All My Tomorrows (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = All My Tomorrows

| cover =

| alt =

| type = Single

| artist = Frank Sinatra

| album = All the Way

| A-side = High Hopes

| released = June 5, 1959 (single);
1961 (album version)

| recorded = December 29, 1958

| studio = Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California

| venue =

| genre = Ballad

| length = 3:13

| label = Capitol

| lyricist = Sammy Cahn{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

}}

| composer = Jimmy Van Heusen

| producer =

| prev_title = French Foreign Legion

| prev_title2 = Time After Time

| prev_year = 1959

| title = High Hopes

| title2 = All My Tomorrows

| year = 1959

| next_title = Talk to Me

| next_title2 = They Came to Cordura

| next_year = 1959

}}

"All My Tomorrows" is a 1959 ballad with lyrics by Sammy Cahn and music by Jimmy van Heusen.{{cite book|last1=Jenness|first1=David|last2=Velsey|first2=Donald|title=Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCPKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA101|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-79745-3|page=101}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fgOqZWHCLbUC&pg=PA340|title=Off Broadway Musicals, 1910–2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows|first=Dan |last=Dietz|publisher=McFarland|year=2010|isbn=978-0786457311|page=340}} The song was written for Frank Sinatra.{{cite book |editor1-last=DuBoff |editor1-first=Rob |date=1996 |title= The Swing Era – 1936-1947 (Songbook)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dRDKAQAAQBAJ&pg=PT254 |publisher=Hal Leonard |page=254 |isbn=9781476804248}} It was introduced in the film A Hole in the Head where Sinatra sings it in the opening credits.{{cite book |last=Santopietro |first=Tom |date=2009 |title=Sinatra in Hollywood |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=el-U8apn90UC&pg=PT391 |publisher=Macmillan |page=391 |isbn=9781429964746}}

Sinatra later featured "All My Tomorrows" on his 1961 album All the Way. Sinatra re-recorded it for his 1969 album My Way, in a new arrangement which writer Charles L. Granata considered superior to the original,{{cite book|last=Granata|first=Charles L.|title=Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXZvTzc-9PwC&pg=PA190|date=1 October 2003|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-281-5|page=190}} and which Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called "lush and aching".{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/my-way-mw0000191852|title=Frank Sinatra – My Way|first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine|access-date=16 March 2017|publisher=AllMusic}} Rolling Stone described the song as "the poignant monologue of a man determined to turn his life around".{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac|url-access=registration|year=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/n76 63]}} This version also contains a melody from Sinatra's 1966 hit "Strangers In The Night."

Release history

Sinatra released the song on the reverse side of a single with "High Hopes" in 1959.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9|title=Today's Top Talent|magazine=Billboard|date=12 October 1959|page=9}} The song was named one of Billboard{{`s}} Spotlight Winners of the Week for May 18, 1959.{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA44|title=The Billboard Spotlight Winners of the Week|date=18 May 1959|page=44|magazine=Billboard}}

Covers

Bob Dylan sang the song in concert at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan on June 30, 1986.{{cite web |url=http://bobdylan.com/setlists/?id_song=27376|title=Setlists that contain All My Tomorrows|publisher=bobdylan.com|access-date=16 March 2017}}{{cite web |title=Bob Dylan's new album: let the wild speculation begin!

|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/blog/the-view-from-here/bob-dylan-s-new-album-let-the-wild-speculation-begin-8964|first=Michael|last=Bonner|date=14 May 2014|access-date=16 March 2017|work=Uncut}} Christine Andreas released a version of the song in 1998 on her album Love Is Good.{{cite magazine |editor1-last=Verna |editor1-first=Paul |date=February 21, 1998 |title=Reviews&Previews: Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA63 |magazine=Billboard |page=63}} In 2013 Canadian singer Martha Brooks issued a jazz CD featuring 11 Cahn tunes titled All My Tomorrows: The Music of Sammy Cahn.{{cite web |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3149140731.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143046/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-3149140731.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2017|title=Bird's Turbulent Flight Begins in Bio|first=Chris|last=Smith|date=9 December 2013|access-date=16 March 2017|work=Winnipeg Free Press|url-access= }} The song has been covered by numerous other artists, including Tony Bennett, Mavis Rivers, Pia Zadora, Shirley Horn, Crystal Gayle, Glen Campbell, Carol Kidd, and Michael Feinstein.{{cite web |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/4890|title=All My Tomorrows by Frank Sinatra|publisher=secondhandsongs.com|year=2017|access-date=16 March 2017}} In 1994, Grover Washington Jr. recorded the song for his album All My Tomorrows and named the album after it.{{cite web |title=Grover Washington, Jr. – All My Tomorrows |url=https://www.discogs.com/Grover-Washington-Jr-All-My-Tomorrows/release/1960523 |website=Discogs |year=1994 |access-date=29 December 2018}}

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