<P> "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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P>

Where are you doing the rest of your life