Tonight (1956 song) Tonight (1956 song) "Tonight" is a popular song with music written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and was published in 1956. It was introduced in the Broadway musical "West Side Story." The movie version, featuring vocals by Marni Nixon (dubbing Natalie Wood) and Jimmy Bryant (dubbing Richard Beymer), finished at #59 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. The song was revived in 1961 on single records in versions by Ferrante & Teicher (#8 pop, #2 easy listening) and Eddie Fisher, whose version narrowly missed the Top 40. Shirley Bassey recorded
Pets (song) radio play. No material was cut; the edit had virtually the same running length as the album version. Commercially, the song reached No. 67 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100, No. 1 on the "Billboard" Modern Rock Tracks chart and No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart. In Australia, "Pets" was the 33rd most popular radio hit on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 1993. Most versions of the single included the previously unreleased non-album track "Tonight", recorded during the "Porno for Pyros" album sessions. "Tonight" is a cover of a song written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim