Gene Kelly, Prince, J.Lo, Pavarotti & All the Presenters of Best Original Song at the Oscars: Full List

Prince , who presented in 2005, never won for best original song, but he did win for his song score to Purple Rain . With the 98th Oscars still fresh in our minds, we’re looking back at past Oscar ceremonies, and specifically, who presented the Oscar for best original song each year. The late, great song and dance man Gene Kelly did the honors four times, more than anyone else in Oscar history.

That’s fitting: Kelly starred in Singin’ in the Rain , which topped the American Film Institute’s 2006 list of AFI’s Greatest Movie Musicals. Kelly presented best original song in 1951, in 1975 (in tandem with Shirley MacLaine), in 1980 (with Olivia Newton-John, with whom he starred in the soon-to-be-released, ill-fated musical Xanadu ) and in 1986 (with his Singin’ in the Rain costars Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor).

Six people are tied as runner-up, having presented best original song three times: They are Bacharach, Angie Dickinson, Gregory Hines, Jennifer Lopez , Queen Latifah and John Travolta . J.Lo presented three times within four years (1999-2002), a record...