All My Tomorrows (song)

"All My Tomorrows" is a 1959 ballad with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy van Heusen.[2][3] The song was written for Frank Sinatra.[4] It was introduced in the film A Hole in the Head where Sinatra sings it in the opening credits.[5]

"All My Tomorrows"
Single by Frank Sinatra
from the album All the Way
A-side"High Hopes"
ReleasedJune 5, 1959 (single);
1961 (album version)
RecordedDecember 29, 1958
StudioCapitol Studios, Hollywood, California
GenreBallad
Length3:13
LabelCapitol
Composer(s)Jimmy Van Heusen[1]
Lyricist(s)Sammy Cahn[1]
Frank Sinatra singles chronology
"French Foreign Legion" / "Time After Time"
(1959)
"High Hopes" / "All My Tomorrows"
(1959)
"Talk to Me" / "They Came to Cordura"
(1959)

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,[6] and which AllMusic calls "lush and aching".[7] Rolling Stone describes the song as "the poignant monologue of a man determined to turn his life around".[8]

Release history

Sinatra released the song on the reverse side of a single with "High Hopes" in 1959.[9] The song was named one of Billboard's Spotlight Winners of the Week for May 18, 1959.[10]

Covers

Bob Dylan sang the song in concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on June 30, 1986.[11][12] Christine Andreas released a version of the song in 1998 on her album Love Is Good.[13] In 2013 Canadian singer Martha Brooks issued a jazz CD featuring 11 Cahn tunes titled All My Tomorrows: The Music of Sammy Cahn.[14] The song has been covered by numerous other artists, including Tony Bennett, Mavis Rivers, Pia Zadora, Shirley Horn, Crystal Gayle, Glen Campbell, Carol Kidd, and Michael Feinstein.[15] In 1994, Grover Washington Jr. recorded the song for his album All My Tomorrows and named the album after it.[16]

References

  1. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 978-0786457311.
  4. DuBoff, Rob, ed. (1996). The Swing Era – 1936-1947 (Songbook). Hal Leonard. p. 254. ISBN 9781476804248.
  5. Santopietro, Tom (2009). Sinatra in Hollywood. Macmillan. p. 391. ISBN 9781429964746.
  6. 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.
  7. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Frank Sinatra – My Way". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  9. "Today's Top Talent". Billboard: 9. 12 October 1959.
  10. "The Billboard Spotlight Winners of the Week". Billboard: 44. 18 May 1959.
  11. "Setlists that contain All My Tomorrows". bobdylan.com. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  12. Bonner, Michael (14 May 2014). "Bob Dylan's new album: let the wild speculation begin!". Uncut. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  13. Verna, Paul, ed. (February 21, 1998). "Reviews&Previews: Albums". Billboard. p. 63.
  14. Smith, Chris (9 December 2013). "Bird's Turbulent Flight Begins in Bio". Winnipeg Free Press. Archived from the original on 17 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017 via HighBeam.
  15. "All My Tomorrows by Frank Sinatra". secondhandsongs.com. 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  16. "Grover Washington, Jr. – All My Tomorrows". Discogs. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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