The Way You Look Tonight
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| "The Way You Look Tonight" | ||
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| Single by The Lettermen | ||
| from the album A Song for Young Love | ||
| B-side(s) | "That's My Desire" | |
| Released | 1961 | |
| Format | 7" single | |
| Genre | Pop standard | |
| Length | 2:21 | |
| Label | Capitol | |
| Writer(s) | Dorothy Fields, Jerome Kern | |
| Chart positions | ||
| The Lettermen singles chronology | ||
| "The Way You Look Tonight" (1961) |
"When I Fall in Love" (1961) |
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"The Way You Look Tonight" is a song featured in the film Swing Time, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. It was written by Jerome Kern with lyrics by Dorothy Fields. Dorothy Fields later remarked that the melody, upon first hearing it, moved her to tears and she was thrilled to provide the lyrics: "The first time Jerry played that melody for me I had to leave the room because I started to cry. The release absolutely killed me. I couldn't stop, it was so beautiful."
The song was sung by John "Lucky" Garnett (played by Fred Astaire) while sitting at the piano. Penelope "Penny" Carroll (played by Ginger Rogers) was busy washing her hair in an adjacent room, and feeling anything but beautiful at the time.
This song was also popularly performed by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Michael Bublé, Ray Quinn and as a duet between Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee. Jazz pianist Art Tatum has an instrumental recording in the collection The Complete Pablo Solo Masterpieces. The song was also performed by The Lettermen and became a hit for them in 1961.
Pianist Bradley Joseph performs his arrangement of "The Way You Look Tonight" on his 2006 album, Piano Love Songs.
The song also appears in the Kenneth Branagh film Peter's Friends.
The song, performed by James Darren, also forms the background music for the "Seven-year Montage" in the final episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "What You Leave Behind".
This song was in the movies "Chinatown", My Best Friend's Wedding, Father of the Bride and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters.
| Preceded by "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 |
Academy Award for Best Original Song 1936 |
Succeeded by "Sweet Leilani" from Waikiki Wedding |
