Ned Washington (born Edward Michael Washington, August 15, 1901 – December 20, 1976) was an American lyricist born in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Life and career

Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Song 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.

  • "Rawhide" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1958), sung in the TV show by Frankie Laine
  • "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 the movie 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
  • "Wichita", music by Hans J. Salter
  • "The High and the Mighty" (music by Dimitri Tiomkin, 1954)
  • "My Foolish Heart" (music by Victor Young, 1950) 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 Dandy (Jim) Crow, voiced by Cliff Edwards (uncredited), also known as "Ukulele Ike".
  • "When You Wish Upon a Star" for Pinocchio (music by Leigh Harline, 1940), 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.
  • "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
  • "Cosi Cosa" (with Bronislaw Kaper & Walter Jurmann, 1935) sung by Allan Jones in the film A Night at the Opera.
  • "A Hundred Years from Today", (music by Victor Young, 1933)
  • "Smoke Rings" (music by H. Eugene Gifford, 1932)
  • "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" (music by George Bassman, 1932), used by Tommy Dorsey as his theme song
  • "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)

References

  • Do Not Forsake
  • Ned Washington at the Songwriters Hall of Fame