Let's Hear It for the Boy Let's Hear It for the Boy "Let's Hear It for the Boy" was the second number-one song for Deniece Williams and appeared on the soundtrack to the feature film "Footloose". It climbed to number one on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 on May 26, 1984, as well as number one on the dance and R&B charts, and peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was certified platinum in the US, gold in Canada and silver in the UK by the RIAA, Music Canada and the British
Hear It Now The rising importance of television compelled a reluctant Murrow in 1951 to introduce a TV version of the radio show, called "See It Now". With the inception of "See It Now", "Hear It Now" ended its on-air run. "Hear It Now" received an Honorable Mention in the 1950 Peabody Awards. The citation called the program "a brilliant application of tape-recording to the purpose of the news summary, by which the listener is privileged to hear the news from the very individuals who made it." Hear It Now Hear It Now, an American radio program on CBS, began on December 15,