The Way You Look Tonight
1936 song by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields
"The Way You Look Tonight" is a 1936 song by Fred Astaire. It was composed by Jerome Kern and written by Dorothy Fields. It won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 for the movie Swing Time. The Letterman covered it in 1961 and went to number 13 in the United States and number 36 in the United Kingdom.
| "The Way You Look To-night[1]" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Fred Astaire | ||||
| B-side | "Pick Yourself Up" | |||
| Published | July 24, 1936[1] by Chappell & Co.[2][3] | |||
| Released | August 1936 | |||
| Recorded | July 26, 1936[4] | |||
| Studio | Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Popular Music | |||
| Label | Brunswick 7717[5] | |||
| Composer(s) | Jerome Kern | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Dorothy Fields | |||
| Fred Astaire singles chronology | ||||
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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 | "That's My Desire" | |||
| Released | June 13, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | 1961 | |||
| Studio | Capitol (Hollywood) | |||
| Genre | Pop, Easy listening | |||
| Length | 2:21 | |||
| Label | Capitol 4586 | |||
| The Lettermen singles chronology | ||||
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References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "US Copyright Office Virtual Card Catalog". vcc.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ↑ "The way you look to-night / words by Dorothy Fields ; music by Jerome Kern". The Morgan Library & Museum. 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ↑ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers 1930's Cover Sheet music 'SWING TIME' for the song "The Way You Look Tonight," with music by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Dorothy Fields. It was". Alamy. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "BRUNSWICK 78rpm numerical listing discography: 7500 - 8000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- ↑ "Brunswick matrix B20107. The way you look tonight / Billie Holiday ; Teddy Wilson Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". DAHR. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
