I've Gotta Be Me | ||||
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Released | Early August 1969 [1] | |||
Recorded | November 25, 1968 (#6, 8) January 17, 1969 (#2, 11) February 25, 1969 (#4, 7, 10) March 27, 1969 (#1, 3, 5, 9) | |||
Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 36:10 | |||
Label | Columbia CS 9882 | |||
Producer | Jimmy Wisner | |||
Tony Bennett chronology | ||||
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I've Gotta Be Me is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, [2] originally released in 1969 on Columbia as CS 9882.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated September 6, 1969, and remained on the album chart for 5 weeks, peaking at No. 137 [3]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on June 30, 2009 as tracks 11 through 13 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 10 consisting of Bennett's studio album from December 1967, For Once in My Life. [4]
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. [5]
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald described the album as "Terrific Album." [7]
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