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Most awards won - (nominations)

4 : Sammy Cahn (26)

4 : Alan Menken (10)

4 : Johnny Mercer (18)

4 : James Van Heusen (14)

3 : Ray Evans (7)

3 : Jay Livingston (7)

3 : Tim Rice (5)

3 : Harry Warren (11)

3 : Paul Francis Webster (16)

2 : Howard Ashman (7)

2 : Burt Bacharach (5)

2 : Alan Bergman (15)

2 : Marilyn Bergman (15)

2 : Sammy Fain (10)

2 : Oscar Hammerstein II (5)

2 : Joel Hirschhorn (3)

2 : Will Jennings (3)

2 : Al Kasha (3)

2 : Jerome Kern (7)

2 : Henry Mancini (11)

2 : Giorgio Moroder (2)

2 : Stephen Schwartz (2)

2 : Ned Washington (11)

1930S

1934 - " The Continental " from '' The Gay Divorcee ''

1935 - " Lullaby Of Broadway " from '' Gold Diggers Of 1935 ''

1936 - " The Way You Look Tonight " from '' Swing Time ''

1937 - " Sweet Leilani " from '' Waikiki Wedding ''

1938 - " Thanks For The Memory " from '' The Big Broadcast Of 1938 ''

1939 - " Somewhere Over The Rainbow " from '' The Wizard Of Oz ''

1940S

1940 - " When You Wish Upon A Star " from '' Pinocchio ''

1941 - "The Last Time That I Saw Paris" from '' Lady Be Good ''

1942 - " White Christmas " from '' Holiday Inn ''

1943 - " You'll Never Know " from '' Hello, Frisco, Hello ''

1944 - " Swinging On A Star " from '' Going My Way ''

1945 - "It Might As Well Be Spring" from '' State Fair ''

1946 - " On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe " from '' The Harvey Girls ''

1947 - " Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah " from '' Song Of The South ''

1948 - " Buttons And Bows " from '' The Paleface ''

1949 - " Baby, It's Cold Outside " from '' Neptune's Daughter ''

1950S

1950 - " Mona Lisa " from '' Captain Carey, U. S. A. ''

1951 - "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening" from '' Here Comes The Groom ''

1952 - " High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin') " from '' High Noon ''

1953 - " Secret Love " from '' Calamity Jane ''

1954 - " Three Coins In The Fountain " from '' Three Coins In The Fountain ''

1955 - " Love Is A Many Splendored Thing " from '' Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing ''

1956 - " Whatever Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) " from '' The Man Who Knew Too Much ''

1957 - " All The Way " from '' The Joker Is Wild ''

1958 - " Gigi " from '' Gigi ''

1959 - " High Hopes " from '' A Hole In The Head ''

1960S

1960 - "Never on Sunday" from '' Pote Tin Kyriaki ''

1961 - " Moon River " from '' Breakfast At Tiffany's ''

1962 - " Days Of Wine And Roses " from '' Days Of Wine And Roses ''

1963 - "Call Me Irresponsible" from '' Papa's Delicate Condition ''

1964 - "Chim Chim Cher-ee" from '' Mary Poppins ''

1965 - "The Shadow of Your Smile" from '' The Sandpiper ''

1966 - "Born Free" from '' Born Free ''

1967 - "Talk to the Animals" from '' Doctor Dolittle ''

1968 - "Windmills of Your Mind" from '' The Thomas Crown Affair ''

1969 - "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from '' Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid ''

1970S

1970 - " For All We Know " from '' Lovers And Other Strangers ''

1971 - "Theme from Shaft" from '' Shaft ''

1972 - " The Morning After " from '' The Poseidon Adventure ''

1973 - "The Way We Were" from '' The Way We Were ''

1974 - "We May Never Love Like This Again" from '' The Towering Inferno ''

1975 - " I'm Easy " from '' Nashville ''

1976 - " Evergreen (Love Theme From A Star Is Born) " from '' A Star Is Born ''

1977 - "You Light Up My Life" from '' You Light Up My Life ''

1978 - "Last Dance" from '' Thank God It's Friday ''

1979 - "It Goes Like It Goes" from '' Norma Rae ''

1980S

1980 - " Fame " from '' Fame ''

1981 - " Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) " from '' Arthur ''

1982 - " Up Where We Belong " from '' An Officer And A Gentleman ''

1983 - " Flashdance... What A Feeling " from '' Flashdance ''

1984 - " I Just Called To Say I Love You " from '' The Woman In Red ''

1985 - " Say You, Say Me " from '' White Nights ''

1986 - " Take My Breath Away " from '' Top Gun ''

1987 - " (I've Had) The Time Of My Life " from '' Dirty Dancing '' composed by Franke Previte

1988 - " Let The River Run " from '' Working Girl ''

1989 - " Under The Sea " from '' The Little Mermaid ''

1990S

1990 - " Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) " from '' Dick Tracy ''

Stephen Sondheim

1991 - " Beauty And The Beast " from '' Beauty And The Beast ''

1992 - " A Whole New World " from '' Aladdin ''

1993 - " Streets Of Philadelphia " from '' Philadelphia ''

Bruce Springsteen

1994 - " Can You Feel The Love Tonight " from '' The Lion King ''

1995 - " Colors Of The Wind " from '' Pocahontas ''

Stephen Schwartz

1996 - " You Must Love Me " from '' Evita ''

Andrew Lloyd Webber

1997 - " My Heart Will Go On " from '' Titanic ''

1998 - " When You Believe " from '' The Prince Of Egypt ''

Stephen Schwartz

1999 - " You'll Be In My Heart " from '' Tarzan ''

2000S

2000 - " Things Have Changed " from '' Wonder Boys ''

2001 - " If I Didn't Have You " from '' Monsters, Inc. '' (''first Oscar for Randy Newman after 16 nominations'')

2002 - " Lose Yourself " from '' 8 Mile '' (''unusually, wasn't performed at the telecast - Eminem didn't attend the ceremony'')

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2005 - " It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp " from '' Hustle & Flow ''

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