• And that concludes this week’s edition of “well, That’s Show Biz!”. If you would like to assist with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show, please contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm for more of “well, That’s Show Biz!” on WRUU-LP, Savannah, GA, 107.5FM and WRUU.org.  We are Savannah Soundings, Community Radio with Global Soul.

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• Please stay tuned for “Music At The Movies”, coming up next, hosted by Aiden Peck and I will see you next week. So long.

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