Summer of '42 (Tony Bennett album)

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Summer of '42
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Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedJanuary 12, 1972 [1]
Genre Vocal jazz
Length32:39
Label Columbia
C 31219 [2]
Tony Bennett chronology
Love Story
(1971)		Summer of '42
(1972)		 With Love
(1972)

Summer of '42 is a studio album by Tony Bennett, released on January 12, 1972, by Columbia Records. [1] It was arranged by Torrie Zito, Robert Farnon, Marion Evans and Frank De Vol. [1]

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated February 19, 1972, and remained on the chart for four weeks, peaking at No. 182 [3] It debuted on the Cash Box albums chart in the issue dated February 26, 1972, and remained on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 150. [4]

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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". [7]

Track listing

  1. "Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" (Michel Legrand, Alan and Marilyn Bergman) – 3:34
  2. "Walkabout" (John Barry, Don Black) – 2:38
  3. "It Was Me" (Gilbert Bécaud, Norman Gimbel) – 3:04
  4. "Losing My Mind" (Stephen Sondheim) – 2:50
  5. "Till" (Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman) – 2:58
  6. "Somewhere Along the Line" (Dinah Washington, Walter Merrick) – 3:00
  7. "Coffee Break" (James Moody) – 2:10
  8. "More and More" (Sacha Distel, R. I. Allen) – 3:04
  9. "Irena" (Robert Farnon) – 2:44
  10. "My Inamorata" – (John Williams, Johnny Mercer) 3:39
  11. "The Shining Sea" (Johnny Mandel, Peggy Lee) – 2:48

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Top LPs (Billboard) [3] 182
US Cash Box [4] 150

Personnel

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Summer of '42 | The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography" . Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Tony Bennett – Summer Of '42". Discogs.com. 1972. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
  4. 1 2 Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  5. ↑ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". AllMusic. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  6. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Album Pop Spotlight Review: Summer of '42". Billboard . Vol. 84, no. 6. February 5, 1972. p. 54.
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