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Tonight
Music written by: Leonard Bernstein
Lyrics written by: Stephen Sondheim
First performance: Tonight by Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence in stage production West Side Story (September 26, 1957)
First release: Tonight by Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence on audio album West Side Story (1957)


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Lyrics:
Tonight, tonight, won't be just any night
Tonight there will be no morning star

Tonight, tonight, I'll see my love tonight
And for us, stars will stop where they are

Today, the minutes seem like hours
The hours go so slowly
And still the sky is light

Oh moon, grow bright and make this endless day
Endless night, tonight

Today, the world was just an adress
A place for me to live in
No better than all right.

But here you are, and what was just a world
Is a star, tonight

Singers:

1  Larry Kert & Carol Lawrence 1957 2  Barry Kendall February 1959 3  Johnny Mathis January 1960 4  Marian McPartland 1960 5  The Four Lads, Arranged and Conducted by Frank DeVol 1960 6  The Dave Brubeck Quartet 1960 7  Stan Kenton 1961 8  Jimmy Bryant 1961 9 Ferrante and Teicher (billboard hot 100, billboard adult contemporary) 1961 10 Shirley Bassey January 1962 11  Jay and The Americans 1962 12  Eddie Harris 1962 13  Ted Heath and His Music 1962 14  Andy Williams 1962 15  Ellen Winther & Kai Mortensen's orkester 1962 16  Shorty Rogers and His Giants 1962 17  Roger Williams 1962 18 Nancy Wilson March 1963 19 Enoch Light and His Orchestra 1963 20 The Shadows May 1964 21 Quartette Trés Bien 1964 22 The Drifters February 1965 23 We Five 1965 24 Gene Pitney 1965 25 Gerry and the Pacemakers 1966 26 The Sunjet Serenaders Steelband 1966 27 George Arvanitas Trio 1970 28 Stelvio Cipriani September 1974 29 The Look November 1981 30 Medley West Side Story Richard Clayderman 1982 31 Carlos Barbosa-Lima & Sharon Isbin 1988 32 The Mark Kross Trio 1989 33 José Carreras 1990 34 Schlong With Andrew Asp and Melissa MacArthur 1995 35 Thomas Allen and Valerie Masterson 1995 36 Kenny Loggins & Wynonna 1996 37 Magni Wentzel 1997 38 Charlotte Church 2001 39 David Arkenstone 2005 40 Maria//America Alti & Bassi 2006 41  Andrew Heller 2006 42 Vittorio Grigolo September 25, 2007 43/Somewhere Dee Snider (featuring Patti LuPone) May 8, 2012 44 Il Divo November 5, 2013

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