"strangers in the night" has been performed an estimated four million times since sinatra recorded his version. the song won snyder a golden globe award for best original song in a film in 1966. snyder wrote the lyrics of "spanish eyes" for al martino in 1965, which became a hit in the united kingdom in 1973. in 1966 he wrote "every now and then" for doris day with composer richard ahlert.