Meglio stasera Meglio stasera "Meglio stasera" (known in English as "It Had Better Be Tonight") is a 1963 song in samba rhythm with music by Henry Mancini, Italian lyrics by Franco Migliacci and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer. It was composed for the 1963 film "The Pink Panther" where it was performed by Fran Jeffries. In addition to the vocal performance, instrumental portions of the song appear in the film's underscore, sometimes as an introduction to the main "Pink Panther Theme". The beginning of the song, in the original Italian, is here followed by a literal translation and the first two lines
Monica Mancini with Plácido Domingo, Quincy Jones and Michael Jackson. Monica Mancini Monica Jo Mancini (born May 4, 1952) is an American singer and the daughter of composer Henry Mancini. Mancini grew up in Northridge, California. Her father, Henry, was a popular, award winning composer and her mother, Virginia, was a singer. She listened more to the Beatles than to her father's music. When she was fourteen, she sang professionally with the Henry Mancini Chorus, as did her mother and sister. She became a freelance, studio singer in Los Angeles. Her debut album, "Monica Mancini" (1998) was accompanied by a television special