The Shadow of Your Smile

For other uses, see The Shadow of Your Smile (disambiguation).

"The Shadow of Your Smile", also known as "Love Theme from The Sandpiper", is a popular song. The music was written by Johnny Mandel with the lyrics written by Paul Francis Webster. The song was introduced in the 1965 film The Sandpiper, with a trumpet solo by Jack Sheldon and later became a minor hit for Tony Bennett (Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted his version as well). It won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and the Academy Award for Best Original Song.^[1] In 2004, the song finished at number 77 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs poll of the top tunes in American cinema.^[2]

"The Shadow of Your Smile"
Song by Jack Sheldon
from the album The Sandpiper
Released	1965 (1965)
Recorded	June 23, 1965 (1965-06-23)
Studio	Filmways
Genre	Vocal Easy Listening
Length	2:31
Label	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Songwriter(s)	Johnny Mandel Paul Francis Webster
Producer(s)	Martin Ransohoff

Other versions

• Astrud Gilberto – The Shadow of Your Smile (1965)^[3][4]
• Johnny Mandel with Jack Sheldon – The Sandpiper (1965)^[3]
• Wes Montgomery – Bumpin' (1965)^[3]
• Barbra Streisand - My Name Is Barbra, Two... (1965)
• Gerry Mulligan – Feelin' Good (1965)
• Shirley Bassey - I've Got a Song for You - UK Shirley Means Bassey - USA - (1966)
• Vic Damone – Stay with Me (1966)
• Bobby Darin – Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow of Your Smile^[5] (1966)
• Hampton Hawes – I'm All Smiles (1966)^[3]
• Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – What Now My Love (1966)
• Tony Bennett with Jimmy Rowles – The Movie Song Album (1966)^[3]
• Johnny Mathis – The Shadow of Your Smile (1966)
• Andy Williams – The Shadow of Your Smile (1966)
• Oscar Peterson – Blues Etude (1966)^[3]
• Boots Randolph - Monument single, reached #93 on the Billboard Hot 100 (1966)^[6]
• Pablo Beltrán Ruiz - La Sombra de tu Sonrisa (1966)^[7]
• Frank Sinatra and Count Basie – Sinatra at the Sands (1966)
• Ella Fitzgerald – The Voice of Jazz (1966)
• Nancy Sinatra – How Does That Grab You? (1966)
• Sammy Davis Jr. – Sammy Davis Jr. Sings and Laurindo Almeida Plays (1966)
• Bill Evans – Further Conversations with Myself (1967)^[3]
• Jerry Vale – The Impossible Dream (1967)
• Jack McDuff - Tobacco Road (1967)
• Johnny Smith - Johnny Smith (1967)
• Clare Fischer – Songs for Rainy Day Lovers^[8] (1967)
• Henry Mancini – Mancini '67 (1967)
• Oliver Nelson – Sound Pieces (1967)
• Archie Shepp – One for the Trane, Live in Donaueschingen (1967)
• The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You (1968)
• Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love (1968)^[9]
• Ann Burton – Ballads and Burton (1969)
• Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour (1969)
• Perry Como – The Shadow of Your Smile (1972)
• Baden Powell (guitarist) - Solitude on Guitar (1973)
• Collage (Brian Bennett / Dave Richmond / Alan Hawkshaw) – Misty (Studio 2 Stereo) (1973)^[3]
• Earl Klugh – Earl Klugh (album) Live Version (1976)
• D Train – Music (1983)^{[10][circular reference]}
• Pieces of a Dream – Imagine This (1983)^[11]
• Rita Reys – Memories of You (1983)
• Udo Lindenberg – Germans / The Shadow of Your Smile (1984)
• Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet - Extra Time (1991)
• Salena Jones – In Hollywood - Making Love (1994)
• Benny Carter – New York Nights (1995)^[3]
• Marvin Gaye - Vulnerable (1997)
• Hank Jones with Elvin Jones – Someday My Prince Will Come (2002)^[3]
• Tony Bennett with Juanes – Duets: An American Classic (2006)
• Jack Sheldon – Listen Up (2006)^[3]
• Andy Williams with Chris Botti – I Don't Remember Ever Growing Up (2007)
• Dave Koz – At the Movies (2007)
• Takuya Kuroda - Edge (2011)
• Bill Frisell – When You Wish Upon a Star (2016)