36 on the UK Singles Chart that same year. 13 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100 singles chart in 1961 and No. The Lettermen found their first hit when their version reached No.Bing Crosby and his wife Dixie Lee recorded it as a duet on August 19, 1936.The most popular and imitated version was recorded by Frank Sinatra with the Nelson Riddle orchestra in 1964.Six years passed before the song appeared on the charts again, this time in a version by Benny Goodman with Peggy Lee on vocals and Mel Powell on celeste.
Holiday was 21 when she recorded "The Way You Look Tonight" with a small group led by Wilson in October 1936.