Ned Washington - Biography

Biography

Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Music award twice: in 1940 for "When You Wish upon a Star" in Pinocchio and in 1952 for "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" in High Noon.

Some of Washington's most famous songs include:

  • "Town Without Pity" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1961)
  • "Rawhide" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958)
  • "Wild Is the Wind" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956)
  • "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956)
  • "The 3:10 to Yuma" (music by George Duning, 1957)
  • "The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954) (Deleted from the final "cut", but nominated anyway; also deleted from the recent "restoration" by Batjac)
  • "My Foolish Heart" (music by Victor Young, 1950)
  • "Green Dolphin Street" (music by Bronislau Kaper, 1947)
  • "Stella by Starlight" (music by Victor Young), 1944) Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Verve album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.
  • "The Nearness of You" (with Hoagy Carmichael, 1938)
  • "Smoke Rings" (music by H. Eugene Gifford - see Gene Gifford, 1932)
  • "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (music by George Bassman, 1932)
  • "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You" (music by Victor Young, 1932) Recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Pablo release Digital III at Montreux.
  • "Singin' in the Bathtub" (with Herb Magidson; music by Michael H. Cleary, 1929)

Ned Washington is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His grave is located in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.

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