The Shadow of Your Smile
"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song with music by Johnny Mandel and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in an instrumental version in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon, and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett in a version arranged and conducted by Mandel. It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2004, the song finished at number 77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.
Notable cover versions
- Astrud Gilberto – The Shadow of Your Smile
- Wes Montgomery – Bumpin'
- Hampton Hawes – I'm All Smiles
- Tony Bennett with Jimmy Rowles – The Movie Song Album it reached No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100. and No. 8 on the Billboard Easy Listening.
- Oscar Peterson – Blues Etude
- Bill Evans – Further Conversations with Myself
- Lou Donaldson with Blue Mitchell and Dr. Lonnie Smith – Mr. Shing-a-Ling
- Benny Carter – New York Nights
- Hank Jones with Elvin Jones – Someday My Prince Will Come
- Jack Sheldon – ''Listen Up''