Life Is Beautiful (Fred Astaire song)
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"Life Is Beautiful" is a 1974 song with music written by Fred Astaire and lyrics by Tommy Wolf. Astaire included the song on his album Attitude Dancing (1976).[1]
Tony Bennett was so impressed with the tune, it became the title track of his album of the same name in 1975.[2] Bennett also performed the song as Astaire looked on during a March 1975 episode of The Merv Griffin Show.
The song became widely known as the closing theme for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[3] In 1987, in memory of Astaire, who had died earlier that year, Carson closed out his 25th Anniversary special with a clip of Astaire singing the song from an appearance on the show in 1976.[4]
