The Many Moods of Tony

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The Many Moods of Tony
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Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedFebruary 1964 [1]
Genre Vocal jazz
Label Columbia
Tony Bennett chronology
This Is All I Ask
(1963)		The Many Moods of Tony
(1964)		 When Lights Are Low
(1964)
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The Many Moods of Tony is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1964. The album reached a peak position of number 20 on the Billboard 200. [3]

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011. [4]

Track listing

  1. "The Little Boy" (Al Stillman, Guy Wood) – 2:22
  2. "When Joanna Loved Me" (Jack Segal, Robert Wells) – 3:05
  3. "A Taste of Honey" (Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow) – 2:51
  4. "Soon It's Gonna Rain" (Harvey Schmidt, Tom Jones) – 3:40
  5. "The Kid's A Dreamer (The Kid From Fool's Paradise)" featuring Bobby Hacket on cornet (Douglas Arthur, Herb Hendler) – 2:34
  6. "So Long, Big Time!" (Harold Arlen, Dory Langdon) – 3:51
  7. "Don't Wait Too Long" (Sunny Skylar) – 2:36
  8. "Caravan" featuring Chico Hamilton on drums and arranged and conducted by Ralph Sharon (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, and Juan Tizol) – 2:42
  9. "Spring In Manhattan" featuring the Will Bronson Singers (Alice Reach, Anthony Scibetta) – 2:32
  10. "I'll Be Around" featuring Bobby Hackett on cornet (Alec Wilder) – 3:05
  11. "You've Changed" featuring The Noteworthies and arranged and conducted by Ralph Sharon (Bill Carey, Carl T. Fischer) – 3:16
  12. "Limehouse Blues" featuring Dick Hyman on organ (Douglas Furber, Philip Braham) – 3:21

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References

  1. ↑ Billboard Feb 22, 1964
  2. ↑ "Tony Bennett: The Many Moods Of Tony" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 173. 4 July 1964. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Many Moods of Tony - Tony Bennett - Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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