What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life ? - Wikipedia What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life ? `` What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life ? '' is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending, in which Michael Dees sings it. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Legrand won the 1973 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying a Vocalist for a version performed by Sarah Vaughan. More than thirty years later, Billy Childs, Gil Goldstein, and Heitor Pereira won the 2006 Grammy Award for the same category for a version performed by Chris Botti and Sting. Apart from the award winning versions, the song has been covered by many artists, notably a version by Barbra Streisand issued by Columbia Records in 1973 as the B - side of her hit `` The Way We Were ''. This song made a comeback in 2006 with a version by British songstress Dusty Springfield when it was featured in commercials for the Journey Diamond collection. There is also a song called `` What Are You Doin ' the Rest of Your Life ? '' in the 1944 film Hollywood Canteen, performed by Jack Carson and Jane Wyman with the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra. References Jump up ^ `` Experience over eight decades of the Oscars from 1927 to 2017 ''. Oscars.org. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Winners : Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist ( s ) / Best Background Arrangement ( 1972 ) ''. Grammy.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017. External links `` Alan and Marilyn Bergman Keep the Music Playing '', interview ( 10 : 12 ) with the Bergmans about the song on NPR, August 21, 2007 Michael Legrand sings `` What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life ? '' on YouTube, from Playboy After Dark, May 5, 1970 This 1960s pop song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=What_Are_You_Doing_the_Rest_of_Your_Life%3F&oldid=815145794 '' Categories : 1960s pop song stubs 1969 songs Love themes Songs written for films Songs with music by Michel Legrand Songs with lyrics by Alan Bergman Songs with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist ( s ) Hidden categories : All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2017 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Norsk nynorsk Suomi Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 13 December 2017, at 01 : 12. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote what are you doing the rest of your life
Answer: Alan Bergman