Academy Award for Best Song
Academy Award for Best Song
1930s
- 1934 Con Conrad (music), Herb Magidson (lyrics) - "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcée
- Vincent Youmans (music), Edward Eliscu, Gus Kahn (lyrics) - "Carioca" from Flying Down to Rio
- Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "Love in Bloom" from She Loves Me Not
- 1935 Harry Warren (music), Al Dubin (lyrics) ? "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935
- Irving Berlin (music and lyrics) ? "Cheek to Cheek" from Top Hat
- Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh (lyrics) ? "Lovely to Look At" from Roberta
- 1936 Jerome Kern (music), Dorothy Fields (lyrics) ? "The Way You Look Tonight" from Swing Time
- Louis Alter (music), Sidney Mitchell (lyrics) ? "A Melody from the Sky" from Trail of the Lonesome Pine
- Walter Donaldson (music), Harold Adamson (lyrics) ? "Did I Remember" from Suzy
- Arthur Johnston (music), Johnny Burke (lyrics) ? "Pennies from Heaven" from Pennies from Heaven
- Cole Porter (music and lyrics) ? "I've Got You Under My Skin" from Born to Dance
- Richard Whiting (music), Walter Bullock (lyrics) ? "When Did You Leave Heaven" from Sing, Baby, Sing
- 1937 Harry Owens (music and lyrics) ? "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding
- 1938 Ralph Rainger (music), Leo Robin (lyrics) - "Thanks for the Memory" from The Big Broadcast of 1938
- 1939 Harold Arlen (music), E. Y. Harburg (lyrics) - "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz
1940s
- 1940 Leigh Harline (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "When You Wish upon a Star" from Pinocchio
1950s
- 1950 Ray Evans, Jay Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Mona Lisa" from Captain Carey, U. S. A
- 1951 Hoagy Carmichael (music), Johnny Mercer (lyrics) - "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from Here Comes the Groom
- 1952 Dmitri Tiomkin (music), Ned Washington (lyrics) - "High Noon" from High Noon
- 1953 Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Secret Love" from Calamity Jane
- 1954 Jule Styne (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "Three Coins in the Fountain " from Three Coins in the Fountain
- 1955 Sammy Fain (music), Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - "Love is a Many Splendored Thing " from Love is a Many Splendored Thing
- 1956 Ray Evans, Jay Livingston (music and lyrics) - "Que Sera, Sera" from The Man Who Knew Too Much
- 1957 James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "All The Way" from All The Way
- 1958 Frederick Loewe (music), Alan Jay Lerner (lyrics) - "Gigi" from Gigi
- 1959 James Van Heusen (music), Sammy Cahn (lyrics) - "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head
1960s
1970s
- 1970 Fred Karlin (music), James Griffin, Rob Royer (lyrics) ? "For All We Know" from Lovers and Other Strangers
- 1971 Isaac Hayes (music and lyrics) ? "Theme from Shaft" from Shaft
- 1972 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) ? "The Morning After" from The Poseidon Adventure
- 1973 Marvin Hamlisch (music), Marilyn Bergman, Alan Bergman (lyrics) ? "The Way We Were" from The Way We Were
- 1974 Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha (music and lyrics) ? "We May Never Love Like This Again" from The Towering Inferno
- 1975 Keith Carradine (music and lyrics) ? "I'm Easy" from Nashville
- 1976 Barbra Streisand (music), Paul Williams (lyrics) ? "Evergreen" from A Star Is Born
- 1977 Joseph Brooks (music and lyrics) ? "You Light Up My Life" from You Light Up My Life
- 1978 Paul Jabara (music and lyrics) ? "Last Dance" from Thank God It's Friday
- 1979 David Shire (music), Norman Gimbel (lyrics) ? "It Goes Like It Goes" from Norma Rae
1980s
- 1980 Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics) ? Fame
- 1981 Peter Allen, Burt Bacharach, Christopher Cross Carole Sager (music and lyrics) ? "Arthur's Theme" from Arthur
- Bill Conti (music), Mick Leeson (lyrics) ? "For Your Eyes Only" from For Your Eyes Only
- Randy Newman (music and lyrics) ? "One More Hour" from Ragtime
- Joe Raposo (music and lyrics) ? "The First Time It Happens" from The Great Muppet Caper
- Lionel Richie (music and lyrics) ? "Endless Love" from Endless Love
- 1982 Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie (music), Wilbur Jennings (lyrics) ? "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman
- 1983 Giorgio Moroder (music), Irene Cara, Keith Forsey (lyrics) ? "What a Feeling" from Flashdance
- 1984 Stevie Wonder (music and lyrics) ? "I Just Called to Say I Love You" from The Woman in Red
- 1985 Lionel Ritchie (music and lyrics) ? "Say You, Say Me" from White Knights
- 1986 Giorgio Moroder (music), Tom Whitlock (lyrics) ? "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun
- 1987
- 1988 Carly Simon (music and lyrics) - "Let the River Run" from Working Girl
- 1989
1990s
2000s
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