Career
Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. 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 Television 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 lieutenant 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)
His grave is located in Culver City"s Holy Cross Cemetery.
