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"Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" is a popular song which was published in 1944. The music was written by Harold Arlen and the lyrics by Johnny Mercer.The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 18th Academy Awards in 1945 after being used in the film Here Come the Waves.
Johnny Mercer Pat Boone (#1 Billboard charts for 1 week 1957 1941 Blues in the Night: Harold Arlen 1946 Come Rain or Come Shine: Harold Arlen 1939 Cuckoo in the Clock: Walter Donaldson: 1939 Day In, Day Out: Rube Bloom: 1962 Days of Wine and Roses: Henry Mancini: 1944 Dream: Johnny Mercer The Pied Pipers (Billboard charts in 1945)
"You've got to accentuate the positiveEliminate the negativeAnd latch on to the affirmativeDon't mess with Mister In-Between."-- "Accentuate the Positive," Johnny Mercer and the Pied Pipers, 1944 ...
Johnny Mercer: Daddy Long Legs. Nominated Best Original Song 1956 "I'm Past My Prime" Gene de Paul: 1956 "Jubilation T. Cornpone" Gene de Paul: 1956 "Bernardine" Johnny Mercer: For the film Bernardine: 1956 "Technique" Johnny Mercer: For the film Bernardine: 1959 "I Wanna Be Around" Johnny Mercer, Sadie Vimmerstedt: 1960 "The Facts of Life ...
The subject was "You got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative". Mercer said, "Wow, that's a colorful phrase!" [12] [13] On his return to Hollywood, he got together with songwriter Harold Arlen ("Over the Rainbow"), and together they wrote "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", which was recorded by Mercer and the Pied Pipers in 1945.
"Accentuate the Positive," which is sung with Mr. Tufts (sic), is probably the best of the several Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer tunes. Miss Hutton, in her broader characterization—meaning that of the more rambunctious sis—is also terrific in a gag song called "Strictly on My Own Tonight" (actually "There's a Fella Waiting in Poughkeepsie") .
Mercer "I'm Doin' It for Defense" Arlen "Tangerine" Schertzinger "Day In, Day Out" Bloom "Jeepers Creepers" Warren "That Old Black Magic" Arlen "Laura" David Raksin "You Go Your Way" Mercer "My Shining Hour" Arlen "Hooray for Hollywood" Whiting "Accentuate the Positive" Arlen "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" Carmichael
Accentuate the Positive may refer to: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive", 1944 song by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer; Accentuate the Positive (Bing Crosby album) (1962) Accentuate the Positive (Al Jarreau album) (2004) Accentuate the Positive (Van Morrison album) (2023) Accentuate the Positive, an episode of the sitcom Goodnight Sweetheart