Tony (album)

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ReleasedJanuary 14, 1957
RecordedJune 6 & September 11–13, 1956
Studio CBS 30th Street Studio, New York
Genre Jazz
Length33:27
Label Columbia
CL 938
Producer Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
Alone at Last with Tony Bennett
(1955)
Tony
(1957)
The Beat of My Heart
(1957)

Tony is a 1957 Columbia US album (CL938) and Philips UK album (BBL 7138) re-titled "Tony Bennett Showcase", by singer Tony Bennett It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957. [1]

Contents

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

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