THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
FRANK SINATRA
SONGWRITERS: DOROTHY FIELDS &
JEROME KERN
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM, "THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT"
LABEL: SIGNATURE SINATRA
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1964
Francis
Albert Sinatra(/sɪˈnɑːtrə/;
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer
who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th
century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold
more than 150 million records worldwide.
Born to
Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in
the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found
success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943,
becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album,
The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. But by the early 1950s his professional
career had stalled and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best
known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in
1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance
subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best
Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In
the Wee Small Hours(1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers!(1956), Come Fly with Me(1958),
Only the Lonely(1958) and Nice 'n' Easy(1960).
Sinatra
left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and
released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective
album, September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands,
recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count
Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous
collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio
Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke
Ellington. Sinatra
retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later.
He recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars
Palace, and released "New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a
home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until
shortly before his death in 1998.
"The
Way You Look Tonight" is a song from the film Swing Time that was
performed by Fred Astaire and composed by Jerome Kern with lyrics written by Dorothy
Fields. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. Fields
remarked, "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and
started to cry. The
release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so
beautiful."
In the
movie, Astaire sang "The Way You Look Tonight" to Ginger Rogers while
she was washing her hair in an adjacent room. His recording reached the top of
the charts in 1936. Other versions that year were by Guy Lombardo and by Teddy
Wilson with Billie Holiday.
Someday
When
I'm awfully low
When
the world is cold
I
will feel a glow just thinking of you
And
the way you look tonight
Yes
you're lovely
With
your smile so warm
And
your cheeks so soft
There
is nothing for me but to love you
And
the way you look tonight
With
each word your tenderness grows
Tearing
my fear apart
And
that laugh
Wrinkles
your nose
Touches
my foolish heart
Lovely
Never
ever change
Keep
that breathless charm
Won't
you please arrange it
Cause
I love you
Just
the way you look tonight
And
that laugh
That
wrinkles your nose
It
touches my foolish heart
Lovely
Don't
you ever change
Keep
that breathless charm
Won't
you please arrange it
Cause
I love you
Just
the way you look tonight
Hmm
Hmm
Just the way you look tonight.
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