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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

May 19, 2017 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: The Way You Look Tonight

The song of the day for Saturday, May 20, 2017 is “The Way You Look Tonight.”

About This Song

Today’s song, “The Way You Look Tonight,” was written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields in 1936 for the movie Swing Time. The song was introduced by Fred Astaire and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the year.

Dorothy 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.” Dorothy Fields was the first woman to win an Oscar for songwriting. It’s a magnificent love song that has found a strong position as a jazz standard, with recordings by Bing Crosby, Billie Holiday, Mel Tormé and Frank Sinatra.

About This Version

Tony Bennett has recorded today’s song several times. Today I’ve chosen his first recording from 1958 for the album Long Ago and Far Away. The arrangement is by Frank DeVol.


“The Way You Look Tonight,” as well as Long Ago and Far Away, is available from iTunes.

About Today

While our version of “The Way You Look Tonight” was Bennett’s first recording of the song, our video is his most recent. Here are Tony Bennett and Bill Charlap performing “The Way You Look Tonight” from their 2015 album The Silver Lining: The Music of Jerome Kern.

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Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Bill Charlap, Dorothy Fields, Frank DeVol, Jerome Kern, Long Ago and Far Away, Swing Time, Tony Bennett

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