Johnny Mercer – Accentuate The Positive (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 35:26 minutes | 363 MB | Genre: Vocal Jazz, Jazz
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Arlen and Mercer wrote the song Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive for the film Here Come the Waves (1944, directed by Mark Sandrich), starring Bing Crosby and Betty Hutton. Bing Crosby and Sonny Tufts introduced the song. Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive received an Oscar nomination in the Best Song category in 1946.
The refrain of the song is similar: “You should do the positive ak-zen-tu-ie-ren, the negative e-li-mi-never-ren, and cling to the affirmative, do not mess with Mister in between.“
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