Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive (also: Accentuate the Positive ) is a song by Harold Arlen (music) and Johnny Mercer (lyrics) that was released in 1944.
Arlen and Mercer wrote the song Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive for the film Here Come the Waves (1944, directed by Mark Sandrich ), with Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton in the lead roles. Bing Crosby and Sonny Tufts introduced the song. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive received an Oscar nomination for Best Song in 1946 .
The chorus of the song reads : "You should acc-zen-do-ier-the-positive, e-li-mi-ren-ren, and cling to the affirmative, do not mess with Mister in between."
Johnny Mercer's recording with The Pied Pipers and the Paul Weston Orchestra (Capitol 402) hit the Billboard charts in early 1945; it was in the charts for 13 weeks, where it reached # 2. The version by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters (# 2) was equally successful. The song was also recorded in 1944 by Charlie Spivak , Mildred Bailey and the Artie Shaw Orchestra (Victor 1612, # 5), followed by versions by Kay Kyser , Dinah in 1945 Washington and in England by Johnny Green . In the following years numerous cover versions in the field of jazz and popular music were created, including a. by Louis Armstrong , Jan Garber , Ray McKinley , Duke Ellington , Peggy lee , Tommy Dorsey , Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald ( The Harold Arlen Songbook , 1960), in later years the song a. a. also interpreted by Bud Shank , Mel Tormé , Phil Wilson , Jay Leonhart , Roland Hanna / Carrie Smith ( I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues: Songs of Harold Arlen , 2002), Al Jarreau and Annie Ross . Paul McCartney released his version in 2012 on the album Kisses on the Bottom . The discographer Tom Lord : lists 93 versions of the song.
Individual evidence
- ^ The 1946 Oscars in the Internet Movie Data Base
- ^ Billboard March 10, 1945
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940–1955. Record Research
- ^ Gerhard Klußmeier : Jazz in the Charts. Another view on jazz history. Liner notes and booklet for the 100 CD edition. Membrane International GmbH. ISBN 978-3-86735-062-4
- ↑ Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 15, 2014)