It was introduced by Frank Sinatra in the 1955 television production Our Town that aired on Producers' Showcase. He went on to have a major 1955 chart hit with it. A competing version by Dinah Shore also achieved popularity.
Included in Peggy Lee 1961 Capitol T-1475 LP album Olé ala Lee. 
The Sinatra version was later used as the theme song for the long-running sitcom Married... with Children.