Phil Collins ever up to that point. Collins also sang German, Italian, Spanish and French versions of the "Tarzan" soundtrack for the respective film versions. The song won Collins an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award both for Best Original Song. Collins performed a song from the Tarzan soundtrack at that year's ceremony and a Disney-themed Super Bowl halftime show. Collins was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on 16 June 1999. In 2000, Collins became partially deaf in one ear due to a viral infection. In June 2002, he accepted an invitation to drum for the house
Academy Award for Best Original Song not disqualify a song as long as the film version was "recorded" before then. Until the Academy Awards for 1945 (awarded in 1946) any number of songs could be nominated for the award. For the 1945 awards, 14 songs were nominated. From 1946 to 2011, each member of the Music Branch of the Academy was asked to vote using a points system of 10, 9.5, 9, 8.5, 8, 7.5, 7, 6.5 or 6 points. Only those songs that received an average score of 8.25 or more were eligible for nomination. If no song qualified, there would be no nominees. And