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^ "Connie Francis : Where The Boys Are".^ "Rosemary Clooney : While We're Young".America's Songs: The stories behind the songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley. ^ Furia, Philip & Lasser, Michael (2006).The Cure incorporated verses from "Young at Heart" during concert performances of " Why Can't I Be You?" (widely available on bootlegs). 2016 Summer Olympics featurette from Gatorade.Space Cowboys (2000) (in a rendition by Willie Nelson).City Slickers (1991) (Jimmy Durante version),.The song has also been used on the soundtracks of other films, including

Wild Man Fischer recorded an eccentric version that was included on The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records. Van Dyke was recorded using Frank Sinatra's microphone. In 2016, at age 90, Dick Van Dyke recorded a duet with his wife, Arlene, at Capitol Records Studio in Los Angeles, filmed for the HBO special on aging If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, starring Carl Reiner and featuring Mel Brooks, Norman Lear, Stan Lee, Betty White and others over 90 years old. On the 1988 TV Special, Magic in the Magic Kingdom, George Burns sang "Young at Heart" during a musical break. Willie Nelson (on his 2018 album My Way).Michael Bublé (on his album To Be Loved).Barry Manilow (on his album The Greatest Songs of the Fifties).Perry Como (on his 1960 album For the Young at Heart).Rosemary Clooney (on her album While We're Young),.Bing Crosby (charting briefly in 1954 at the number 24 spot),.The song was such a hit that a movie Sinatra was filming at the same time with Doris Day was renamed to match the song title, and the song was included in the opening and closing credits of the movie.Īlthough Frank Sinatra was the first performer to record the song, many other performers who have recorded versions of "Young at Heart" include

Frank Sinatra was the first performer to record the song, which became a million-selling hit in late 1953 (and spilling over with popularity into 1954) where it reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard chart. The song was written and published in 1953, with Leigh contributing the lyrics to what was originally a Richards instrumental called "Moonbeam". " Young at Heart" is a pop standard ballad with music by Johnny Richards and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. 1954 song by Frank Sinatra "Young at Heart"