The lyrics of the Sinatra versions differ slightly from Ebb's original lyrics. From the latter, an electronic duet with Tony Bennett was produced for Sinatra's Duets album.
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The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male and Sinatra made two more studio recordings of the song in 1981 (for his NBC TV special The Man and His Music) and 1993 (for Capitol Records). The song made a minor showing in the UK (#59) however, it recharted several years later and reached #4 in 1986. It was also an Adult Contemporary hit, reaching #10 in the US and #2 in Canada. Sinatra's recording peaked at #32 in June 1980, becoming his final Top 40 hit. Sinatra recorded it a second time for his 1993 album Duets, with Tony Bennett. Sinatra occasionally performed the song live with Minnelli as a duet. Don Costa received a Grammy nomination for the energetic orchestration. In 1979, "Theme from New York, New York" was recorded by Frank Sinatra for his album Trilogy: Past Present Future (1980), and became closely associated with him as one of his signature songs. The song did not become a popular hit until it was picked up in concert by Frank Sinatra during his performances at Radio City Music Hall in October 1978. In 2004 it ranked #31 on AFI's 100 Years.100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema.Ĭomposer John Kander and Lyricist Fred Ebb stated on the A&E Biography episode about Liza Minnelli, that they attribute the song's success to actor Robert De Niro, who rejected their original theme for the film because he thought it was "too weak". It remains one of the best-known songs about New York City. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli. " Theme from New York, New York", often abbreviated to just " New York, New York", is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York (1977), composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. From the album Trilogy: Past Present Future
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