Tony Bennett: The Playground

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Tony Bennett: The Playground
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Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedSeptember 29, 1998
RecordedFebruary–June 1998
Genre Jazz
Label Sony
Producer Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett, Phil Ramone
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Bennett on Holiday
(1997)		Tony Bennett: The Playground
(1998)		 Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Los Angeles Times favorable [2]

Tony Bennett: The Playground is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1998.

Contents

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. [3]

Track listing

  1. "The Playground" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Bill Evans) – 3:36
  2. "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:37
  3. "Dat Dere" (Oscar Brown Jr., Bobby Timmons) – 3:17
  4. "Little Things" - Duet with Elmo (Joe Raposo) – 3:09
  5. "Put On a Happy Face" - Duet with Rosie O'Donnell (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) (From the musical Bye Bye Birdie ) – 3:01
  6. "Because We're Kids" (Dr. Seuss, Frederick Hollander) – 3:25
  7. "My Mom" (Walter Donaldson) – 4:38
  8. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:04
  9. "Bein' Green" - Duet with Kermit the Frog (Raposo) – 2:41
  10. "Firefly" - Duet with Kermit the Frog (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 1:32
  11. "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:58
  12. "(It's Only) A Paper Moon" (Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:49
  13. "The Inchworm" (Frank Loesser) – 2:41
  14. "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson) – 2:09
  15. "Make the World Your Own" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:48
  16. "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) – 2:10
  17. "It's Christmas in Herald Square" (Tony Tamburello/Joyce Vintaloro) – 3:25

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "'The Playground' - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  2. ↑ Heffley, Lynne. "Bennett Sings for a Whole New Crowd". Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1998. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  3. ↑ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2024.


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