Music Stars and the Academy Awards

Common, John Legend win Oscar for Selma's "Glory."

Music Stars and the Academy Awards - Fresh off a win for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards, Common and John Legend, the G.O.O.D. Music cohorts, picked up an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Glory." In a moving acceptance speech, John said, "Selma is now because the struggle for justice is right now.... We are with you, we see you, we love you, and march on."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Lionel Richie (Won) - Lionel Richie’s classic love ballad “Say You, Say Me” earned him another Oscar in 1985 when he won Best Original Song after the hit record was featured in the film White Knights.(Photo: SCOTT FLYNN/AFP/Getty Images)
Irena Cara (Won) - Fame actress Irene Cara won the Best Original Song Oscar in 1983 for co-writing the hit single “What a Feeling” from the film Flashdance.(Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)Herbie Hancock (Won) - Jazz legend Herbie Hancock won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Score in 1987 for the film Round Midnight. Loosely based on the lives of jazz musicians Lester Young and Bud Powell, Herbie also starred in the film. (Photo: Darlene Hammond/Getty Images)

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Music Stars and the Academy Awards - Fresh off a win for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards, Common and John Legend, the G.O.O.D. Music cohorts, picked up an Oscar for Best Original Song for "Glory." In a moving acceptance speech, John said, "Selma is now because the struggle for justice is right now.... We are with you, we see you, we love you, and march on."(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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