Jim Dale He trained as a dancer for six years, before his debut as a stage comic in 1951. He did two years of national service in the Royal Air Force. As a songwriter, Dale is best remembered as the lyricist for the film theme "Georgy Girl", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song in 1966. The song (performed by the Seekers) reached number 2 in the US "Billboard" Hot 100 chart the following year, it also made number 3 in Dale's native UK and Number 1
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody theme song. In 1963, Tom Prideaux wrote in "Life" magazine that the song "has been played ever since [1919] for God knows how many beauty contests, debutante cotillions and strip-tease acts." It was also often used in catwalk fashion shows. Fred Astaire danced to the song in the film "Blue Skies" in 1946. It was the theme song to the 1950s television game show "The Big Payoff" & "The Dream Girl of 1967 (December 19, 1966-April 28, 1967)" on ABC-TV Daytime USA and it performed & remade for instrumental by Percy Faith before replaced by Chuck Barris' New Theme of