The Best Is Yet to Come (original studio master)

~ Recording by Frank Sinatra & Count Basie

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.8The Best Is Yet to Come2:57Frank Sinatra & Count BasieIt Might as Well Be SwingFrank Sinatra & Count BasieAlbum
Reprise RecordsF-1021
2.11The Best Is Yet to Come2:56Frank SinatraThe Reprise CollectionFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1990-11-20
Reprise Records9 26340-2
1.7The Best Is Yet to Come2:56Frank SinatraSinatra Reprise: The Very Good YearsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1991-03-26
Reprise Records9 26501-2
1.8The Best Is Yet to Come2:57Frank Sinatra & Count BasieIt Might as Well Be SwingFrank Sinatra and Count BasieAlbum
  • US1998-07-08
Reprise Records9 46972-2
8.7The Best Is Yet to Come2:54Frank SinatraThe Complete Reprise Studio RecordingsFrank SinatraAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-10-20
Reprise Records47045‐2

Relationships

recorded in:Los Angeles (on 1964-06-09)
engineer:Lowell Frank (engineer) (on 1964-06-09)
producer:Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (on 1964-06-09)
bass:Buddy Catlett
cello:Ann Goodman
Edgar Lustgarten (, on 1964-06-09)
drums (drum set):Sonny Payne (on 1964-06-09)
guitar:Freddie Green (on 1964-06-09)
percussion:Emil Richards
piano:Count Basie (pianist) (on 1964-06-09)
reeds:Marshall Royal
Eric Dixon (woodwind) (on 1964-06-09)
Frank Foster (saxophonist) (on 1964-06-09)
Charlie Fowlkes (baritone saxophonist) (on 1964-06-09)
Frank Wess (on 1964-06-09)
trombone:Henderson Chambers
Henry Coker (jazz trombonist) (on 1964-06-09)
Bill Hughes (jazz trombonist) (on 1964-06-09)
Grover Mitchell (trombone) (on 1964-06-09)
Ken Shroyer (trombonist) (on 1964-06-09)
trumpet:George Cohn
Don Rader (US jazz trumpeter and music arranger)
Al Aarons (American jazz trumpeter, who also played the horn, flugelhorn) (on 1964-06-09)
Wallace Davenport (on 1964-06-09)
Harry “Sweets” Edison (on 1964-06-09)
Al Porcino (on 1964-06-09)
vibraphone:Emil Richards (on 1964-06-09)
viola:Alvin Dinkin
Stanley Harris (US big band viola player)
Virginia Majewski (violist)
Paul Robyn
violin:Israel Baker (American violinist)
Thelma Beach
Bonnie Douglas
Jacques Gasselin
James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist)
Erno Neufeld
Lou Raderman
Paul Shure
Marshall Sosson
Gerald Vinci (American violinist and strings conductor)
vocals:Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”) (on 1964-06-09)
orchestra:Count Basie and His Orchestra (on 1964-06-09)
conductor:Quincy Jones
arranger:Quincy Jones (on 1964-06-09)
sampled by:You Must Remember This #14, “Hollywood Frame by Frame #3: Bacall, After Bogart” by Karina Longworth (film historian & podcaster, You Must Remember This)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440858123 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/0mF3Ysmjl4QluLh4sZVnzf [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/71483061 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440858123 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/23031376 [info]
recording of:The Best Is Yet to Come (on 1964-06-09: cover)
The Best Is Yet to Come (on 1964-06-09)

The Best Is Yet to Come

lyricist:Carolyn Leigh (in 1959)
composer:Cy Coleman (in 1959)
publisher:Carwin Music, Inc.
EMI U Catalog Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Notable Music
Notable Music Co., Inc.
WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
arrangements:The Best Is Yet to Come (Tony Bennett dual language arrangement) (translated)