| Composer | Johnny Mandel |
| Lyricist | Paul Francis Webster |
| Year Written | 1966 |
About This Song
“A Time For Love” was written by Johnny Mandel and Paul Francis Webster for the 1966 film An American Dream.
View the lyrics
A time for summer skies
For hummingbirds and butterflies
For tender words that harmonize with love
A time for climbing hills
For leaning out of windowsills
Admiring daffodils above admiring the daffodils above
A time for holding hands together
A time for rainbow colored weather
A time of make believe that we’ve been dreaming of
As time goes drifting by
The willow bends and so do I
But all my friends whatever skies above
I’ve known a time for spring
A time for fall
But best of all
A time for love
Recordings
1966
Tony Bennett recorded “A Time For Love” on June 11, 1966. Johnny Mandel wrote the arrangement and conducted the orchestra. Bobby Hackett is featured on cornet.
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Release History
| 1966 | Columbia LP 12″: CS 9360 — A Time For Love |
| 1966 | Columbia LP 12″: CL 2560 — A Time For Love |
| 1966 | CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62800 — A Time For Love [UK] |
| 1966 | Columbia 45: 4-43768 |
| 1969 | CBS LP 12″: 63612 — Greatest Hits, Volume II (UK) |
| 1969 | Columbia LP 12″: CS 9814 — Tony Bennett’s Greatest Hits, Vol. IV |
| 1972 | CBS LP 12″: CBS 68200 — All-Time Greatest Hits [UK] |
| 1972 | Columbia LP 12″: KG 31494 — All-Time Greatest Hits |
| 1991 | Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett |
| 1993 | CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett |
| 1997 | Columbia CD: CK 65316 — All-Time Greatest Hits |
| 2004 | Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett |
| 2006 | RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87233 2 — The Movie Song Album |
| 2011 | Columbia: The Complete Collection — Disc 33 — A Time for Love |
| 2013 | Columbia — Sixty Years: the Artistry of Tony Bennett |