[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

HARRY WARREN

”AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER”

In the Fifties, it was considered good business policy for a studio to have a hit song tied to a film. Tom Lehrer made fun of this with his joke about “The Ten Commandments Mambo.” This song, which won an Oscar, opened the wonderful Cary Grant weeper of 1957. It’s a Nelson Riddle arrangement.

Nat King Cole: “An Affair to Remember”

[luvie]

Tom Lehrer is a hoot! An Affair To Remember was a WONDERFUL movie. I loved the dialog about it in Sleepless In Seattle.