Tender is the Night
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | Sammy Fain |
| Lyricist | Paul Francis Webster |
| Year Written | 1961 |
| About Tender is the Night | |
| “Tender Is the Night” was written for the 1962 film of the same name, based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel. The film starred Jason Robards and Jennifer Jones. “Tender Is the Night” received a nomination for Best Song, but lost to “Days of Wine and Roses” by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer. | |
Lyrics
Tender is the night
So tender is the night
There’s no one in the world
Except the two of us
Should tomorrow
Find us disenchanted
We have shared a love
That few have known
Summers by the sea
A sailboat in Capri
These memories shall be
Our very own
Even though our dreams may vanish
With the morning light
We loved once in splendour
How tender, how tender the night
Even though our dreams may vanish
With the morning light
We loved once in splendour
How tender, how tender the night
Session / Album Information
1962
“Once Upon a Time” was recorded on September 6, 1961 and released in 1962 on the album I Left My Heart in San Francisco. It was arranged by Marty Manning.
This recording released on:
- 1962: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8669 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- 1962: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1869 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- 1962: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62201 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco [UK]
- 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9891 — Love Story: 20 All-Time Great Recordings
- 1971: CBS LP 12″: 66297 — Love Songs (UK)
- 1980: CBS LP 12″: 32732 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco [UK]
- 1986: Columbia CD: — 16 Most Requested Songs
- 1986: CBS/Sony CD: 32DP-558 — 16 Most Requested Songs [Japan]
- 1990: CBS/Sony CD: CSCS-5241 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco [Japan]
- 1990: Columbia/Legacy CD: CK-40215 — 16 Most Requested Songs
- 1990: Columbia CD: CK 08669 — I Left My Heart In San Francisco
- 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 1992: Sony Mid-Price CD: 4724182 — 16 Most Requested Songs
- 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
- 2001: Sony Music CD: SRCS-9093 — 16 Most Requested Songs
- 2002: Columbia/Legacy CD: 86634 — The Essential Tony Bennett
- 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
- 2005: Sony Music CD: 4721952 — 16 Most Requested Songs
- 2008: Columbia/RPM/Legacy CD: 731397 — The Essential Tony Bennett [Limited Edition 3.0]
- 2011: Disc #23 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK23) I Left My Heart in San Francisco