"Down In New Orleans" is a song originally written by Randy Newman who was born on November 28, 1943. He created this song for the Walt Disney production, The Princess and the Frog, which was released by Disney studios in 2009. It is for this movie that Randy Newman was nominated for two different Oscars in the same category: One for "Down in New Orleans", and the other for this movie's other nominated song, "Almost There". In the movie, "The Princess and the Frog", this song is performed by Dr. John, a six-time Grammy winner known for his [[jazz] work.http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2010/02/0602.html

"Down in New Orleans" expresses the "magic" and living that go down in New Orleans and beckons song listeners to experience the Louisiana city, and all of its culture. This is, of course, a fitting song for the "Princess and the Frog" movie, which takes place in New Orleans.

The soundtrack song received its official nomination for a 2010 Academy Award on February 2, 2010 in the category, "Best Song". http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/oscar-nominations/ The award ceremony was aired on the ABC network on March 7, 2010. The song did not take home the award, losing to out to the song, "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart.

Randy Newman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1943. He began writing songs when he was very young, and he released his first album in 1968, called Randy Newman Creates Something New Under the Sun. In 1972, he came out with the song Sail Away which put him in the top 40 hits. Although Randy has been around since the 1970s creating well-known pop music, he is also well known for his work with many Hollywood movies, including Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and Bug's Life.

Walt Disney's movie The Princess and the Frog, is about a Prince who has an evil curse put upon him, gets turned into a frog. When He meets a young lady he mistakes her for a princess, and persuades her into kissing him, to break the cures. It is not until after she kisses him and turns into a frog herself, he realizes he need to find the witch that did this, and together they search.

• Keith David as Dr. Facilier
• Jenifer Lewis as Mama Odie
• Oprah Winfrey as Eudora
• Anika Noni Rose as Tiana
• Terrence Howard as James
• John Goodman as "Big Daddy" LaBouff