Editing Ned Washington

{{Short description|American lyricist (1901–1976)}}
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| death_place     = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| birth_place     = [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
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'''Ned Washington''' (born '''Edward Michael Washington''', August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American [[lyricist]] born in [[Scranton, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jasen |first=David A.|title=Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song|url=https://archive.org/details/tinpanalleyencyc00jase |url-access=limited |publisher=Routledge|location=[[New York City|New York]]|date=2003|page=[https://archive.org/details/tinpanalleyencyc00jase/page/n428 411]|isbn= 978-0415938778}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Washington was nominated for eleven [[Academy Awards]] from 1940 to 1962. He won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] award twice: in 1940 for "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]" in ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' and in 1952 for "[[The Ballad of High Noon|High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')]]" in ''[[High Noon]]''.<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

Washington had his roots in [[vaudeville]] as a [[master of ceremonies]]. Having started his songwriting career with ''[[The Earl Carroll Vanities|Earl Carroll's Vanities]]'' on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in the late 1920s, he joined the [[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers|ASCAP]] in 1930.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} In 1934, he was signed by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]] and relocated to Hollywood, eventually writing full scores for feature films. During the 1940s, he worked for a number of studios, including [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Warner Bros.|Warner Brothers]], [[Walt Disney Studios (division)|Disney]], and [[Republic Pictures|Republic]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

During these tenures, he collaborated with many of the great composers of the era, including [[Hoagy Carmichael]], [[Victor Young]], [[Max Steiner]], and [[Dimitri Tiomkin]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

With [[Leigh Harline]], he contributed most of the melodic songs that distinguished the [[Pinocchio (1940 soundtrack)|''Pinocchio'' soundtrack]], including "When You Wish Upon a Star".<ref name="LarkinGE"/>

He also served as a director of the ASCAP from 1957 until 1976,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> the year he died of a [[heart ailment]].{{sfn|Jasen|2003|p=412}}

Washington is a member of the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]. His grave is located in [[Culver City]]'s [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]]. He was posthumously honored as a [[Disney Legend]], in 2001.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}

