Tony (album)
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| Released | January 14, 1957 | |||
| Recorded | June 6 & September 11-13, 1956 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 33:27 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 938 | |||
| Producer | Ernest Altschuler | |||
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Tony is a 1957 Columbia US album (CL938) and Philips UK album (BBL 7138) re-titled "Tony Bennett Showcase", by singer Tony Bennett It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957.[1]
Track listing
- "It Had to Be You" (Jones, Kahn) - 2:58
- "You Can Depend on Me" (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Hines) - 2:14
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (David, Ellington) - 3:29
- "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) - 2:09
- "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 3:28
- "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (Fields, McHugh) - 2:37
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Dubin, Warren) - 2:32
- "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 2:48
- "Always" (Berlin) - 2:59
- "Love Walked In" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:00
- "Lost in the Stars" (Anderson, Weill) - 3:25
- "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Rose, Youmans) - 2:48
Tracks recorded on June 6 (#11), September 11 (#1-4), September 12 (#5, 8, 10, 12), September 13 (#6-7, 9), 1956.
Personnel
- Tony Bennett - vocals
- Orchestra conducted by Ray Conniff (#1-10 & 12) and Percy Faith (#11)
- Gil Evans - arranger
- A. Epstein, A. Howard, Bernard Kaufman, J. Palmer, E. Powell, F. Schwartz, Wolf Taninbaum, W. Versaci, Stan Webb, Milt Yaner - r
- Phil Bodner - alto sax, tenor sax, cl
- Peter Pumiglio - alto sax, cl
- Billy Butterfield, Bernie Glow, Dale McMickle, Jimmy Nottingham, Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen - trumpet
- Robert Alexander, Larry Altpeter, Albert Godlis, Urbie Green, T. Mitchell, Jack Satterfield - trombone
- Dick Hyman, Bernie Leighton - piano
- D. Arnone, Al Caiola, Chuck Wayne - guitar
- I. Cusikoff, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Schuman - vc
- Frank Carroll - bass
- H. Breuer, William Exiner, M. Grupp - drums
- Mike Stewart - backing vocals
Strings
- R. Bocho, Julius Brand, Samuel Carmell, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, H. Hoffman, Leo Kruczek, Milton Lomask, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Julius Schachter - violin
- Sidney Brecher, Richard Dickler - viola