Fame from Nine to Five: Original Song, 1980

And now, a special musical break with the nominees for Best Original Song. "Fame" was the winner this year - though Dolly still got a moment:

The nominees, in reverse order of how I'd rank them (that means bottom's up):

"People Alone" from The Competition

music by Lalo Schifrin

lyrics by Will Jennings

*
Schifrin's fifth of six Oscar nominations, first and only time in Original Song
Jennings' first nomination; later won this category for An Officer and a Gentleman and Titanic

"On the Road Again" from Honeysuckle Rose

music and lyrics by Willie Nelson

***
first and only nomination

"Fame" from Fame

music by Michael Gore

lyrics by Dean Pitchford

***
Gore's second Oscar in one night; later nominated for Terms of Endearment's score
Pitchford's first Oscar nom and only win; nominated thrice more here, two of them for Footloose

"Out Here on My Own" from Fame

music by Michael Gore

lyrics by Lesley Gore

****
Lesley Gore's first and only nomination

"9 to 5" from Nine to Five

music and lyrics by Dolly Parton

*****
first nomination; nominated again for Transamerica 25 years later

Tomorrow, the nominees for Best Actor: Robert De Niro (Raging Bull), Robert Duvall (The Great Santini), John Hurt (The Elephant Man), Jack Lemmon (Tribute), and Peter O'Toole (The Stunt Man).

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