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Soul Music: Series 22: The Way You Look Tonight

The Way You Look Tonight

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BBC Radio 4 - Soul Music, Series 22, The Way You Look Tonight

The Way You Look Tonight was made popular by Fred Astaire in the 1936 film, Swing Time.

Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields' song from the 1936 film, Swing Time, sung by Fred Astaire, became a classic. From April 2016.

'The Way You Look Tonight' was written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields for the 1936 film 'Swing Time'. 

Sung by Fred Astaire to Ginger Rogers while she was washing her hair, the song won an Oscar. It has been recorded by Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday. 

Sarah Woodward, daughter of actor Edward, recalls how aged seven, she watched him sing it on The Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show with his 'angelic' voice.

Theatre director Michael Bawtree remembers the song being his father's favourite, and being distraught when he broke the gramophone record as a five-year-old.

And Glaswegian singer, Eddie Toal describes making an album of jazz songs, including 'The Way You Look Tonight' to remember his late wife, Irene.

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Producer: Sara Conkey    

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2016.

Soul Music: Series 22

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