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  • Tonight
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  • 1961 singles
  • Shirley Bassey songs
  • Andy Williams songs
  • 1956 songs
  • Jay and the Americans songs
  • We Five songs
  • United Artists Records singles
  • Songs from West Side Story
  • Songs with music by Leonard Bernstein
  • Songs written by Stephen Sondheim
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  • %22Tonight%22 is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956.It was introduced in the Broadway musical West Side Story. The movie version, featuring vocals by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), finished at #59 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher (#8 pop, #2 easy listening) and Eddie Fisher, whose version narrowly missed the Top 40. Shirley Bassey recorded the song in 1962, where it peaked at #21 on the UK charts, becoming the only recording of this song to chart on the UK charts. Jay and the Americans also released a cover version of the song. Andy Williams released a version on his 1962 album, Moon River and Other Great Movie Themes. Sergio Franchi recorded the song in his 1963 RCA Records Red Seal album, Broadway, I Love You. We Five released the song on their 1966 album, You Were on My Mind.Many of the pieces in %22West Side Story%22 experiment with different melodic tricks. This song is notable for its prominent perfect fourth intervals, and a theme that starts on a pentatonic scale but develops into a western key.Jenna Ushkowitz sang the song on Glee, on the episode Preggers. Tonight was featured again in the fifth episode of the third season of the show, %22The First Time,%22 this time sung by Lea Michele and Darren Criss.Gloria Estefan recorded the song with Dave Grusin from the album %22Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story%22 (1997).
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  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Stephen Sondheim
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  • 5714dec525ac0d8aee396cc8
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  • USSM19911989
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  • Don Costa
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  • 516
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  • 1079623
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  • english
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  • United Artists Records
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  • Tonight
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