It's a Great Feeling (song)

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"It's a Great Feeling" is a popular song.

The music was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1949.

The song was introduced in the film of the same name by Doris Day and the song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1950 but lost out to “Baby, It's Cold Outside”. [1]

Both Doris Day (recorded May 1949 for Columbia Records, catalog 38517) [2] and Kay Starr [3] made commercial recordings of the song but neither reached the charts.

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References

  1. "The 22nd Academy Awards 1950". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. "Discogs.com". Discogs.com. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
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