What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending in which Michael Dees sings it. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Legrand won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for a version performed by Sarah Vaughan. More than thirty years later, Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, and Heitor Pereira won the 2006 Grammy Award for the same category for a version performed by Chris Botti and Sting.
Apart from the award winning versions, the song has been covered by many artists including Della Reese, Julie Andrews, Pat Boone, Chris Connor, Diana Ross, Maysa, Shirley Bassey, Bill Evans, Ferrante & Teicher, Jack Jones, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Carmen McRae, Jaye P. Morgan, Alison Moyet, Joe Pass, Frank Sinatra, Dusty Springfield, Barbra Streisand, Rita Reys, Andy Williams, Michael Bolton, Rick Braun, Scott Walker and Hiba Tawaji.[1][2]
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- NPR interview with the Bergmans about song (10:12)
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