| Summer of '42 | ||||
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| Released | February 1972 [1] | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Label | Columbia C 31219 [2] | |||
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Summer of '42 is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1972. The album reached a peak position of number 182 on the Billboard 200. [3] [4] It was arranged by Torrie Zito, Robert Farnon, Marion Evans and Frank De Vol. [1]
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. [5]
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| Source | Rating |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [6] |
Billboard reviewed Summer of '42 upon its release and wrote that "Bennett comes up with a winner in this package of exceptional performances of some of today's best material". [1]
Robert Joseph FarnonCM was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a composer of original works, he was commissioned by film and television producers for theme and incidental music. In later life he composed a number of more serious orchestral works, including three symphonies, and was recognised with four Ivor Novello awards and the Order of Canada.
L.A. Is My Lady is the fifty-seventh and final solo studio album by American singer Frank Sinatra, released in 1984 and produced by Quincy Jones. While the album was Sinatra's last, he recorded five further songs, only four of which have been officially released.
Duets: An American Classic is a studio album by Tony Bennett, released in 2006 via Columbia label.
MTV Unplugged is a live album by Tony Bennett that was released in 1994. Backed by the Ralph Sharon Trio, Bennett appeared on the TV show MTV Unplugged to showcase the Great American Songbook with guest appearances by Elvis Costello and k.d. lang.
Strike Up the Band is a 1959 studio album by Tony Bennett with the Count Basie Orchestra. The album was released at first with the title Basie Swings, Bennett Sings as SR-25072, featuring a different cover and track order.
I Wanna Be Around... is a 1963 album by singer Tony Bennett.
The Movie Song Album is a 1966 studio album by Tony Bennett. The album consists of songs from films, opening with the theme from The Oscar, in which Bennett had recently appeared. With this project of such high quality of song material and collaborators, he was to describe the album in his autobiography as his "all time favorite record".
Who Can I Turn To is a 1964 studio album by Tony Bennett.
Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album is a 1968 studio album by Tony Bennett, his first Christmas album. It was arranged and conducted by Robert Farnon.
Everything Happens to Me is a 1996 compilation album by Frank Sinatra. The tracks were selected by Sinatra himself as his favorites and represent more of the tear-jerking "saloon songs" side of his catalog, including "The Gal That Got Away" and "Drinking Again", as well as nostalgic masterpieces "Summer Wind" and "Yesterday".
This Is All I Ask is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1963.
For Once in My Life is an album by Tony Bennett, released in December 1967.
Love Story is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1971. The album reached a peak position of number 67 on the Billboard 200. The album was conducted and arranged by Dick Hyman, Marion Evans, Marty Manning, Ralph Burns and Torrie Zito.
With Love is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1972. The album peaked at number 167 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart.
The Good Things in Life is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1972. The album reached a peak position of number 196 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The back cover of the album features a painting by Mr Bennett of himself and conductor Robert Farnon.
Tony Makes It Happen is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, originally released in 1967 on Columbia as CL 2653.
I've Gotta Be Me is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, originally released in 1969 on Columbia as CS 9882.
Life Is Beautiful is an album released by Tony Bennett in 1975. It was named after the song written by Fred Astaire. The album was the first project of Bennett's own Improv label. The album was Bennett's tribute to the American songbook featuring songs of Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin and others. The pianist, Torrie Zito, wrote new arrangements for Bennett's large session orchestra. The album was reissued by Concord with the addition of a separately recorded 13-minute Cole Porter medley.
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town was a British television series hosted by American pop standards and jazz singer Tony Bennett that aired during 1972. It was staged in London from the Talk of the Town nightclub in conjunction with Thames Television. In the United States and Canada, the programme was known as This Is Music, and was aired in 1974 and 1976, respectively.
