SONG OF THE DAY

“Young At Heart” by Frank Sina­tra (1953). Music by Johnny Richards and lyrics by Car­olyn Leigh.

INTERESTING FACTS (a la wikipedia)

- Frank Sina­tra was the first per­former to record the song, which became a million-selling hit in 1953 (and spilling over with pop­u­lar­ity into 1954). The song was such a hit that a movie that Sina­tra was film­ing at the same time with Doris Day was renamed to the song title, and the song was included in the open­ing and clos­ing cred­its of the movie, which was released as Young at Heart.

- The song has also been used on the sound­tracks of other films, includ­ing It Could Hap­pen to You, The Front, Sweet Dreams, and Space Cow­boys (in a ren­di­tion by Willie Nelson).

- Other per­form­ers who have recorded ver­sions of “Young at Heart” include Jimmy Durante, Con­nie Fran­cis, Perry Como, Tony Ben­nett, Shawn Colvin, Rose­mary Clooney, Bobby Vin­ton, Tom Waits, Bing Crosby, Barry Manilow, Lan­don Pigg and Vonda Shep­ard. The Cure incor­po­rated verses from “Young At Heart” dur­ing con­cert per­for­mances of “Why Can’t I Be You?” (widely avail­able on bootlegs).

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