The First Acadmey Awarded Song

Herb Magidson
American lyricist
Credited with Con Conrad
for winning the first Acadamy Award Song
(7 January, 1906 - 2 January, 1986)
This MP3 Selection Expired on 01-11-2008
Fred and Ginger, et al (1934)
The Continental (Conrad & Magidson)

The Continental
Film: The Gay Divorcée (1934)
Music: Con Conrad
Lyrics: Herb Magidson

Ginger Roger:

Beautiful music
Fredd Astaire (whistled)
Dangerous rhythm
Fredd Astaire (whistled)

It's something daring, The Continental
A way of dancing that's really entre nous
It's very subtle, The Continental
Because it does what you want it to do

It has a passion, The Continental
An invitation to moonlight and romance
It's quite the fashion, The Continental
Because you tell of your love while you dance

Your lips whisper so tenderly
Her eyes answer your song

Two bodies swaying, The Continental
And you are saying just what you're dreaming of
So keep on dancing, The Continental
For it's a song of romance and of love

You kiss while you're dancing.

Fredd Astaire: Not a bad idea

The Continental, woohoooo. It's continental
You sing while you're dancing
Your voice is gentle and sentimental

You stroll together arm in arm
You nonchalantly glide along with grace and charm

You will find while you're dancing
That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
And you will do The Continental all the time

[Concluding with first long segment of music and dance)

(Second music segment)

Eric Rhodes:

Beautiful music
Dangerous rhythm

Something daring, The Continental
A way of dancing that's really entre nous
It's very subtle, The Continental
Because it does what you want it to do

It has a passion, The Continental
An invitation to moonlight and romance
It's quite the fashion, The Continental
Because you tell of your love while you dance

Your lips whisper so tenderly
Her eyes answer your song

Two bodies swaying, The Continental
And you are saying just what you're thinking of
So keep on dancing, The Continental
For it's a song of romance and of love

You kiss while you're dancing
Continental, Continental
You sing while you're dancing
Your voice is gentle, so sentimental

You know before this dance is through
That you're in love with she and she's in love with you

You will find while you're dancing
There's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
You will do The Continental all the time


Lillian Miles:

Dukes and lords of noble station
Love the new sophistication of The Continental

In a Belgian hallroom
In a Monte Carlo ballroom, you will see The Continental

In the Paris bistros crowded with Apache
You will see The Continental in the best French fashion

Spain and Italy, Transylvania
Norway, Sweden and Rumania do The Continental

On the dike of ZuiderZee
The wooden shoes have found the key to The Continental

It's like a fever
It's like a plague
It's swept all Europe
From Moscow to The Hague

You kiss while you're dancing.
The Continental, the rhythm is driving you wild
The Continental, a meter that isn't so mild

You sing while you're dancing
His voice is gentle
It thrills you, the touch of his hand
The Continental, a meter that you understand

You know before this dance is through
That you're in love with her and she's in love with you

You will find while you're dancing
That there's a rhythm in your heart and soul
A certain rhythm that you can't control
The Continental
The Continental
The Continental

(Concludes the second and final music and dance segment)