The Best Is Yet to Come is a 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. Though Sinatra made it popular, it was actually written for and introduced by Tony Bennett.
In Kiss Me Kate, two gangsters try to cheer up the heart-broken Howard Keel. They improvise a musical number — Brush Up Your Shakespeare — about how it can help you with your love life! In the original play, it’s slightly different. The two gangsters accidentally find themselves on stage, and improvise the number to cover themselves.
Sinner, hear what I’m sayin’
Sinner, you’ve been swingin’, not prayin’
One day of prayin’ and six nights of fun
The odds against goin’ to heaven, six-to-one
Bullyoo bullyoo boy have I got news for you
I got a feeling, hap-happy feeling, this is my lucky day
Don’t want to sing the blues no more, not when I feel this way
I’m gonna rock it, ’cause in my pocket I got a load of green
I want to spread the word around so you’ll know what I mean
How do you speak to an angel?
I’m completely in the dark.
When you know that you’ve just met an angel
Is there a proper remark?
Money Burns a Hole in my Pocket is a sweet love song …. With a funny twist! In the movie, while Dean Martin is serenading her, Janet Leigh is distracting him …. From realizing that Jerry Lewis is being taken to a hospital!
Money burns a hole in my pocket
How I wish I had millions of dollars and nothing to do
But just buy pretty presents for you
I tell you every street’s a boulevard in old New York
Every street’s a highway of your dreams
It’s a thrill to shop on 34th street
Or down in Union Square
We like the people you meet
On Mulberry street, have you ever been there
In Living It Up, we first meet small town doctor Dean Martin, strumming on his guitar and singing a love ballad to a photograph of his girlfriend. The photo is of … Audrey Hepburn! Who never actually shows up in the movie.
I wanna say hello
I wanna see you smile
I wanna hold you in my arms again
