In 1962, a music publisher brought John Kander and Fred Ebb together and suggested that they become a songwriting team. This wistful song of lost love, told in terms of colour, was their first effort and a major hit. Although they wrote it with supper-club and comedienne Kaye Ballard in mind, it became a hit for recording artist Sandy Stewart, who introduced it on one of the top TV programmes of the year, 'The Perry Como Show'! Kander and Ebb quickly moved from Tin Pan Alley to Broadway and started writing musicals with great success. Among their achievements: 'Cabaret', 'The Happy Time', 'Zorba', and 'Chicago'.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )