"That's Life" is a popular song written by Dean Kay and Kelly Gordon and first recorded by Marion Montgomery. The most famous version is by Frank Sinatra, released on his 1966 album of the same name. Both the album and the song proved major successes for Sinatra. The song was a number-four hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and reached number one on the Easy Listening chart for three weeks in December 1966/January 1967.[1]
It was sung on the soundtrack of the 2002 film The Good Thief by Bono, and the Sinatra version was featured in the film A Bronx Tale. Sinatra's version was included on the in-game soundtrack to the video game Tony Hawk's Underground 2. Choreographer Twyla Tharp used the Sinatra version in her ballet "Sinatra Suite," originally performed by Mikhail Baryshnikov.
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Notable Recordings[edit][]
- Marion Montgomery (1964)
- Frank Sinatra – That's Life (1966)
- Della Reese – One More Time: Live at the Playboy Club (1966)
- Aretha Franklin – Aretha Arrives (1967)
- The Temptations – The Temptations in a Mellow Mood (1967)
- Shirley Bassey – And We Were Lovers (1967)
- James Brown – Live at the Apollo, Vol. II (1968)
- Kelly Gordon- Defunked (1969)
- David Lee Roth – Eat 'Em and Smile (1986)
- Van Morrison with Georgie Fame – How Long Has This Been Going On (1996)
- U.S. Bombs – War Birth (1997)
- Los Rodríguez – Para no olvidar (2002)
- The Bluetones – The Singles (2002)
- The Whitlams – Dossa and Joe (2002)
- Bono – The Good Thief Original Soundtrack (2003)
- Westlife – Allow Us to Be Frank (2004)
- Michael Bolton – Bolton Swings Sinatra (2006)
- Michael Bublé – 'Call Me Irresponsible (2007)
- Ray Quinn – Doing It My Way (2007)
- D.O.A. – Punk Rock Singles 1978–1999 (2007)
- Russell Watson – That's Life (2007)
- Alan Cumming – I Bought A Blue Car Today (2009)
- Tommy Körberg – Sjung tills du stupar (2012)
- Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty – Smash Season 2 Episode 12 – "Opening Night" (2013)
- Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Please Return the Evening (2014)