Ned Washington

Edward Michael "Ned" Washington was an American lyricist and composer, who wrote songs for Disney, like "When You Wish Upon a Star" (with Leigh Harline) and "Baby Mine" (with Frank Churchill).
Washington was born in Pennsylvania and began his career in vaudeville as a master of ceremonies. Having started his songwriting career with Earl Carroll's Vanities on Broadway in the late 1920s, he joined the ASCAP in 1930. He would become one of the giants of Tin Pan Alley and contributed numerous popular standards to jazz and to the big band scene. During these tenures, he collaborated with many of the great composers of the era, including Hoagy Carmichael, Victor Young, Max Steiner, and Dimitri Tiomkin. His catalogue included titles, such as "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" (theme song for bandleader Tommy Dorsey), "Singin' in the Bathtub", "I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You", "The Nearness of You" (made popular by Glenn Miller), "Stella By Starlight", "Green Dolphin Street", "La Cucaracha", and "My Foolish Heart".
In 1934, he relocated to Los Angeles where he began writing full scores for feature films, as well as songs, like Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Town Without Pity, Circus World, Brazil, The Young Land, Wild Is the Wind, Miss Sadie Thompson, The High and the Mighty, High Noon, My Foolish Heart, Let's Do It Again, Tropic Holiday, The Big Show, Return to Paradise, Round-Up Time in Texas, Romance in the Dark, and Night at the Opera. Washington was nominated for eleven Academy Awards from 1940 to 1962. He won the Best Original Song award twice.
He also co-wrote theme song for the television shows Naked City, Gunslinger, Temple Houston, and Rawhide.
He also served as a director of the ASCAP from 1957 until his death in 1976 of a heart ailment. He also served as a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame of which he was inducted in 1972.
In 2001, he was posthumously honored as a Disney Legend.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Position
1940	Pinocchio 	Lyricist: "When You Wish Upon a Star""Little Wooden Head""Give a Little Whistle""Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee""I've Got No Strings"
1941	Dumbo 	Lyricist: "Look Out for Mr. Stork"
”Casey Jr”"Roustabouts""Baby Mine""Pink Elephants on Parade"When I See an Elephant Fly"
1942	Saludos Amigos 	Lyricist: "Saludos Amigos"
1943	Figaro and Cleo 	Lyricist: "Figaro and Cleo"
1947	Fun and Fancy Free 	Lyricist: "I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow"
1951	Alice in Wonderland	Music Department - uncredited
==External links==
*
Category:Males
Category:American people
Category:Lyricists
Category:Composers
Category:Deceased
Category:People from Pennsylvania
Category:Pinocchio
Category:Dumbo
Category:Saludos Amigos
Category:Fun and Fancy Free
Category:Alice in Wonderland
Category:1900s births
Category:1970s deaths
Category:Disney Legends
Category:Songwriters