"The Way We Were" Wins Original Song: 1974 Oscars

[@JosephLibatique]

Classy people, classy music. Life was simpler and relaxing back then.

[@xavierminchello8431]

ONLY IF YOU WHITE!

[@jlkitz1775]

I can't NOT tear up whenever I hear this beautiful song. Great song writing is everything ❤

[@marcackerman492]

Of course, Streisand made this beautiful song a classic. One of the most beautiful songs ever written and performed.

[@j.c985]

One of those songs that evokes such strong emotions and memories. Beautiful lyric from Marilyn and Alan Bergman, melody and genius arrangement by Marvin Hamlish

[@zdmay]

Marvin Hamlisch won 3 Oscars on this same night. He also won for both score categories (original and adapted) for The Way We Were and The Sting.

[@ChetLindsay]

The ever-lovely Miss Ann-Margret and the stellar Mr. Burt Bacharach! Ann-Margret is stunning!!!

[@sampuatisamuel9785]

Ann

[@goodowner5000]

R I P Burt Bacharach

[@Peter-z9t]

Barbra wears a similarly capped outfit in "Funny Lady" while singing "Great Day."

[@snarkyenigma9219]

I can still remember as a very young child being in the movie theater and hearing Barbra humming the iconic intro to TWWW. I didn't understand the movie until years later, but the haunting soundtrack has stuck with me for 48 yrs. TWWW not winning the Oscar is unimaginable.

[@Nora-bf4qz]

Movie name

[@principeturandot4593]

The movie and song, "The Way We Were" just remains timeless.

[@msdenardin]

One of the greatest songs.

[@jwelch5742]

The Way We Were is a great song.

[@Pippa-tf8je]

@jwelch5742 - Fabulous movie 💞 Redford & Streisand are magic 🌹

[@david0321able]

Ann-Margret looks awesome!!! Love her.

[@emmalancaster2013]

So gorgeous!

[@anniehendricks6229]

Best most meaningful song ever written ...timeless

[@dusanroll6908]

Nice lyrics and beautiful melody!! My favorite song!

[@Dara-jd3qp]

Love deserved the award! that song is so beautiful

[@SpiritMQ]

Just discovered that this was the third Oscar that Marvin Hamlisch won that night, one for "The Sting" and two for "The Way We Were". How positively beautiful! ♡ It also explains the audience's reaction. Back when ppl were genuinely happy for each other. Lovely video

[@Javier636]

♫♫♫ Scattered pictures, of the smiles we left behind ♫♫♫

[@david0321able]

When music was music and songs were songs. The Way We Were. Sad those days are gone.

[@LPJack02]

RIP Burt Bacharach (May 12, 1928 - February 8, 2023), aged 94 RIP Marilyn Bergman (November 10, 1928 - January 8, 2022), aged 93 RIP Marvin Hamlisch (June 2, 1944 - August 6, 2012), aged 68 You will always be remembered as legends.

[@mcpmanuel]

They are making great music in heaven. I'm happy that Barbra is healthy and happy🥰

[@sunnyhill5119]

​@@mcpmanuelAmen 🙏👍💯

[@jimbecarroll5780]

I got to meet her when I shot for ASCAP. Didn't know who she was but she had this quiet, deep and kind persona about her. And that left an impression on me, then I learned she wrote most of the songs I had listened to, which blew me away.

[@EdmundSookermany]

So Alan is the only one alive

[@sunnyhill5119]

I will never get enough of this song ❤❤❤❤

[@johnt7630]

Marvin Hamlisch should have won for "Nobody Does it Better" a few years later. Great composer!

[@politicalenthusiast3480]

Shame on all these negative comments on Ms Margret's appearance. This was the first time she had made a public appearance since a near fatal platform plunge in 1973. From a newspaper article: Ann‐Margret suffered several facial fractures, a concussion, a broken jaw and a broken arm Sunday when she fell from a 22‐foot‐high platform just before her performance at a Lake Tahoe casino. An FYI folks!

[@skipeastport5529]

I know. In an era (today) where most people think flip flops and leggings are fashion, they really don’t have a millimeter to complain. Personally I think Ann Margaret looks absolutely freakin gorgeous here. She’s so beautiful I’m turned on, and I’m gay!

[@emmalancaster2013]

She looks so beautiful - as she always does.

[@maryhartman9253]

She is still gorgeous oh my God look at her look at her God Rest her soul 🙏💕😢 I used to love when they used to do her image on The Flintstones??!😂

[@jeffreywillstewart]

Marvin Hamlisch was AM musical director for a while for her Vegas shows. So she is very happy.

