The Best Is Yet to Come (song)

The Best Is Yet to Come (song)

Infobox Song
Name = The Best Is Yet to Come


Caption =
Type =
Artist = Frank Sinatra
alt Artist =
Album = It Might as Well Be Swing
Published =
Released = August 1964
track_no = 8
Recorded = June 9, 1964
Genre = Traditional pop
Length = 3:10
Writer = Carolyn Leigh
Composer = Cy Coleman
Label = Reprise Records
Producer = Sonny Burke
Chart position =
Tracks =
prev = "I Wanna Be Around"
prev_no = 7
next = "The Good Life"
next_no = 9
Misc =
"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.

It is particularly associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album "It Might As Well Be Swing", accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones. It was the last song that Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.

The words "The Best Is Yet to Come" are imprinted on Sinatra's tombstone.

Notable recordings of the song include:
*Tony Bennett ("I Left My Heart in San Francisco") (1962)
*Peggy Lee ("Sugar 'N' Spice") (1962)
*Sarah Vaughan ("You're Mine You") (1962)
*Frank Sinatra ("It Might As Well Be Swing") (1964)
*Blossom Dearie ("May I Come In?") (1964)
*Ella Fitzgerald ("The Best Is Yet to Come") (1982)
*Tony Bennett and Diana Krall ("") (2006)
*Matt Dusk ("Back in Town") (2006)
*Michael Buble ("Call Me Irresponsible") (2007)
*Avery Brooks and James Darren in the seventh season episode "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang" of ""


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