THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE ~ TONY BENNETT

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Grammy Song Of the Year 1966
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"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. Tony Bennett re-recorded this song for his album Duets: An American Classic with Colombian-rock singer Juanes in a "Spanglish" version. This marked the first time that Juanes sang in English and Tony Bennett in Spanish.Carly Smithson performed "The Shadow of Your Smile" on Season 7 of American Idol during the top 24 performances. It was released for download from the iTunes store on February 21, 2008.

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Grammy Song of the Year 1966 Nominees

• "I Will Wait for You" by Connie Francis
• "The September of My Years" by Frank Sinatra
• "Yesterday" by The Beatles
• "King of the Road" by Roger Miller

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HELLO, DOLLY ! ~ LOUIS ARMSTRONG

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Grammy Song Of the Year 1965
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"Hello, Dolly!" is the title song of the popular 1964 musical of the same name. Louis Armstrong's version was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001. The music and lyrics were written by Jerry Herman, who also wrote the scores for many other popular musicals including Mame and La Cage aux Folles. The best-known recording is by Louis Armstrong in 1964. His version reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, ending The Beatles' streak of three number-one hits in a row (they also held the top three spots) and becoming the biggest hit of Armstrong's career, followed by a gold-selling album of the same name. The song also spent nine weeks atop the adult contemporary chart shortly after the opening of the musical. "Hello, Dolly!" won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1965, and Armstrong received a Grammy for Best Vocal Performance, Male. Louis Armstrong also performed the song (together with Barbra Streisand) in the popular 1969 film Hello, Dolly!.

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Grammy Song of the Year 1965 Nominees

• "A Hard Day's Night" by The Beatles
• "Dear Heart" by Andy Williams
• "People" by Barbra Streisand
• "Who Can I Turn To?" by Tony Bennett
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DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES ~ ANDY WILLIAMS

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Grammy Song Of the Year 1963
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"Days of Wine and Roses" is a popular song, from the 1962 movie of the same name. The music was written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. They received the Academy Award for Best Original Song for their work. The song is composed of only two sentences, one for each stanza. The best-known recording of the song was by Andy Williams in 1963, but several other recording artists have done the song, including Perry Como, composer Henry Mancini and the famous guitarist Wes Montgomery (1963: Boss Guitar) and Canadian virtuoso Lenny Breau. Andy Williams' version was recorded for Columbia Records. It was released as catalog number 42674. The song reached #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was the featured track of an album by Williams of the same name, which was a #1-charting album on the Billboard album charts.


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Grammy Song of the Year 1963 Nominees

• "Call Me Irresponsible" by Frank Sinatra
• "The Good Life" by Tony Bennett
• "I Wanna Be Around" by Tony Bennett
• "Wives and Lovers" by Jack Jones

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