Oscar-Nominated Top Ten: Secret Love (#1)
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86713)
United States
January 31, 2023 9:42am CST
Hello from Florida! The last day of the month means the last day of this countdown of my favorite songs that have been nominated for an Academy Award in the “Best Original Song” category. Continuing my “sentimental, sappy” theme, here’s the song that tops the list of songs with an Oscar nod.
#1: Secret Love - Doris Day
Ooh. Well, I told you I was sappy and sentimental!!!
One of my all-time favorite pop standards, period. That incredible voice. And yes, those rather mundane lyrics. But I don’t care. Doris Day’s performance on this song shows me just how far a terrific voice and delivery can go.
In this case, it went all the way to the award for Best Original Song that year. In 1956 another Doris Day song, “Que Sera Sera,” would win again.
That’s what a great voice will do for a song.
Tomorrow we start TV themes. Meanwhile, thanks for reading.
Secret Love
Written by Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster
Recorded by Doris Day
Oscar Winner
From Calamity Jane, 1953
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@FourWalls She was a great lady. And so pretty with her hair and eyes.
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@RebeccasFarm — I like the way she supported Rock Hudson when he was sick, too.
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@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
31 Jan 23
It wasn't until the song started that I realized I know this song!! At first the title didn't ring a bell but yup I knew it.
Glad you made it to Florida. 
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
31 Jan 23
Hope I can transfer some of the warmth here vicariously to you all!!
@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
31 Jan 23
Ooh that voice will grab you. I first heard Freddy Fender do this but nothing beats Doris.
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@Marilynda1225 (91116)
• United States
31 Jan 23
@FourWalls the older I get the more I forget about all the greats from way back when. It's nice to have a reminder and listen to some good music and yes, Doris was one of the greatest
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
1 Feb 23
Doris Day! A blast from the past. I remember her songs well. A great voice indeed.
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
1 Feb 23
This is the kind of song that lifts me off the ground!
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
1 Feb 23
@FourWalls There she is! Flying over Florida!
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@erictsuma (9725)
• Mombasa, Kenya
31 Jan 23
I think secret love will emerge the winner. Have a blessed day
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
31 Jan 23
I think so, too. Her music wasn’t always my cup of tea, but this song is so splendid.
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
2 Feb 23
Great singer and. Great actress. Great humanitarian as well. She really had it all.
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@RasmaSandra (98033)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
31 Jan 23
Never saw the movie Calamity Jane but have heard and like the song,
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
1 Feb 23
I don’t think I’ve seen the movie, either (or if I did, it was when I was very young). Love the stuffing out of the song!
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
1 Feb 23
Understandable, because that carried popularity into the 70s thanks to her television series.
@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
31 Jan 23
See? Told you. There’s one song that I think you’ll love on the TV theme countdown….
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