| Year | Film | Song | Nominees |
| 1970 (28th) | Darling Lili | "Whistling Away the Dark" | Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer |
| Little Fauss and Big Halsy | "Ballad of Little Fauss and Big Halsey" | Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins |
| Madron | "Till Love Touches Your Life" | Shirley Bassey, Riz Ortolani & Arthur Hamilton |
| Pieces of Dreams | "Pieces of Dreams" | Johnny Mathis, Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Scrooge | "Thank You Very Much" | James Head and Leslie Bricusse |
| 1971 (29th) | Kotch | "Life Is What You Make It" | Percy Faith, Marvin Hamlisch & Johnny Mercer |
| The African Elephant | "Rain Falls Anywhere It Wants To" | Michael Dees, Laurence Rosenthal, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Honky | "Something More" | Carlton Dinnall, Quincy Jones & Bradford Craig |
| The Raging Moon | "Long Ago Tomorrow" | B. J. Thomas, Burt Bacharach & Hal David |
| Shaft | "Theme from Shaft" | Isaac Hayes |
| 1972 (30th) | Ben | "Ben" | Walter Scharf & Don Black |
| Butterflies Are Free | "Carry Me" | Edward Albert, Bob Alcivar & Randy McNeill |
| Cabaret | "Mein Herr" | John Kander & Fred Ebb |
| Cabaret | "Money, Money" | Kander & Ebb |
| Deliverance | "Dueling Banjos" | Eric Weissberg and Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | "Marmalade, Molasses and Honey" | Andy Williams, Maurice Jarre, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Molly and Lawless John | "Take Me Home" | Renée Armand, Johnny Mandel, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| The Poseidon Adventure | "The Morning After" | Maureen McGovern, Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| 1973 (31st) | The Way We Were | "The Way We Were" | Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Breezy | "Breezy's Song" | Shelby Flint, Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Jonathan Livingston Seagull | "Lonely Looking Sky" | Neil Diamond |
| Kazablan | "Rosa Rosa" | Yehoram Gaon, Aliza Azikri, Dov Seltzer & Haim Hefer |
| Oklahoma Crude | "Send a Little Love My Way" | Anne Murray, Henry Mancini & Hal David |
| A Touch of Class | "All That Love Went to Waste" | Shirley Bassey, George Barrie & Sammy Cahn |
| 1974 (32nd) | Benji | "I Feel Love" | Claude Rich, Euel Box & Betty Box |
| Claudine | "On and On" | Gladys Knight & the Pips and Curtis Mayfield |
| The Dove | "Sail the Summer Winds" | Lyn Paul, John Barry & Don Blackstone |
| The Little Prince | "I Never Met a Rose" | Richard Kiley, Frederick Loewe & Alan Jay Lerner |
| The Towering Inferno | "We May Never Love Like This Again" | Maureen McGovern, Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| 1975 (33rd) | Nashville | "I'm Easy" | Keith Carradine |
| Funny Lady | "How Lucky Can You Get" | John Kander & Fred Ebb |
| Paper Tiger | "My Little Friend" | Roy Budd & Sammy Cahn |
| Whiffs | "Now That We're in Love" | George Barrie & Cahn |
| The Other Side of the Mountain | "Richard's Window" | Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel |
| 1976 (34th) | A Star Is Born | "Evergreen" | Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams |
| Bugsy Malone | "Bugsy Malone" | Williams |
| Car Wash | "Car Wash" | Norman Whitfield |
| Freaky Friday | "I'd Like to Be You for a Day" | Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn |
| From Noon Till Three | "Hello and Goodbye" | Elmer Bernstein, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| Pipe Dreams | "So Sad the Song" | Michael Masser & Gerry Goffin |
| 1977 (35th) | You Light Up My Life | "You Light Up My Life" | Kasey Cisyk & Joseph Brooks |
| The Deep | "Down Deep Inside" | John Barry & Donna Summer |
| New York, New York | "New York, New York" | Kander and Ebb |
| Saturday Night Fever | "How Deep Is Your Love" | The Bee Gees |
| The Spy Who Loved Me | "Nobody Does It Better" | Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |
| 1978 (36th) | Thank God It's Friday | "Last Dance" | Paul Jabara |
| Foul Play | "Ready to Take a Chance Again" | Charles Fox & Norman Gimbel |
| Grease | "Grease" | Barry Gibb |
| Grease | "You're the One That I Want" | John Farrar |
| Same Time, Next Year | "The Last Time I Felt Like This" | Marvin Hamlisch, Alan and Marilyn Bergman |
| 1979 (37th) | The Rose | "The Rose" | Amanda McBroom |
| Ice Castles | "Through the Eyes of Love" | Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |
| The Main Event | "The Main Event" | Paul Jabara & Bruce Roberts |
| The Muppet Movie | "Rainbow Connection" | Paul Williams & Kenny Ascher |
| Starting Over | "Better Than Ever" | Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer Sager |