The Best Is Yet to Come (song)
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| Song by Frank Sinatra | |||||
| Album | It Might as Well Be Swing | ||||
| Released | August 1964 | ||||
| Recorded | June 9, 1964 | ||||
| Genre | Traditional pop | ||||
| Length | 3:10 | ||||
| Label | Reprise Records | ||||
| Writer | Carolyn Leigh | ||||
| Composer | Cy Coleman | ||||
| Producer | Sonny Burke | ||||
| It Might as Well Be Swing track listing | |||||
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The Best Is Yet to Come is a song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.
It is particularly associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album It Might As Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones. It was the last song that Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.
The words The Best Is Yet to Come are imprinted on Sinatra's tombstone.
Notable recordings of the song include:
- Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco) (1962)
- Peggy Lee (Sugar 'N' Spice) (1962)
- Sarah Vaughan (You're Mine You) (1962)
- Frank Sinatra (It Might As Well Be Swing) (1964)
- Blossom Dearie (May I Come In?) (1964)
- Ella Fitzgerald (The Best Is Yet to Come) (1982)
- Tony Bennett and Diana Krall (Duets: An American Classic) (2006)
- Matt Dusk (Back in Town) (2006)
- Michael Buble (Call Me Irresponsible) (2007)
- Avery Brooks and James Darren in the seventh season episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