==Songs==
Some of Washington's songwriting credits include:
* "[[Town Without Pity (song)|Town Without Pity]]" (music by [[Dimitri Tiomkin]], 1961), sung in [[Town Without Pity|the movie]] by [[Gene Pitney]]<ref>Pitney, Gene, ''Gene Pitney : 25 All-Time Greatest Hits'', Varese Sarabande, 1999, liner notes</ref>
* "[[Rawhide (song)|Rawhide]]" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958), sung in the [[Rawhide (TV series)|TV show]] by [[Frankie Laine]]<ref>''Television’s Greatest Hits, Volume II'', TeeVee Tunes, Inc., New York, 1986 liner notes</ref>
* "[[Night Passage (film)|Night Passage]]" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin), two songs, "Follow the River" and "You Can't Get Far Without a Railroad", both sung in the film by [[James Stewart]].
* "[[The 3:10 to Yuma]]" (music by [[George Duning]], 1957), sung in [[3:10 to Yuma (1957 film)|the movie]] by Frankie Laine<ref>''3:10 to Yuma'', DVD, Columbia Pictures, 1957</ref>
* "[[Wild Is the Wind (song)|Wild Is the Wind]]" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956) sung in [[Wild Is the Wind (1957 film)|the movie]] by [[Johnny Mathis]]<ref>Mathis, Johnny, ''The Music of Johnny Mathis: A Personal Collection'', Columbia Music, 1993</ref>
* "[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film)|Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956), sung in the movie by Frankie Laine<ref>''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', DVD, Paramount, 1956</ref>
* "[[Wichita (1955 film)|Wichita]], music by [[Hans J. Salter]]
* "[[The High and the Mighty (1954 song)|The High and the Mighty]]" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954)<ref name="LarkinGE"/> (Deleted from the final "cut" of [[The High and the Mighty (film)|the movie]], but nominated anyway for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Song]] at the [[27th Academy Awards]]; also deleted from the recent "restoration" by [[Batjac Productions|Batjac]])
* Lyrics from the musical numbers in the film ''[[Let's Do It Again (1953 film)|Let's Do It Again]]'', 1953.
* [[Take the High Ground!]], (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1953)
* "Return to Paradise" from the film ''[[Return to Paradise (1953 film)|Return to Paradise]]'', (music by Dimitri Tiomkin), 1953
* "[[The Ballad of High Noon|High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')]]" in the film ''[[High Noon]]'', sung by [[Tex Ritter]]. (music by Dimitri Tiomkin) 1952<ref>[https://archive.org/details/78_high-noon-do-not-forsake-me_tex-ritter-ned-washington-dimitri-tiomkin_gbia0012387b] {{dead link|date=May 2019}}</ref>
* "[[My Foolish Heart (song)|My Foolish Heart]]" (music by [[Victor Young]], 1950)<ref name="LarkinGE"/>
* "Mad About You", from the film ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' (music by Victor Young, 1950)
* "Don't Call It Love", from the film ''[[I Walk Alone]]'', with [[Allie Wrubel]], music by Victor Young, 1948
* "[[On Green Dolphin Street (song)|On Green Dolphin Street]]" (music by [[Bronislau Kaper]], 1947)
* "[[Stella by Starlight]]" (music by Victor Young), 1944), recorded by [[Ella Fitzgerald]] on her [[Verve Records|Verve]] album ''[[Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!]]'', also covered by [[Thelonious Monk]], [[Miles Davis]], and [[Chet Baker]]{{sfn|Jasen|2003|p=412}}
* "[[Baby Mine (song)|Baby Mine]]", "[[Pink Elephants on Parade]]", and "When I See an Elephant Fly" for ''[[Dumbo]]'' (music by [[Frank Churchill]] and [[Oliver Wallace]], 1941),<ref>{{wikicite|ref={{harvid|Disney|1992}}|reference=''The Music of Disney : A Legacy in Song'', Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Music, 1992 p. 56}}</ref> the first sung in the movie by [[Betty Noyes]] (uncredited); nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song at the [[14th Academy Awards]] and the second by the character [[Dumbo|Dandy (Jim) Crow]], voiced by [[Cliff Edwards]] (uncredited), also known as "[[Ukulele Ike]]".
* "[[When You Wish Upon a Star]]" for ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'' (music by [[Leigh Harline]], 1940),{{sfn|Disney|1992|p=56}} sung in the movie by the character [[Jiminy Cricket]], voiced by Cliff Edwards, also known as "[[Ukulele Ike]]", won the Academy Award for Best Song at the [[13th Academy Awards]].{{sfn|Jasen|2003|p=412}} 
* [[Give a Little Whistle]], from the film ''Pinocchio'' (music by Leigh Harline, 1940)
* "[[The Nearness of You]]" (with [[Hoagy Carmichael]], 1938) written for [[Gladys Swarthout]] for the film ''[[Romance in the Dark]]''{{sfn|Jasen|2003|p=412}}
* "Cosi Cosa" (with [[Bronislaw Kaper]] & [[Walter Jurmann]], 1935) sung by [[Allan Jones (actor)|Allan Jones]] in the film ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/sounds/cosi-cosa.htm|website=Marx Brothers.org|title=Cosi Cosa|access-date=November 29, 2020}}</ref>
* [[A Hundred Years from Today]], (music by [[Victor Young]], 1933)
* "Smoke Rings" (music by [[Gene Gifford|H. Eugene Gifford]], 1932)<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2632}}</ref>
* "[[I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You]]" (music by [[George Bassman]], 1932), used by [[Tommy Dorsey]] as his theme song{{sfn|Jasen|2003|p=412}}
* "[[I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You]]" (music by Victor Young, 1932), recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her [[Pablo Records|Pablo]] release ''[[Digital III at Montreux]].''
* "[[Singin' in the Bathtub]]" (with [[Herb Magidson]]; music by Michael H. Cleary, 1929)

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0913513|name=Ned Washington}}
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2003/28/ballad_of_high_noon/ ''Do Not Forsake'' ]
* [https://www.songhall.org/profile/Ned_Washington Ned Washington] at the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]]

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