TONY BENNETT - THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE

THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE

TONY BENNETT

SONGWRITERS: JOHN MENDEL & PAUL FRANCIS

Country: u.s.a.

ALBUM: DUETS: AN AMERICAN CLASSIC

GRAVADORA: SONY

THEME FROM MOVIE: THE SANPIPER

GENRE: POPULAR SONG

YEAR: 1965

"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004 the song finished at #77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.

Tony Bennett re-recorded this song for his album Duets: An American Classic with Colombian-rock singer Juanes in a "Spanglish" version. This marked the first time that Juanes sang in English and Tony Bennett in Spanish.

One day we walked along the sand, one day in early spring

You held a piper in your hand to mend its broken wing

Now I'll remember many a day and many a lonely mile

The echo of a piper's song, the shadow of her smile

The shadow of your smile, when you are gone

Will color all my dreams and light the dawn

Look into my eyes my love and see

All the lovely things you are to me

Our wistful little star was far too high

A teardrop kissed your lips and so did I

Now when I remember spring, all the joy that love can bring

I will be remembering the shadow of your smile.