[@kalmia01]

​@@skipeastport5529well be open and feel free, you might be "bi"😉

[@Suri-o7w]

Such a well deserving Oscar Award win for Mrs Marilyn B i am almost certain she was the lyricist on this song oh my god its so beautifully written and the way Barbara sang make me emotionally teary eyed

[@johnsax1445]

Marvin took home not 1, not 2, but THREE Oscars that night!

[@sickheadache9903]

And Never won another Oscar!

[@snarkyenigma9219]

Yup ... back when winning an Oscar actually meant something.

[@geraldfrank1630]

AM is stunning as usual! 👌👏👌👏👏

[@lynnturman8157]

Marvin had a big night. Not only because he won but because he was given the award by two great musical titans in their own right: Burt Bacharach & Henry Mancini.

[@italishgirl5601]

That song makes me cry every time ....

[@sundriesrebecakundomal2920]

Me too

[@russevans3586]

Back when the Oscars used to be fun.

[@viantzpradz4771]

I love ann margreth outfit!!!

[@lizf2400]

Lady Gaga would love Ann's outfit !

[@chiqichiqi]

Lady Caca is a cartoon character.

[@bornthiswaybae3136]

@@chiqichiqi keep it cute hater

[@lindaallen9874]

No, she wouldnt. Not enough skin is showing

[@jeanoboyle2439]

@@lindaallen9874 Stay witty, fatso.

[@cmvogt5951]

Congratlations The Way We Were for Best Original Song from 1973.

[@nymet2454]

Ann-Margret looks wonderful.

[@jamescarrington6504]

The award for most outrageous gown of the evening

[@olympiomotta9306]

BURT BACHARACH AMAZING

[@uncletibs]

too cool! fun times!

[@MovieJon]

Marvin and A-M were really good, close friends. She was ecstatic! (And is apparently wearing Wonder Woman's costume for gala occasions. Remember the motorcycle one, the underwater one and the skateboarding - ! - ones?!)

[@cayetanotirado5907]

Here, Ann Margaret looks like she is gonna go scuba diving after she gets off the stage.

[@jamessandy5873]

She looks like a jackass.

[@larciabella]

she had a bad hair day.

[@larciabella]

@Robert Lee, Countertenor that's so funny!!!!!!!!! thanx I need to laugh God bless

[@jeanoboyle2439]

@@jamessandy5873 Instead of what? Bland & predictable?

[@suzannebear4194]

ugg it's so ugly

[@rma3_3_3]

" The Original " ♡♡♡

[@veganc5028]

That's an interesting outfit Ann Margret is wearing

[@stevenburger7158]

MY ERA GROWING UP 50's & 60's - LATER IN THE HOLLYWOOD MPI - I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH "BURT" & "BARBARA" & "MARVIN HAMLISCH" TOO & YES "DIONE WARWICK" TOO! (RECORDS & MOVIE SCORING)THANK YOU LORD !

[@dmatrix606]

Babs name is spelled Barbra

[@josiemanang6692]

The song is very nice and the piople who win this award is also nice

[@DonatoDamiano-r2g]

Ann looks fantastic here! Like right off the covers of Harper's Bazaar or Vogue. Can't take my eyes off her....a real seventies sparkler!

[@cypionate250]

Ann Margret what a babe

[@spursindonesia]

Live and let die is a great song too, too bad it has to compete with such a classic, one of all time best.

[@jjsiegal1]

When Stars acted like Stars... ! 😊

[@Jolar70]

Post WWII, the 1970's was probably the first generation with the actual leisure to have nostalgia for an older time (before that everyone was just working and constantly disappointed!), hence Ann Margaret's 1930's Busby Berkley outfit, in 1974!

[@viralbuthow000]

Marvin's hair has two distinct neighborhoods.

[@patriciaalston1082]

Well done. ♥️💚🥰❤️🌹😍

[@brianeduardo1234]

Well done - Barbra should have taken the best actress Oscar for her performance- really terrifib

[@petrichorweather350]

My fav song

[@paolo-n2000]

Ann-Margret 😍😍😍

[@magicchandelier]

So nice words for Barbra Streisand "The way we were" and the song writers also

[@pjangels609]

It's True! Liberate yourself...seize that song in your mind that you woke up with. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

[@momofmaine]

Barbra is still the best female singer in history

[@marialeonoradelacruz4357]

Yes

[@lucylovic]

With the biggest nose

[@xavierminchello8431]

THIS SONG CAPTURES SO MANY MEANINGFUL WORDS THAT MAKE UP OUR SHORT LIVES ON THIS PLANET. BARBRAS VOICE GAVE IT ETERNAL LIFE!

[@RyouNoMegami]

Omg is that liza minnelli? (în the audience)

[@bingovegas4867]

Yes, b4 she turned wacky.

