Ned Washington

Ned Washington
Birth name	Ned Washington
Born	August 15, 1901(1901-08-15)
Origin	Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 20, 1976(1976-12-20) (aged 75) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupations	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 most famous songs include:

• "Town Without Pity" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1961)
• "Rawhide" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958)
• "Wild Is the Wind" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956)
• "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1956)
• "The 3:10 to Yuma" (music by George Duning)
• "The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954)
• "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.
• "The Nearness of You" (with Hoagy Carmichael, 1938)
• "Smoke Rings" (music by H. Eugene Gifford - see Gene 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

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Name	Washington, Ned
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Date of birth	August 15, 1901
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Date of death	December 20, 1976
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