"All the Way" is a song published in
1957 by Maraville Music Corporation. The music was written by
Jimmy Van Heusen with lyrics by
Sammy Cahn.[1]
Frank Sinatra recording
In 1957, a recording of "All the Way", was made famous by
Frank Sinatra[2] It was introduced in the film The Joker Is Wild.[1] Sinatra also had the best-selling recorded version of the song. Aside from this song, he also sang "
Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)" for the movie. It wound up as the flipside of "All the Way" when
Capitol Records released the song as a single. The single reached #15 in sales and #2 in airplay in Billboard's charts.[3] The track peaked at #3 in the
UK Singles Chart.[1]
The song in its orchestral arrangement by
Nelson Riddle received the
1957Academy Award for Best Original Song.[1]
Sinatra rerecorded the song, with a Nelson Riddle arrangement, for his 1963 album Sinatra's Sinatra.
Translations
Mina performed "Si, amor", the Italian version of the song, in Canzonissima, a 1968
RAI musical variety series.
Neil Sedaka also recorded "Si, amor" in the mid-1960s.
Céline Dion performed "All The Way" in 1998-1999 as the final part of an acoustic medley during her
Let's Talk About Love World Tour. She also recorded "All the Way" as a duet with Sinatra (using the vocals from his 1963
Reprise recording) on her 1999 compilation album All the Way… A Decade of Song and also performed the song in virtual duet in her
Las Vegas show,
A New Day.... This version of the song was nominated for a
Grammy Award for Best Collaboration. She sang the song at the "Sinatra 100 — An All-Star GRAMMY Concert" in Las Vegas on December 6, 2015.
Jeffrey Osborne recorded a version of "All the Way" which was featured in the 1991 motion picture (and soundtrack) Dying Young, starring
Julia Roberts. The soundtrack from Dying Young was composed and produced by
James Newton Howard.
Nicholas Lyndhurst, as time traveller Gary Sparrow, sang it on an episode of the sitcom
Goodnight Sweetheart, claiming that he had written the song himself.