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AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs is a list of the top 100 songs in American cinema of the 20th century. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 22, 2004, in a CBS television special hosted by John Travolta , who appeared in two films honored by the list, Saturday Night Fever and Grease .
ranked No. 36 in the Western Writers of America's list of the top 100 Western songs of all time, as compiled from a survey of its members; [4] not included in movie. October 6 Kid Galahad "King of the Whole Wide World" Elvis Presley Bob Roberts, Ruth Bachelor 30 released as an EP: October 27 Girls! Girls! Girls! "Return to Sender" Elvis Presley
The song, recognized as "the best-selling single of all time", was released before the pop/rock singles-chart era and "was listed as the world's best-selling single in the first-ever Guinness Book of Records (published in 1955) and—remarkably—still retains the title more than 50 years later".
“The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” was a strange hit in 1973. Riding the trend of kudzu noir that followed In the Heat of the Night, yet sung by an actress best known as a cast member ...
All Time Greatest Movie Songs is a joint effort with Columbia Records of Sony Music UK to release movie compilations in 1999. [1] Most of the soundtrack songs are throughout the 90s with the exception of " Modern Woman " by Billy Joel , which was released in the 80s.
The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G., released in 1994. The top 25 remained unchanged, but many songs down the list were given different rankings as a result of the inclusion of new songs, causing consecutive shifts among the songs listed in 2004.
Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss each compiled a list of 115–120 films that they judged worthy of inclusion and weighed each choice until they agreed on the top 100. [2] The process took about four months. An effort was made to make the list as diverse as possible in terms of directors, actors, countries, and genres represented. [2]
(4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) James Stewart (20 May 1908 – 2 July 1997) 4 Ingrid Bergman (29 August 1915 – 29 August 1982) Marlon Brando (3 April 1924 – 1 July 2004) 5 Greta Garbo (18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) Fred Astaire (10 May 1899 – 22 June 1987) 6 Marilyn Monroe (1 June 1926 – 4 August 1962) Henry Fonda