"Dumbo" released 1941

Walt Disney Studios released its fourth animated feature, Dumbo, across America October 31, 1941.  It became a major hit with audiences, and gave the studio its first success after the failures of Pinocchio and Fantasia.  It has come under fire for its racist stereotyping of African-Americans in recent years.

Despite that, Dumbo won an Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture.  The song Baby Mine was nominated for Best Original Song.  It also won Best Animation Design at the Cannes Film Festival.

In 2017, Dumbo was selected for preservation in the US National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.

Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" inducted into Grammy Hall of Fame 2004

My man Billy Joel's Just the Way You Are was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame at the 46th awards ceremony February 8, 2004.  The single was released in September 1977 and won two Grammys in 1979 for Song of the Year and Record of the Year.

Other songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 included Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, and the soundtracks to West Side Story, Fantasia and Saturday Night Fever.