The Shadow of Your Smile
1965 song composed by Johnny Mandel
"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1] In 2004, the song finished at number 77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.[2]
Other versions
- Astrud Gilberto – The Shadow of Your Smile (1965)[3][4]
- Johnny Mandel with Jack Sheldon – The Sandpiper (1965)[3]
- Wes Montgomery – Bumpin' (1965)[3]
- Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
- Gerry Mulligan – Feelin' Good (1965)
- Bobby Darin – Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile[5] (1966)
- Hampton Hawes – I'm All Smiles (1966)[3]
- Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – What Now My Love (1966)
- Tony Bennett with Jimmy Rowles – The Movie Song Album (1966)[3]
- Johnny Mathis – The Shadow of Your Smile (1966)
- Oscar Peterson – Blues Etude (1966)[3]
- Boots Randolph - Monument single, reached #93 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1966)[6]
- Pablo Beltrán Ruiz - La Sombra de tu Sonrisa (1966)[7]
- Frank Sinatra and Count Basie – Sinatra at the Sands (1966)
- Ella Fitzgerald – The Voice of Jazz (1966)
- Nancy Sinatra – How Does That Grab You? (1966)
- Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966)
- Bill Evans – Further Conversations with Myself (1967)[3]
- Jack McDuff - Tobacco Road (1967)
- Johnny Smith - Johnny Smith (1967)
- Clare Fischer – Songs for Rainy Day Lovers[8] (1967)
- Henry Mancini – Mancini '67 (1967)
- Oliver Nelson – Sound Pieces (1967)
- Archie Shepp – One for the Trane, Live in Donaueschingen (1967)
- The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You (1968)
- Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (1968)[9]
- Ann Burton – Ballads and Burton (1969)
- Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)
- Baden Powell (guitarist) - Solitude on Guitar (1973)
- Collage (Brian Bennett / Dave Richmond / Alan Hawkshaw) – Misty (Studio 2 Stereo) (1973)[3]
- Earl Klugh – Earl Klugh (album) Live Version (1976)
- D Train – Music (1983)[10][circular reference]
- Pieces of a Dream – Imagine This (1983)[11]
- Rita Reys – Memories of You (1983)
- Udo Lindenberg – Germans / The Shadow of Your Smile (1984)
- Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet - Extra Time (1991)
- Salena Jones – In Hollywood - Making Love (1994)
- Benny Carter – New York Nights (1995)[3]
- Marvin Gaye - Vulnerable (1997)
- Hank Jones with Elvin Jones – Someday My Prince Will Come (2002)[3]
- Tony Bennett with Juanes – Duets: An American Classic (2006)
- Jack Sheldon – Listen Up (2006)[3]
- Dave Koz – At the Movies (2007)
- Takuya Kuroda - Edge (2011)
- Bill Frisell – When You Wish Upon a Star (2016)
References
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-904994-10-7.
- ^ "AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs". American Film Institute. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Gioia, Ted (2012). The Jazz Standards: A Guide to the Repertoire. New York City: Oxford University Press. p. 364. ISBN 978-0-19-993739-4.
- ^ Bush, John. "The Shadow of Your Smile - Astrud Gilberto". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Griffith, JT. "Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles, 12th Edition. Record Research.
- ^ "worldradiohistory" (PDF).
- ^ "Songs for Rainy Day Lovers". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ "A Man Without Love". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Music (D. Train album)
- ^ Collar, Matt. "Imagine This". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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