sentences:  Herschel Burke Gilbert was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture but lost to Adolph Deutsch and Saul Chaplin for "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers".Harry Kleiner was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical.The soundtrack recording featuring Marilyn Horne and LeVern Hutcherson was originally released on LP by RCA Victor Red Seal (LM-1881).