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Few recent stars have been more associated with musical moments than "Welcome Back Kotter" thespian John Travolta. It's likely that he'll get to introduce clips from "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever" when he hosts CBS' presentation of "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies."
Set to air June 22, the special follows in the footsteps of other AFI entertainment events, beginning with "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies" and continuing through "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Stars," "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Laughs," "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Thrills," "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Passions" and "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes & amp; Villains."
The partial list of people interviewed for the special includes Clay Aiken, Debbie Allen, Burt Bacharach, Peter Boyle, Keith Carradine, Cyd Charisse, Art Garfunkel, Barry Gibb, Isaac Hayes, Angela Lansbury, Baz Luhrmann, Rita Moreno, Rosie Perez, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Andy Williams and Hans Zimmer.
As always, the list is based on a semi-scientific survey of the film industry. Back in 2003, more than 1500 industry leaders (including film critics and historians) were given a list of 400 musical movie moments and were asked to judge on three criteria -- the songs themselves, the cultural impact at the time and the long-term legacy. That last category may make it difficult for the themes from, say, "My Boss's Daughter" or "Boat Trip" to get their proper due.
CBS boasts that alphabetically, the 400 finalists range from "Aba Daba Honeymoon" ("Two Weeks With Love," 1950) to "Zip-a-Dee Doo-Dah" ("Song of the South," 1947). Bing Crosby was responsible for 12 of the songs; Judy Garland had a hand in nine.