Here 's to Life - wikipedia Here 's to Life Here 's to Life Studio album by Shirley Horn Released 1992 Recorded September 1991 Genre Vocal jazz Label Verve Producer Johnny Mandel Shirley Horn chronology You Wo n't Forget Me ( 1991 ) You Wo n't Forget Me 1991 Here 's to Life ( 1992 ) Light Out of Darkness ( A Tribute to Ray Charles ) ( 1992 ) Light Out of Darkness ( A Tribute to Ray Charles ) 1992 Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Here 's to Life is a 1992 studio album by Shirley Horn, arranged by Johnny Mandel ( also the composer of three of the songs on the album ), who received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal ( s ) on this album. The title track `` Here 's to Life '' became Horn 's signature song. The music was written by Artie Butler and the poignant lyrics were written by Phyllis Molinary. The lyric is known, world - wide, as one of her finest works and the song is considered a `` modern day jazz standard. '' `` If You Love Me '' is her interpretation of the passionate `` Hymne à l'amour '', made famous by Edith Piaf. Summer is the first English version of the Italian standard `` Estate ''. Horn ordered English lyrics after hearing Joao Gilberto 's version, which spread the song 's worldwide fame. Track listing `` Here 's to Life '' ( Artie Butler, Phyllis Molinary ) -- 5 : 37 `` Come a Little Closer '' / `` Wild Is the Wind '' ( John Wallowitch ) / ( Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington ) -- 7 : 27 `` How Am I to Know ? '' ( Jack King, Dorothy Parker ) -- 3 : 23 `` A Time for Love '' ( Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster ) -- 6 : 45 `` Where Do You Start ? '' ( Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel ) -- 4 : 36 `` You 're Nearer '' ( Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers ) -- 3 : 32 `` Return to Paradise '' ( Tiomkin, Washington ) -- 5 : 09 `` Is n't It a Pity ? '' ( George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin ) -- 5 : 47 `` Quietly There '' ( Morgan Ames, Johnny Mandel ) -- 6 : 09 `` If You Love Me '' ( Marguerite Monnot, Geoff Parsons ) -- 6 : 02 `` Summer ( Estaté ) '' ( Bruno Brighetti, Bruno Martino, Joel E. Siegel ) -- 7 : 38 Personnel Shirley Horn -- vocals, piano Wynton Marsalis - trumpet Johnny Mandel - arranger, conductor Alan Broadbent -- piano Charles Ables -- bass References Jump up ^ Allmusic review Jump up ^ `` Winners. 35th Annual GRAMMY Awards ( 1992 ) ''. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Here%27s_to_Life&oldid=819628006 '' Categories : 1992 albums Shirley Horn albums Albums arranged by Johnny Mandel Verve Records albums Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Talk About Wikipedia Français Edit links This page was last edited on 10 January 2018, at 12 : 05. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song here's to life
Answer: The music was written by Artie Butler