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The 20 Best ‘Best Original Song’ Oscar Winners of All Time

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Chris Willman Music WriterWith the Oscars coronating another winner for best original song, it’s an occasion to look back at 20 of the times when the golden guy got it most right with the tune he carried, from “Lullaby of Broadway” to “Lose Yourself.”1: “White Christmas”from “Holiday Inn” (1942), by Irving BerlinIt always feels strange watching the “Holiday Inn” scene where Bing Crosby, playing a songwriter, teaches this song to Marjorie Reynolds as something that had recently come off the top of his head, because implicit in the scene is the idea that “White Christmas” was written by a human, not God.

The same could be said of its status of an Oscar winner, which never fails to surprise younger generations: Isn’t it from a hymnal of some.

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