To My Wonderful One

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To My Wonderful One
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1960 [1]
RecordedOctober 23 & November 10–12, 1959
Studio CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Vocal jazz
Length38:23
Label Columbia
CL 1429
CS 8226
Producer Mitch Miller
Tony Bennett chronology
Hometown, My Town
(1959)
To My Wonderful One
(1960)
Tony Sings for Two
(1961)
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To My Wonderful One is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. [3] It was originally recorded in 1959 and released in 1960 on Columbia as CL 1429.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wonderful One" - (Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse, Marshall Neilan) - 3:17
  2. "Till" (Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman) - 3:00
  3. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) - 3:53
  4. "Suddenly" (Dorcas Cochran, Richard Heuberger) - 3:07
  5. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron) - 3:21
  6. "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James V. Monaco) - 3:15
  7. "Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert) - 3:32
  8. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 3:05
  9. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) - 2:34
  10. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:48
  11. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:36
  12. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) - 2:55

Recorded on October 23 (#6), November 10 (#1, 7-8, 11), November 11 (#2-3, 10) and November 12 (#4-5, 9, 12) 1959.

Personnel

Strings

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