All My Tomorrows (song)

"All My Tomorrows"
Song by Frank Sinatra
from the album All the Way
Language English
Released 1959 (1959) (single);
1961 (album version);
1969 (My Way album version)
Genre Ballad
Composer(s) Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyricist(s) Sammy Cahn

"All My Tomorrows" is a 1959 ballad with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy van Heusen.[1][2] The song was expressly written as a Frank Sinatra vehicle.[3] It was introduced in the film A Hole in the Head where Sinatra sings it in the opening credits.[4]

Sinatra later featured "All My Tomorrows" on his 1961 album All the Way. Sinatra re-recorded it for his 1969 album My Way, in a new arrangement which Charles L. Granata considers to be superior to the original,[5] and which AllMusic calls "lush and aching".[6] Rolling Stone describes the song as "the poignant monologue of a man determined to turn his life around".[7]

Release history

Sinatra released the song on the reverse side of a single with "High Hopes" in 1959.[8] The song was named one of Billboard's Spotlight Winners of the Week for May 18, 1959.[9]

Covers

Bob Dylan sang the song in concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on June 30, 1986.[10][11] Christine Andreas released a version of the song in 1998 on her album Love Is Good.[12] In 2013 Canadian singer Martha Brooks issued a jazz CD featuring 11 Cahn tunes titled All My Tomorrows: The Music of Sammy Cahn.[13] The song has been covered by numerous other artists, including Tony Bennett, Mavis Rivers, Pia Zadora, Shirley Horn, Crystal Gayle, Carol Kidd, and Michael Feinstein.[14]

References

  1. ↑ Jenness, David; Velsey, Donald (4 February 2014). Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000. Routledge. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-136-79745-3.
  2. ↑ Dietz, Dan (2010). Off Broadway Musicals, 1910–2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows. McFarland. p. 340. ISBN 0786457317.
  3. ↑ DuBoff, Rob, ed. (1996). The Swing Era – 1936-1947 (Songbook). Hal Leonard. p. 254. ISBN 9781476804248.
  4. ↑ Santopietro, Tom (2009). Sinatra in Hollywood. Macmillan. p. 391. ISBN 9781429964746.
  5. ↑ Granata, Charles L. (1 October 2003). Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording. Chicago Review Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-61374-281-5.
  6. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Frank Sinatra – My Way". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  7. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  8. ↑ "Today's Top Talent". Billboard: 9. 12 October 1959.
  9. ↑ "The Billboard Spotlight Winners of the Week". Billboard: 44. 18 May 1959.
  10. ↑ "Setlists that contain All My Tomorrows". bobdylan.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  11. ↑ Bonner, Michael (14 May 2014). "Bob Dylan's new album: let the wild speculation begin!". Uncut. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. ↑ Verna, Paul, ed. (February 21, 1998). "Reviews&Previews: Albums". Billboard. p. 63.
  13. ↑ Smith, Chris (9 December 2013). "Bird's Turbulent Flight Begins in Bio". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 16 March 2017 – via HighBeam. (Subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ "All My Tomorrows by Frank Sinatra". secondhandsongs.com. 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
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