The Originals © by Arnold Rypens - SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, THE

Artist: Johnny Mandel
Author: Johnny Mandel/Paul Francis Webster
Label: MGM
Year: 1965

Three versions in film The Sandpiper. Later Paul Francis Webster added lyrics. Academy Award winner. Johnny Mandel also wrote Theme From M.A.S.H.

Covers:

1965:: Tony Bennett [love theme in film The Sandpiper; vocal version]
1965:: Barbra Streisand
1966:: Herb Alpert
1966:: Boots Randolph
1966:: Perry Como
1966:: Juliette Gréco [as Le Sourire de mon amour]
1967:: Astrud Gilberto [idem]
1968:: Delfonics
1969:: Stevie Wonder
1969:: Woody Herman
2000:: Voice Male
2003:: Aaron Neville
2012:: Glenn Frey
2017:: Marc Almond
2021:: Ryan Shaw

Hundreds of versions during the bossa nova craze. The writing of this song was commissioned twice. Unbeknown of each other's assignment, two songwriting teams competed on the same job. On the losing side was Johnny Mercer, so he never could stand this song. "By the way", he witfully noticed, "The Shadow Of Your Smile, is that suggesting the lady's got a mustache or something?"

SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE, THE

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