Here's to the Ladies

Here's to the Ladies
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	October 24, 1995 [1]
Recorded	March–July 1995
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	67:17
Label	Columbia
Producer	David Kahne
Tony Bennett chronology
MTV Unplugged (1995) Here's to the Ladies (1995) Tony Bennett on Holiday (1997)

Here's to the Ladies is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1995. ^[2]

The theme of the album was songs made famous by female singers. The album won Bennett the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance. ^[3] It peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Traditional Jazz Albums chart. ^[4]

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. ^[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Entertainment Weekly	A [7]
Music Week	[8]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that Bennett's "sensitivity to the distaff side of prerock music balances the craggy muscularity of his vocal style." ^[7]

Track listing

1. "People" (Bob Merrill, Jule Styne) 4:44 – Barbra Streisand tribute
2. "I'm in Love Again" (Peggy Lee, Cy Coleman) 3:52 – Peggy Lee tribute
3. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) 3:59 – Judy Garland tribute
4. "My Love Went to London" (T. Seibetta, John Wallowitch) 5:11 – Blossom Dearie tribute
5. "Poor Butterfly" (John Golden, Raymond Hubbell) 5:43 – Sarah Vaughan tribute
6. "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown, Bud Green, Ben Homer) 3:29 – Doris Day tribute
7. "Cloudy Morning" (Marvin Fisher, Joseph Allan McCarthy) 4:44 – Carmen McRae tribute
8. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) 3:47 – Rosemary Clooney tribute
9. "Down in the Depths (On the Ninetieth Floor)" (Cole Porter) 2:11 – Mabel Mercer tribute
10. "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) 2:53 – Margaret Whiting tribute
11. "Tangerine" (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger) 4:06 – Helen O'Connell tribute
12. "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog Jr., Billie Holiday) 2:51 – Billie Holiday tribute
13. "Daybreak" (Harold Adamson, Ferde Grofé) 3:45 – Dinah Washington tribute
14. "You Showed Me the Way" (Ella Fitzgerald, Green, Teddy McRae, Chick Webb) 5:31 – Ella Fitzgerald tribute
15. "Honeysuckle Rose" (Andy Razaf, Fats Waller) 2:57 – Lena Horne tribute
16. "Maybe This Time" (Fred Ebb, John Kander) 3:26 – Liza Minnelli tribute
17. "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) 2:01 – Ethel Merman tribute
18. "My Ideal" (Newell Chase, Leo Robin, Richard Whiting) 1:55 – Margaret Whiting tribute

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Clayton Cameron – drums
• Doug Richeson – double bass
• Lew Soloff – trumpet solos
• unidentified session orchestra and big band (except for tracks 8, 10, 12, 16, 17 & 18)
• Jorge Calandrelli – arranger, conductor of the orchestral charts (tracks 2, 4–7, 13–15)
• Bill Holman – arranger, conductor of the Big Band charts (tracks 1, 3, 9, 11)

References

1. "Here's To The Ladies". tonybennett.com.
2. "Tony Bennett Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
3. "Tony Bennett". Recording Academy. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
4. "Tony Bennett". Billboard.
5. "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
6. "Here's to the Ladies – Tony Bennett | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
7. "Here's to the Ladies". EW.com.
8. "Album Reviews: Tony Bennett — Here's to the Ladies" (PDF). Music Week . Gwent: Pensord Press Ltd. October 28, 1995. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 26, 2025. Retrieved May 6, 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.com.