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All the Way
Written: 1957	Music by: Jimmy Van Heusen	Words by: Sammy Cahn	Written for: The Joker Is Wild (movie, 1957)
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*About the Movie The Joker Is Wild* / Origins of the Song**
Quite a few songs used in The Joker Is Wild other than "All the Way" are included in the Cafe Songbook Catalog of The Great American Songbook (all from the Twenties and very early "Thirties"): "At Sundown" (sung by Sinatra), "I Cried for You" (sung by Sinatra), "If I Could Be With You" (sung by Sinatra), "Out of Nowhere" (sung by Sinatra), "Swinging On A Star" (sung by Sinatra), "Chicago (that toddlin' town), (instrumental theme of the film.) "June In January" (sung by Crosby on a record) "Bye Bye Baby" (instrumental only), but only "All the Way" was written expressly for The Joker Is Wild. For a complete list of songs used in this movie, see IMDB soundtracks. Sinatra's version for the Movie The Joker Is Wild won the Academy Award for best song in 1957.	The Joker Is Wild is a 1957 movie starring Frank Sinatra, Jeanne Crain, Mitzi Gaynor, and Eddie Albert that tells the story of nightclub entertainer Joe E. Lewis who was popular from the 1920's through the 1950's. "All the Way" is introduced by Sinatra playing Lewis who sings the song as part of his act. The song is briefly reprised at the end of the film, after mobsters have cut the entertainer's throat and damaged his vocal chords rendering him unable to sing. The film concludes with" Lewis/Sinatra convincing himself he can still perform as a comedian, while Sinatra/Lewis is heard singing "All the Way" in the background. closing scene from the Joker Is Wild beginning with a few bars of "All The Way" This studio recording from August 13, 1957 (over a photo montage of scenes from The Joker is Wild) has an arrangement by Nelson Riddle and can be found on various CDs including Classic Sinatra - His Great Performances 1953-1960 Amazon \|\| iTunes
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Sinatra 1957: Dantz Music Studio
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