[@ckkeck2003]

No..ann Margret

[@dannydougin3925]

@@bingovegas4867 I love her, but Liza was always wacky.... it just got a bit worse.

[@roizeldiez3500]

yes, the one gasping?

[@RyouNoMegami]

@@ckkeck2003 no.... in the audience 🤦🏻‍♀️ sitting next to the winners. Can’t you ready between parenthesis

[@adobongpusitunlimited9095]

It ia good to see who the people are behind these geeat classics

[@CadillacL]

Watching Marvin, as a panelist, on Match Game.

[@VTMCompany]

Barbra was afraid to attend and sing the winning song, so Peggy Lee took her place. I wish KZbin had that video!

[@karenpyra5200]

..Back when Hollywood still produced movies and music of beauty…

[@kenthuang436]

Liza is more excited than Barbra!

[@whostosay3256]

Was Streisand there? Didn’t see her

[@jessicazeller8060]

Barbra wasn’t there.

[@jessicazeller8060]

saskia van orly So she was NOT at the awards ceremony. Exactly what I just said.

[@Lommy9999]

How sweet is Liza here

[@clairekeesey1285]

since you don't know fashion, I'll tell you. she is wearing a 1920s style deco helmet.

[@larrycj4382]

And she looks Stunning! Really highlights her beautiful eyes.

[@nigel7719]

Thank you! And Ann-Margret looks absolutely fabulous in that gown!

[@456inthemix]

Burt Bacharach & Anne Margret.,

[@Mike-fp5rc]

Freeze at 2:40 ... the woman is a dead ringer for Barbra, but that's not Barbra's mouth or teeth. Also, Streisand is not one to be so manic and jumping all around over an award (especially for someone else). But that chick is definitely playing the Katie Morosky look for all its worth.

[@perpieta]

+Micah Kazlinowski Pretty sure that is Lorna Luft, Liza's half-sister.

[@Finians_Mancave]

Yep. Marvin and Liza were friends going back to the early 1960s (According to wikipedia, he wrote four songs for her, at least one of which was released on her first album). Being friends with Liza, he would undoubtedly also know Lorna.

[@jengwye6870]

The headdress to me shows off how beautiful Ann Margaret is. Sexy hair can hide a less beautiful face. But this outfit focuses on the face alone so it has to be beautiful to carry it off ❤

[@larciabella]

Well we all know who Ann- Margrock (Flintstones reference)was routing for.

[@mikemaples7236]

LOL....did NOT recognize Ann-Margret until she started talking!!!! LOL!!!!

[@naywalker9182]

Me eithet

[@pjw4370]

I guessed it might have been Joey Heatherton until I recognized her voice. Werz tha red hair ? 😍

[@barryrichman9424]

Gotta love Liza !!! 💕

[@SultrySole]

Who was that with Liza?

[@FilmDisney]

Please post some writing awards

[@JoeDoe2]

Where's the rest of Ann's scuba gear? Was she on her way to a late night taping of Sea Hunt with Lloyd Bridges? Any bets that Burt came on to her after the show? (if not before or during).

[@dellajean4876]

I guess that was b4 everything went nuts...with sets, clothes, jewelry etc...I the Oscar's now.

[@mortimer1976]

He was referring to the 1991 ceremony.

[@zibbyzubb]

I think Marvin took home 3 Oscars that night.

[@mickeytor]

I thought that was Cher at first!

[@torilllundborn7899]

Some persons make a deep impression on me. And mr Burt Backarack is one of these What a peronality. God bless Him in Jesus. And as a christian I think the Paradise is filled with so much song and music as by these eminents. Blow away in Happiness. God bless You ALL in Jesus Christ. Amen

[@jeffreygevant3126]

Wow! Back then there was no time limit for the acceptance speech.

[@alisontopalian8592]

Hollywood in the Golden Era. Thats when entertainment meant something. Not the crap they have now

[@fool4singing]

So...... Ann Margret just came from the swimming pool?

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

@John Whirling In the 5th dimension.

[@rickovery]

It's a art deco fashion helmet!

[@2moonjuction]

Que pelotudo

[@bingovegas4867]

Strange enough that was the look back then mid-seventies.

[@stevenburger7158]

Cont: "EVERGREEN" RECORDING STUDIOS (1979-1983) - WE WORKED 1 CREW - DAY / NIGHT WITH THE BEST IN THE INDUSTRY (FILM/TV SCORING DAYTIME) & RECORDING ARTISTS AT NIGHT! STUDIO "A" THE BIG FILM ROOM & "B" THE TV ROOM! THANK YOU LORD! BEST MUSICIANS & SCREEN ARTISTS IN THE WORLD! THANK GOD

[@grant1088]

Ann Margaret looks stunning. 1:46

[@paulinayexannihtorres1709]

Peggy Lee Performace To The Way We Ware

[@jimbecarroll5780]

Bob does it again with this DeGorgeous Jewel incrusted scull cap that snatches down her neck to give the full jetting out from the traps effect.

