Article: THE WIZARD OF OZ, CASABLANCA and SINGIN' IN THE RAIN Top the Scales in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Movie Music; 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Skies are Blue and the Dreams That You Dare to Dream Really Do Come True' - Dorothy Gale (Judy Garland), THE WIZARD OF OZ.

LOS ANGELES, June 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Film Institute (AFI) revealed the top movie songs of all time in AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Songs three-hour special television event hosted by John Travolta. Having contributed to the list himself-his dance moves helped SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER'S Stayin' Alive disco its way into a Top 10 spot and he made his own way onto the final list with his performance of GREASE'S Summer Nights -- Travolta was a natural representative for 100 years of American movie music.

In the venerated #1 spot was Judy Garland's soulful and iconic rendition of Over the Rainbow from the beloved family classic, THE WIZARD OF OZ.

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