1944 OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG: Long Ago And Far Away - Dick Haymes & Helen Forrest

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Movie: “Cover Girl” (Columbia), starring Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Lee Bowman, and Phil Silvers.

Audio from CD source, the original 78rpm single was issued on Decca 23317 - Long Ago (And Far Away) (Jerome Kern-Ira Gershwin) by Helen Forrest and Dick Haymes, orchestra conducted by Camarata, recorded January 27, 1944. The Kern-Gershwin ballad was among 1944’s most popular song hits, spending six weeks atop the weekly “Your Hit Parade” radio survey. It was sung in the movie by Kelly and Hayworth (dubbed by Martha Mears).
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1944 BEST ORIGINAL SONG NOMINEES (12)

Swinging On A Star (“Going My Way”) (winner)
Long Ago And Far Away (“Cover Girl”)
I’ll Walk Alone (“Follow The Boys”)
The Trolley Song (“Meet Me In St. Louis”)
I Couldn’t Sleep A Wink Last Night (“Higher And Higher”)
I’m Making Believe (“Sweet And Low-Down”)
Sweet Dreams, Sweetheart (“Hollywood Canteen”)
Now I Know (“Up In Arms”)
Rio de Janeiro (“Brazil”)
Too Much In Love (“Song Of The Open Road”)
Remember Me To Carolina (“Minstrel Man”)
Silver Shadows And Golden Dreams (“Lady, Let’s Dance”)
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SOME OTHER SONG HITS FROM 1944 FILMS

The Boy Next Door (“Meet Me In St. Louis”)
Don’t Fence Me In (“Hollywood Canteen”)
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (“Meet Me In St. Louis”)
His Rocking Horse Ran Away (“And The Angels Sing”)
How Blue The Night (“Four Jills In A Jeep”)
It Could Happen To You (“And The Angels Sing”)
It’s Love-Love-Love (“Stars On Parade”)
Laura (“Laura”) (lyrics not sung in the movie)
A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening (“Higher And Higher”)
Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet (“Broadway Rhythm”)
The Music Stopped (“Higher And Higher”)
My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time (“In Society”)
Shoo-Shoo Baby (“Follow The Boys”)
Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year (“Christmas Holiday”)
Tess’s Torch Song (“Up In Arms”)
There Goes That Song Again (“Carolina Blues”)
Time Waits For No One (“Shine On Harvest Moon”)
When They Ask About You (“Stars On Parade”)
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