Tony (album)

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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 14, 1957
RecordedJune 6 & September 11–13, 1956
Studio CBS 30th Street (New York City)
Genre Jazz
Length33:27
Label Columbia
CL 938
Producer Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
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(1955)
Tony
(1957)
The Beat of My Heart
(1957)
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Tony is the fourth studio album by the American singer Tony Bennett, released in 1957. It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957, first appearing February 23 that year, and remaining on the chart for nine weeks. [3] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated March 2, 1957, and remained on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 25 [4]

Contents

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

Reception

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said "particularly on the side-ending "I Can't Give You Anything but Love," while Faith's strings provide lush, wistful underpinnings to the often-sad sentiments of the ballads on the second side. Bennett matches the arrangements with his vocal performances, keeping pace with the jazzy horns or soaring above the sweet strings" [1]

Billboard identified the album as a "Review Spotlight on Pouplar Albums" in its review from February 1957, stated "he sings a dozen standards, backed by modern and tasteful arrangement by Ray Conniff" [6]

Track listing

  1. "It Had to Be You" (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) – 2:58
  2. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines) – 2:14
  3. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (Mack David, Duke Ellington) – 3:29
  4. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche) – 2:09
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Harry Link, Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey) – 3:28
  6. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:37
  7. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Al Dubin, Harry Warren) – 2:32
  8. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 2:48
  9. "Always" (Irving Berlin) – 2:59
  10. "Love Walked In" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:00
  11. "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill) – 3:25
  12. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Billy Rose, Vincent Youmans) – 2:48

Tracks recorded on June 6 (#11), September 11 (#1–4), September 12 (#5, 8, 10, 12), September 13 (#6–7, 9), 1956.

Personnel

Strings

References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlmann, William. "Tony Bennett - Tony: Rating & Reviews". AllMusic . Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved November 30, 2024.
  3. The Billboard Albums, 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 92. ISBN   0-89820-166-7.
  4. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
  5. "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  6. "Pop Spotlight: Tony". Billboard . February 16, 1957. p. 34.