Ned Washington

Ned Washington
Born	August 15, 1901
Origin	Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 20, 1976 (aged 75) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Lyricist

Ned Washington (August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist.

Biography

Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Music award twice: in 1940 for "When You Wish upon a Star" in Pinocchio and in 1952 for "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" in High Noon.

Some of Washington's songs include:

• "Town Without Pity" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1961), sung in the movie by Gene Pitney
• "Rawhide" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958), sung in the T.V. show by Frankie Laine
• "Wild Is the Wind" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956) sung in the movie by Johnny Mathis
• "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956), sung in the movie by Frankie Laine
• "The 3:10 to Yuma" (music by George Duning, 1957), sung in the movie by Frankie Laine
• "The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954) (Deleted from the final "cut", but nominated anyway; also deleted from the recent "restoration" by Batjac)
• Lyrics from the musical numbers in the film Let's Do It Again, 1953.
• "My Foolish Heart" (music by Victor Young, 1950)
• "Green Dolphin Street" (music by Bronislau Kaper, 1947)
• "Stella by Starlight" (music by Victor Young), 1944), recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Verve album Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!.
• "Baby Mine" for Dumbo (music by Frank Churchill, 1941)
• "When You Wish upon a Star" for Pinocchio (music by Leigh Harline, 1940), sung in the movie by the character Jiminy Cricket, voice by Cliff Edwards, also known as "Ukulele Ike"
• "The Nearness of You" (with Hoagy Carmichael, 1938)
• "Smoke Rings" (music by H. Eugene Gifford, 1932)
• "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (music by George Bassman, 1932)
• "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You" (music by Victor Young, 1932), recorded by Ella Fitzgerald on her Pablo release Digital III at Montreux.
• "Singin' in the Bathtub" (with Herb Magidson; music by Michael H. Cleary, 1929)

Ned Washington is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame. His grave is located in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.

External links

• Ned Washington at the Internet Movie Database
• Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song (Senses of Cinema)
• High Noon: Score and Song
• Ned Washington at the Songwriters Hall of Fame