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The song was inspired by John D. Foley (March 1, 1918 – December 21, 1999), who served in the United States Army Air Forces as a gunner during World War II and was popularly known as Johnny Zero. [2] In the song, Johnny does poorly in school, with the other children mocking him with "Johnny got a zero" every time he fails a test.
The song was recorded by the Song Spinners [5] for Decca Records, reaching number one on the Billboard pop chart on July 2, 1943. [6]"Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" was the only song with a war connection to appear in the top twenty best-selling songs of 1943 in the United States (although record sales in this period were heavily affected by the first Petrillo recording ban).
Lieutenant Colonel Harry Herbert Crosby (April 18, 1919 – July 28, 2010) [1] was an American professor, author and B-17 Flying Fortress navigator. As an officer of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, he flew 32 combat missions and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (with two oak leaf clusters), the Air Medal (with three oak leaf clusters), the Bronze Star, and the ...
[2] [3] It was nominated for the 1944 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film title Wing and a Prayer was borrowed from a number one hit song in 1943, "Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer". In a bit of studio self-promotion, the carrier crew watches another 20th Century Fox picture, Tin Pan Alley (1940), during the film. [4]
Wing and a Prayer is a BAFTA-nominated [1] British television legal drama series, written and created by Matthew Hall, first broadcast on Channel 5 on 22 September 1997. [2] The series, produced by Thames Television, was described as "an inside, behind-the-scenes look at the practice of law, and the lawyers whose lives are caught up in their work with each other".
A Wing and a Prayer, a 1998 TV film starring Claudia Christian; Wing and a Prayer, a British television series starring Sean Arnold "A Wing and a Prayer" (Survival in the Sky), an episode of Survival in the Sky "A Wing and a Prayer" (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
On a Wing & a Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty. The album includes three tracks co-written with Rafferty’s brother Jim, also a singer-songwriter, who had been signed to Decca Records in the 1970s. The music was heavily influenced by Rafferty's divorce from his wife Carla Ventilla in 1990. They were married for 20 years.
The website's consensus reads: "Predictable and unsubtle, On a Wing and a Prayer proves a decidedly disappointing attempt to dramatize an uplifting fact-based story." [14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 19 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". [15]