When did the way you look tonight come out?
"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."
When did Fred Astaire's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
1936
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To take advantage of the success of the song, pianist Teddy Wilson brought Billie Holiday into a studio ten weeks after the movie was released. Holiday was twenty-one when she recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" as a duet with Wilson in October 1936. Six years passed before the song appeared on the charts again, this time in a version by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee on vocals and Mel Powell on celeste. The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964. Versions were also recorded by Clifford Brown, Tina Brooks, Johnny Griffin (with John Coltrane), and Charlie Parker, and Tony Bennett.
When did Billie Holiday's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
October, 1936
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When did Peggy Lee's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
1942
To take advantage of the success of the song, pianist Teddy Wilson brought Billie Holiday into a studio ten weeks after the movie was released. Holiday was twenty-one when she recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" as a duet with Wilson in October 1936. Six years passed before the song appeared on the charts again, this time in a version by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee on vocals and Mel Powell on celeste. The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964. Versions were also recorded by Clifford Brown, Tina Brooks, Johnny Griffin (with John Coltrane), and Charlie Parker, and Tony Bennett.
When did Frank Sinatra's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
1964
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Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee recorded it as a duet on August 19, 1936. The Lettermen found their first hit when their version reached No. 13 on the "Billboard" magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1961 and No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart that same year. Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk recorded it in 1954. Rod Stewart included it on the album "" in 2002. Cassandra Wilson included the song in her 2015 album "Coming Forth by Day".
When did Bing Crosby's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
August 19, 1936
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Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee recorded it as a duet on August 19, 1936. The Lettermen found their first hit when their version reached No. 13 on the "Billboard" magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1961 and No. 36 on the UK Singles Chart that same year. Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk recorded it in 1954. Rod Stewart included it on the album "" in 2002. Cassandra Wilson included the song in her 2015 album "Coming Forth by Day".
When did Rod Stewart's version of The Way You Look Tonight come out?
2002
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Rod Stewart included it on the album Great American Songbook in 2002.[2]
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"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. Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee recorded it as a duet on August 19, 1936. To take advantage of the success of the song, pianist Teddy Wilson brought Billie Holiday into a studio ten weeks after the movie was released and when Holiday was twenty-one when she recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" as a duet with Wilson in October 1936. In 1942, the song appeared on the charts again, this time in a version by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee on vocals and Mel Powell on celeste. The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964. Versions were also recorded by Clifford Brown, Tina Brooks, Johnny Griffin (with John Coltrane), and Charlie Parker, and Tony Bennett. Rod Stewart included it on the album "Great American Songbook" in 2002.