My Heart Sings (album)

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My Heart Sings
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1961 [1]
RecordedApril 4–6, 1961
Studio CBS 30th Street Studio, New York
Genre Vocal jazz
Length34:20
Label Columbia
CL 1658
CS 8458
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
New Record Mirror 3/5 [2]

My Heart Sings is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. [3] It was recorded in 1961 and released the same year on Columbia as CL 1658. So far, it has been released on CD only in Japan by Sony/CBS.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) - 3:00
  2. "Dancing in the Dark" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:32
  3. "I'm Coming Virginia" (Will Cook, Donald Heywood) - 2:58
  4. "(All of a Sudden) My Heart Sings" (Harold Rome, Jean Marie Blanvillain, Henry Herpin) - 3:16
  5. "It Never Was You" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 3:04
  6. "You Took Advantage of Me" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:25
  7. "Close Your Eyes" (Bernice Petkere) - 2:20
  8. "Stella by Starlight" (Ned Washington, Victor Young) - 2:26
  9. "More Than You Know" (Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans, Edward Eliscu) - 3:40
  10. "My Ship" (Ira Gershwin, Weill)- 3:10
  11. "Lover Man" (Roger Ramirez, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Sherman) - 3:35
  12. "Toot, Toot, Tootsie! (Goodbye)" (Ted Fiorito, Ernie Erdman, Dan Russo, Gus Kahn) - 1:54

Recorded on April 4 (#1, 3-4, 6, 9, 11), April 5 (#7, 12) and April 6 (#2, 5, 8, 10), 1961.

Personnel

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References

  1. Billboard Aug 21, 1961
  2. Watson, Jimmy (28 October 1961). "Tony Bennett: My Heart Sings" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 33. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. My Heart Sings at RYM