All the Way (Frank Sinatra song)

All the Way is a pop song written by Jimmy Van Heusen (music) and Sammy Cahn ( text ), which was published in 1957.

Use of the song and first recording

The songwriting duo Van Heusen / Cahn wrote All the Way for the movie Schicksalsmelodie ( The Joker Is Wild ), in which it is presented by Frank Sinatra, accompanied by Nelson Riddle and his orchestra. Van Heusen wrote the song with the intention to portray the loss of voice of Joe E. Lewis (the movie role of Sinatra ). To this end, he wrote a musical jump in the song that seemed particularly difficult to master for him and one should believe that he then broke off dramatically.

All the Way Award for Best Song in 1957 with an Oscar. In addition to this song Sinatra wore in the movie also against Chicago (That Toddlin 'Town ) by Fred Fisher, which was released as a B- side of the single release of All the Way on Capitol Records (CL 14800 or 20062 as EP EAP ). The single reached # 15 on the Billboard Charts and # 3 on the UK Singles Charts.

The first lines of the song are:

Cover versions

The song was recorded in the late 1950s by numerous musicians, including Herbie Nichols ( Love, Gloom, Cash, Love ), Lee Morgan (Candy 1957), Jonah Jones, Keely Smith / Billy May (1959 ) Billie Holiday, Mal Waldron, Ted Heath, Ike Quebec and Oliver Nelson and was turned into a jazz standard. In later years, interpreted the song and Others also Etta Jones, the Uri Caine Trio ( Live at the Village Vanguard, 2003), Junior Mance and Joe Temperley.