“The Way You Look Tonight” (1964) Featured in the film “Swing Time,” this classic ballad earned Sinatra an Academy Award. The song’s elegant lyrics and Sinatra’s tender delivery make it a timeless ode to the beauty of love.”The Way You Look To-night” 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 To-night” to Ginger Rogers while she was washing her hair in an adjacent room. Astaire’s recording was a top seller in 1936. Other versions that year were by Guy Lombardo and Teddy Wilson with Billie Holiday.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
