Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I tukuna te kotahi o "Secret Love" i te 9 o Oketopa 1953 - e toru wiki i mua o te whakaaturanga tuatahi o te kiriata "Calamity Jane" - na tana tohu rekoata roa, Columbia Records i roto i nga whakatakotoranga 45 me 78 rpm (cat. no.40108). I uru te kotahi ki te Top 20 bestselling singles survey i te tau 17 i runga i te "Billboard" maheni i tuhia i te 9 o Hanuere 1954 me te kotahi e eke ana ki te tau 1 i runga i te Top 20 rangahau mo te wiki ka mutu i te 17 o Hui-tanguru 1954, te wiki i panuitia ai te whakaingoa Academy Award mo te Waiata Pai rawa atu, nga whakaingoa mo te
Ko te 26th Academy Awards mo te kiriata o te tau 1953 i panuitia i nga ra e rua i mua. Ko te "Secret Love" a Day, i te mea e toru nga wiki i tohua ko te nama 1 tino pai rawa atu na "Billboard", i tohua ano ko te nama 4 tino pai i te wiki o te 26th Academy Awards i tukuna i te 25 o Poutu-te-rangi 1954. Heoi, i whakakahore a Day ki te whakatangi i te tohu (me te wikitoria i te mutunga) "Secret Love" i te huihuinga Academy Awards, i muri mai ka kii: "I te wa i tono mai ratou ki ahau kia waiata 'Secret Love' i te po Academy Awards i kii atu ahau ki a raatau kaore au e ahei ki te mahi i mua o aua taangata". Engari, i whakatangihia e Ann Blyth te waiata i te huihuinga. Ko te kore o te ra ki te mahi "Secret Love" i runga i te whakaaturanga Academy Awards i hua ai te Hollywood Women's Press Club "te whakahonore" i te ra me te Tohu Apple Tohu hei tangata rongonui kore mahi tahi o te 1953: na tenei whakaiti i puta ai te pouri i mau ai a Day ki te whare mo etahi wiki, a ko te ra i te mutunga ka tika kia eke ki tana tirohanga Pūtaiao Karaitiana ki te mahi, me te korero ki tetahi tohunga hauora.