On 14 June 1929: #CyColeman, American jazz pianist, #songwriter ("Witchcraft"; "The Best Is Yet to Come"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Will Rogers Follies; Sweet Charity), born in New York City (d. 2004).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 🕊️🪦🎚️🕯️
"Big Spender" is a song written by #CyColeman and #DorothyFields for the #musical #SweetCharity, first performed in 1966. #PeggyLee was the first artist to record the song (on single released on Jan 29, 1966), also on the album Big Spender (released July 30, 1966). It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess girls; it was choreographed by #BobFosse for the Broadway musical Sweet Charity and the 1969 film Sweet Charity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxd_dCx_n0A
Big Spender - Peggy Lee (Lyrics)

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#OnThisDay in 2004, #CyColeman, American jazz pianist, #songwriter ("Witchcraft"; "The Best Is Yet to Come"), and Tony Award-winning composer (The Will Rogers Follies; Sweet Charity), died of cardiac arrest at 75.
#RIP 🕯️
"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by #CyColeman to lyrics by #CarolynLeigh. It is associated with #FrankSinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album #ItMightAsWellBeSwing accompanied by #CountBasie under the direction of #QuincyJones. It was the last song Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL1c05Qy9w
Tony Bennett - The Best Is Yet to Come (Offficial Video)

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"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by #CyColeman to lyrics by #CarolynLeigh. It is associated with #FrankSinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album #ItMightAsWellBeSwing accompanied by #CountBasie under the direction of #QuincyJones. It was the last song Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fD10WjK2sU
Tony Bennett & Diana Krall - The Best Is Yet To Come

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"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by #CyColeman to lyrics by #CarolynLeigh. It is associated with #FrankSinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album #ItMightAsWellBeSwing accompanied by #CountBasie under the direction of #QuincyJones. It was the last song Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jL1c05Qy9w
Tony Bennett - The Best Is Yet to Come (Offficial Video)

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"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a 1959 song composed by #CyColeman to lyrics by #CarolynLeigh. It is associated with #FrankSinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album #ItMightAsWellBeSwing accompanied by #CountBasie under the direction of #QuincyJones. It was the last song Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg0i1QPESYg
Tony Bennett - The Best Is Yet to Come (from Duets: The Making Of An American Classic)

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"Witchcraft" is a #popular #song from 1957 composed by #CyColeman with lyrics by #CarolynLeigh.
https://youtu.be/mUzQImywFX0
Sarah Vaughan - Witchcraft

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