Awards and Recognition
Four of Monaco's songs received Academy Award nominations for Best Song:
- "Only Forever" (lyrics by Johnny Burke) from the 1940 film Rhythm on the River
- "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (lyrics by Al Dubin) from the 1943 film Stage Door Canteen
- "I'm Making Believe" (lyrics by Mack Gordon) from the 1944 film Sweet and Lowdown
- "I Can't Begin to Tell You" (lyrics by Mack Gordon) from the 1945 film The Dolly Sisters. This was a posthumous nomination.
Monaco was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.
In 2005, a revue of Monaco's music called Ragtime Jimmie opened in New York City as part of the American Composer Series.
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