The Best of Everything

The title song for the 1959 20th Century Fox drama starring Hope Lange and Joan Crawford earned Cahn an Academy Award nomination — one of his few collaborations with legendary film composer Alfred Newman. Johnny Mathis’s velvet recording was perfectly matched to the song’s romantic sweep.

A reminder of Cahn’s remarkable versatility — equally at home with Van Heusen’s jazz-inflected swing as with Newman’s lush, orchestral Hollywood sound.