HOW DO YOU KEEP THE MUSIC PLAYING?
From the film "Best Friends" (1982)
(Lyrics: Alan & Marilyn Bergman / Music: Michel Legrand)


James Ingram & Patti Austin (Film Soundtrack) - 1982
Frank Sinatra (with Quincy Jones' Orch.) - 1984
Barbra Streisand - 1984
Tony Bennett - 1986
Andy Williams - 1986
Susannah McCorkle - 1986
Sandra Reemer - 1989
George Benson & Carmen Bradford - 1990
Shirley Bassey - 1991
Johnny Mathis - 1993
Nana Mouskouri & Harry Belafonte - 1993
Frank Sinatra & Lorrie Morgan - 1994
Maureen McGovern - 1997
Laura Fygi - 1997
Paul de Leeuw - 1997 (Dutch title "Zal De Muziek Voor Altijd Spelen")
Frankie Laine - 1998
Marco Bakker - 2000 (Dutch title "Zolang Je Licht Maar Schijnt")
Julie Lendon Stone - 2000
Barbra Streisand - 2003 (re-recording)
Ellen Winters - 2004
Betty Joplin - 2005
Amici - 2005
Tony Bennett & George Michael - 2006
Katie Eagleson - 2007
Hilary Kole - 2010
Melissa Errico - 2011
Tony Bennett & Aretha Franklin - 2011
Akiko Uesugi - 2012
Celine Dion - 2013
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - 2014


Also recorded by:
Robin Meloy Goldsby; Jacki Gore; Denyce Graves; Steve Smith; Bob Stewart;
Judy Connelli; Four Freshmen; Dionne Warwick; Sylvia Sims; The Governors;
Nancy Marano; Freddy Cole; Norman Simmons; Bill O'Connell; Nicky DePaola;
Walter Boeykins; Gary LeMel; David Osborne; Freddy Cole; Michael Feinstein;
Carl Anderson; Ray Anthony; Gary Bartz; Liz Ott; Leslie Uggams; Larry Willis;
Joe Longthorne; Lance Ellington; Julius LaRosa; Murray Ross; Arturo Sandoval;
Peggy Herman; Milt Jackson; Miles Jaye; Gail Johnson; June Katz; Roslyn Kind;
Deborah Offenhauser; Emile Pandolfi; Marcus Printup; Kitt Moran; Tito Nieves;
Simone Kopmajer; Van Craven ............... and many others.




How do you keep the music playing
How do you make it last
How do you keep the song from fading too fast


How do you lose yourself to someone
And never lose your way
How do you not run out of new things to say


And since we know we're always changing
How can it be the same
And tell me how year after year
You're sure your heart will fall apart
Each time you hear his name


I know the way I feel for you, it's now or never
The more I love, the more that I'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever, forever


If we can be the best of lovers, yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose the music never ends


I know the way I feel for you, it's now or never
The more I love the more that I'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever, forever


If we can be the best of lovers, yet be the best of friends
If we can try with every day to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose the music never ends



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - June 2015)