This jazz standard has been covered by numerous musicians, including a duet between Bing Crosby and his then-wife Dixie Lee as well as Billie Holiday, The Jaguars, Ella Fitsgerald and Frank Sinatra. The Way You Look Tonight (70) 5.7 1 h UHD 16+ Ditched after a perfect date, Peter turns to an online dating site guaranteed to find his perfect match, but notices strange similarities between all his matches and that first amazing date. The tune won an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936 and in 2004, Astaire’s version ranked #43 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey of top songs in American cinema. In 2004 the Astaire version finished at 43 in AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1936. “The Way You Look Tonight” – written Jerome Kern with lyrics from Dorothy Fields – was originally performed by Fred Astaire in the 1936 film Swing Time.Īstaire as John “Lucky” Garnett sung the composition to Ginger Rogers as Penelope “Penny” Carroll as she washed her hair feeling far from attractive.įields later said, “ The first time Jerry played that melody for me I went out and started to cry. From the familiar and often-recorded Jerome Kern songbook, here is a very easy version of this well-known standard. 'The Way You Look Tonight' is a song from the film Swing Time, written by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern, and originally performed by Fred Astaire.
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