Dion's version was produced by Humberto Gatica and Guy Roche and released as a promotional single in the United States in November 2002. 'At Last' was covered by Canadian singer Celine Dion and included on her eighteenth studio album, A New Day Has Come (2002). ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. * Sales figures based on certification alone. 115 on Rolling Stone's 'Top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time'. In 2009, James' version was inducted to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Following James' death in 2012, the song again rose in the charts and even reached the top 40. Īfter one of James' other singles, ' Something's Got a Hold on Me', was sampled in two hit singles in 2011 ( Avicii's ' Levels' and Flo Rida's ' Good Feeling'), 'At Last' charted in the United Kingdom for the first time at number 69. James' version, with its passionate vocal and sweeping orchestration, is often used for weddings and wedding receptions. James' recording also reached number 30 in Cashbox magazine. Despite its modest pop chart standing, the song is well-known and is still played regularly on oldies radio stations and has become a musical standard. In April 1961, it became her second number two R&B hit single and crossed over to pop radio, reaching number 47 on the Billboard Hot 100.

'At Last' became R&B singer Etta James's signature song and was the third in a string of successful songs from her Argo Records debut album At Last!. V-Discs were sent to American soldiers and military personnel overseas. War Department during World War II in October 1943 as No. The 1942 RCA Victor studio recording of 'At Last' by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra featuring Ray Eberle on vocals was released as a U.S. This latter rendition was eventually on LP in 1958, in the 20th-Fox double-disc (TCF-100-2) Glenn Miller Compilation of His Original Film Soundtracks. When RCA Victor issued two 10-inch LP soundtracks to Sun Valley Serenade and Orchestra Wives in 1954, to coincide with the theatrical reissue of the two films, the outtake version of 'At Last' from 'Sun Valley Serenade' was included, heard for the first time, but the version in Orchestra Wives was not. The arrangement was by Jerry Gray and Bill Finegan. McMickle (trumpet), Glenn Miller, Jim Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank D'Annolfo (trombone), Lloyd 'Skip' Martin, Wilbur Schwartz (clarinet, alto saxophone), Tex Beneke, Al Klink (tenor saxophone), Ernie Caceres (baritone saxophone), Chummy MacGregor (piano), Bobby Hackett (guitar), Edward 'Doc' Goldberg (string bass), and Maurice Purtill (drums). The personnel on the 1942 studio recording of 'At Last': Ray Eberle (vocals), Billy May, John Best, Steve Lipkins, R.D. It spent a total of 17 weeks on the chart and later became a musical standard. The song entered the US Billboard pop music chart (called 'Songs with the Most Radio Plugs' at the time) on August 1, 1942, at number 17 and peaked at number two on August 29, 1942. A new version was recorded by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra in Hollywood on May 20, 1942, and released by RCA Victor Records as a 78 single, backed with the A-side ' (I've Got a Gal In) Kalamazoo'. Unreleased recordings of the song were made in 1941 by Glenn Miller.

It was sung by Ray Eberle and Bari, again dubbed by Friday. The vocal version was included in the movie Orchestra Wives(1942), which also featured the Glenn Miller orchestra. Let's save one for the next.' The 'At Last' vocal by Payne and Bari was thus deleted from the film, although instrumental versions remained, including in the Black Ice Ballet finale. Studio head Darryl Zanuck reportedly said: 'There are too many big ones in this. Prior to release of Sun Valley Serenade, 'At Last' was performed in the film by Glenn Miller and his orchestra, with vocals by John Payne and Lynn Bari, dubbed by Pat Friday.

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