The song “Green Eyes” was recorded by the Jimmy Dorsey orchestra with
vocals by Helen O’Connell and Bob Eberly and released by Decca Records
with the flip side "Maria Elena." The record first reached the Billboard charts
on May 9, 1941 and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at #1.
Bob Hope hosting the 25th Annual Academy Awards,
The 25th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre
in Hollywood, California, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City.
It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised, and the first ceremony
to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously. It was also the only
year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International
Theatre on Columbus Circle, which was shortly thereafter demolished and
replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center
