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"The Best Is Yet to Come"
Song by Frank Sinatra from the album It Might as Well Be Swing
Released	August 1964
Recorded	June 9, 1964
Genre	Traditional pop
Length	3:10
Label	Reprise Records
Writer	Carolyn Leigh
Composer	Cy Coleman
Producer	Sonny Burke
It Might as Well Be Swing track listing
"I Wanna Be Around" (7) "The Best Is Yet to Come" (8) "The Good Life" (9)

"The Best Is Yet to Come" is a song composed by Cy Coleman, with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh.

It is particularly associated with Frank Sinatra, who recorded it on his 1964 album It Might As Well Be Swing, accompanied by Count Basie, under the direction of Quincy Jones. It was the last song that Sinatra sang in public, on February 25, 1995.

The words The Best Is Yet to Come are imprinted on Sinatra's tombstone.

Notable recordings of the song include:

• Tony Bennett (I Left My Heart in San Francisco) (1962)
• Peggy Lee (Sugar 'N' Spice) (1962)
• Sarah Vaughan (You're Mine You) (1962)
• Frank Sinatra (It Might As Well Be Swing) (1964)
• Blossom Dearie (May I Come In?) (1964)
• Ella Fitzgerald (The Best Is Yet to Come) (1982)
• Tony Bennett and Diana Krall (Duets: An American Classic) (2006)
• Matt Dusk (Back in Town) (2006)
• Michael Buble (Call Me Irresponsible) (2007)
• Also the song Give Me the Night from the album Fabricator (2007) by Bodies Without Organs contains these words.
• James Darren (playing the character Vic Fontaine) duet feat. Avery Brooks (playing the character Benjamin Sisko) featured in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode Badda-Bing Badda-Bang

[edit] In popular culture

The Peggy Lee recording was featured in the film "Bernard and Doris" (2006).

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