[@senatorcalderon1472]

Ann Margaret's outfit seems way before the time. I like it more than I liked Cher's Bob Mackie dress from the 80's.

[@michaelmuldowney8]

Am thinking of the line from ANNIE HALL...................................... "Are we driving through Plutonium" ?

[@FlavioGirl]

ann margaret. please give cher's outfit back :D

[@franciscoramirezdominguez167]

Que naturalidad en las reaciones, en la forma de aplaudir de Liza y su acompañante....muy lejos de la encorsatada y controlada ceremonia de los Oscar que es hoy en dia.

[@Steve_Milo]

This song beat out the song "Love" from the Disney movie Robin Hood. In my honest opinion, The Way We Were is a very good song. Though it is not as half poetic, or moving, nor does it sound as good as Love from the Disney cartoon. I believe even though "Love" is clearly the superior song, the academy could not award the Oscar to a song that that was in the cartoon, since it would be an embarrassment for the song from a cartoon movie to win over a song from an adult movie.

[@paulinayexannihtorres1709]

Yeah Is Jodie Foster and Johnny Whitaker Is Performace To Love From Robin Hood

[@Steve_Milo]

@@paulinayexannihtorres1709 Indeed. I love this song....sorry.

[@edreid7872]

How did Barbra Streisand not get a writing credit?..I know she added something to that song...

[@skipeastport5529]

She changed one word -“Daydreams” to “Memories” light the corners of my mind.

[@cynthiagoldstein1133]

@@skipeastport5529 amazing isn't it - so many people remember the song as "Memories." Even with one word, Barbra makes it a classic. I miss those days...

[@tammiwhami]

What , who was that person in a space suit screaming out the names?!?!

[@ronbo11]

It shoulda been PAAAAAAUUUUUULLLLLLL and Linda McCAAAAAAAAARRRTNEEEEEEY! Somebody call me the WAAAAAHBULANCE!!! No disrespect to "The Way We Were" team and Ms. Streisand. I'm just Beatle fan from Liverpool...ish Road in Texas.

[@helenaville5939]

The Way We Were became a beautiful classic. Sorry to say I've already forgotten the McCartney song. :(

[@skipeastport5529]

Helenaville 😆 you know you did, you know you did, you know you did...

[@JoaoGuilherme-or5cf]

@@helenaville5939 No, I think that Live and Let Die is well knowned than The Way We Were.

[@MoreCovers]

@@helenaville5939 WHAT??!! You're kidding, right? It would be the exact opposite of that! Live And Let Die is MUCH better known than the other song. Not only in America but internationally. I'm from Portugal and I've never heard the other song but I most definitely know Live And Let Die.

[@lauren_1234]

“Live and Let Die” was covered by Guns N’ Roses in 1991 where it went to no. 1 in the U.K. I hear “Live and Let Die” on classic rock/pop radio (both the McCartney and Guns N’ Roses versions). I never hear “The Way We Were.” While it’s a lovely song with evocative lyrics, “The Way We Were” is a classic to some and a bit old fashioned to others, harkening back to an earlier era of poetic balladry. “Live and Let Die” was the future, pushing popular music forward with its almost anti-melodic core and its unromantic lyrics. I would say “Live and Let Die” has stood the test of time better.

[@rgrndu]

It looks like she bedazzled her swimming costume.

[@washingtongaray6832]

Damm!! Burt was a hot daddy!!!!

[@warrenguy76]

Washington Garay I know right!

[@daschundloverable]

who looks real CONFUSED @ :22.

[@lin2thez341]

zaddy

[@dannydougin3925]

Thankfully everything is subjective and not everyone agrees....

[@MrCristoforoantonio]

I LOVE Ann-Margret, but I have to say.....the outfit is HIDEOUS!

[@Keenan-w5v]

Who's that woman?

[@enanm8687]

Liza Minnelli was there 😍

[@vickiveer3597]

Was that Liza sitting next to Barbra? They seemed so close

[@lucyfer4420]

Who sang The Way We Were that night?

[@persephoneszeliga]

What is she wearing?

[@jeffswim]

He didn't come to the ceremony to accept the award, so really the only good thing about posting that clip is seeing Madonna (and Michael Jackson) applauding in the audience.

[@chadshere]

wow my mothers old drapes won an academy award!

[@jankypop-a-matic58]

Mother's drapes, bedspread and wallpaper! Hideous mumuu! 👗