well, That's Show Biz, 03-10-2024 2-50 The Oscars 2024

Well, That's Show Biz!
Jeremy F.
1:00pm, 3-10-2024

    The Oscars 2024

    “Well, That’s Show Biz!”

    03-10-2024


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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.


    • <Play “The Continental”


    • That was Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire singing and dancing to “The Continental” from the 1934 movie musical The Gay Divorcee, the very first winner of the Oscar for Best Song. The Oscars are tonight and I’ve been trying to figure out how to do a show that would cover 90 years of Oscar songs. And then I figured it out. The first Oscar for Best Song was in 1934 and this is 2024. We are going to cover the Best Song Oscars in 10 year intervals and conclude the show with the 5 nominated songs for 2024. We will hear how music, especially movie music has changed over the decades.


    • Our next set will begin with 1944s “Swinging On a Star” sung by Bing Crosby from Going My Way. Next the title song to 1954s Three Coins In the Fountain first recorded by Frank Sinatra. And we will conclude this set with Dick Van Dyke and the cast of Mary Poppins singing 1964s “Chim Chim Cher-ee”. Here’s 1944s Best Song Oscar winner, “Swinging On a Star”.


    • The Oscars are tonight and you just heard the Best Song Oscar winners, 1944s “Swinging On a Star”, 1954s “Three Coins In the Fountain” and 1964s “Chim Chim Cher-ee”.


    • <PSA>


    • The Oscars are tonight and we are focusing on the Oscar winning songs in ten year intervals starting with the first winner in 1934 and we will conclude with the 5 nominated songs of 2024 so you can judge for yourself.


    • This next set will start with Maureen McGovern singing her 1974 winner from the movie The Towering Inferno, “We Many Never Love Like This Again”. Next, Stevie Wonder will regale us with his 1984 winner, “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from The Woman In Red. Then the cast of The Lion King brings us 1994s Best Song winner, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”. And we will conclude with the 2004s winner “Al Otro Lado Del Rio” from The Motorcycle Diaries. This was the first Spanish language song and the second foreign language song to receive the Oscar. Here’s “We May Never Love Like This Again” from The Towering Inferno.


    • You just heard 1974s “We May Never Love Like This Again” from The Towering Inferno, 1984s “I Just Called to Say I Love You” from The Woman In Red, 1994s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” from The Lion King, and 2004s “Al Otro Lado Del Rio” from The Motorcycle Diaries as we listen to Best Song Oscar winners from each decade today on “well, That’s Show Biz!”.


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


    • Tonight is the 2024 Oscars and we have one more song to go before we get to this year’s Best Song nominees.


    • Our next last song in our historical look is 2014s “Glory” from Selma. Here is John Legend and Common with “Glory”.


    • You just heard “Glory”, the 2014 Oscar winning song from the movie Selma. Come on back after this break for tonight’s five nominees for the 2024 Oscars.


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    • <PSA>


    • If you would like to help out with a future show, send me your theme and song ideas to wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you are enjoying today’s show, contact the station at WRUU.org and let them know.


    • Okay, here is what you have been waiting for. The nominees for Best Song at tonight’s Oscars in alphabetical order. First is Jon Batiste singing “It Never Went Away” from the Netflix documentary American Symphony. Next, we will hear Ryan Gosling with “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie followed by Billie Eilish singing “What Was I Made For?” also from Barbie. Then we will hear Becky G with “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot and we will conclude with the Osage Tribal Singers singing “Wahzhazhe” from Killers of the Flower Moon. Listen and you make your judgments. Here are the 5 Oscar nominated Best song candidates.


    • So what do you think?  Those were the 5 songs nominated for Best Song for tonight’s 2024 Oscars’ ceremony.


    • And that concludes our decades long look at the Best Song Oscar winners starting with the first winner, 1934’s “The Continental” from The Gay Divorcee.


    • If you would like to help out with a future show, send your theme and song suggestions to me at wruushowbiz@gmail.com. And if you enjoyed today’s show contact the station at WRUU.org. And don’t forget to tell your friends to join us every Sunday at 1pm on [Station ID] or streaming on-line at WRUU.org. See you next week.

    • 1:00pm WRUU-FM by Live
    • 1:00pm The Continental by Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers on 1934-1935 In The Movies (Remastered) (Hot Record Society)
    • 1:06pm Swinging On a Star by Bing Crosby on Swinging on a Star (Selections from 'Road To Morocco', 'Dixie', and 'Going My Way') (UMG Recordings, Inc.)
    • 1:08pm Three Coins In the Fountain by Frank Sinatra on Days of Wine and Roses, Moon River and Other Academy Award Winners (Frank Sinatra Enterprises, LLC)
    • 1:11pm Chim Chim Cher-ee by Dick Van Dyke, Julie Andrews, Karen Dotrice & Matthew Garber on Mary Poppins (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Walt Disney Records)
    • 1:16pm We May Never Love Like This Again by Maureen McGovern on 20th Century Masters the Milennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern (The Island Def Jam Music Group)
    • 1:18pm I Just Called to Say I Love You by Stevie Wonder on The Definitive Collection (Motown Records)
    • 1:23pm Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Joseph Williams, Sally Dworsky, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella & Kristie Edwards on The Lion King (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, Inc.)
    • 1:25pm Al Otro Lado del Rio by Jorge Drexler on Al Otro Lado del Rio - Single (Dro East West)
    • 1:30pm Glory (From the Motion Picture 'Selma') - Single by Common & John Legend on Glory (From the Motion Picture 'Selma') (Sony Music Entertainment)
    • 1:38pm It Never Went Away (From the Netflix Documentary 'American Symphony') by Jon Batiste on It Never Went Away - Single (Verve Label Group)
    • 1:42pm I'm Just Ken by Ryan Gosling on Barbie The Album (Atlantic Recording Corporation, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. & Mattel, Inc.)
    • 1:45pm What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture 'Barbie') by Billie Eilish on What Was I Made For? (From The Motion Picture 'Barbie') - Single (Darkroom/Interscope Records)
    • 1:49pm The Fire Inside (From The Original Motion Picture 'Flamin' Hot') by Becky G on The Fire Inside (From The Original Motion Picture 'Flamin' Hot') - Single (Kemosabe Records/RCA Records)
    • 1:52pm Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) by Osage Tribal Singers on Killers of the Flower Moon (Soundtrack from the Apple Original Motion Picture) (Sony Music Entertainment)
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