Tony Makes It Happen

Tony Makes It Happen
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	April 1967 [1]
Recorded	November 26, 1966 (#3, 9) January 12, 1967 (#1, 10–11) January 18, 1967 (#4–5) January 27, 1967 (#2, 6–8)
Studio	Columbia 30th Street (New York City)
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	30:20
Label	Columbia CL 2653 CS 9453
Producer	Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
A Time for Love (1966) Tony Makes It Happen (1967) For Once in My Life (1967)

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Tony Makes It Happen is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, ^[3] originally released in 1967 on Columbia as CL 2653.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 13, 1967, and remained on the album chart for six weeks, peaking at No. 178 ^[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 15, 1967, and remained on the chart for seven weeks, peaking at No. 73 ^[5] It entered the UK album chart on September 23, 1967, reaching number 31 over the course of three weeks. ^[6]

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection. ^[7]

Track listing

1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:21
2. "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 2:28
3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:02
4. "What Makes It Happen" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:54
5. "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 1:43
6. "Can't Get Out of This Mood" (Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) – 3:40
7. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:24
8. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:00
9. "Country Girl" (Robert Farnon) – 3:37
10. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg – 3:00
11. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:11

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Marion Evans – conductor, arranger
• Bobby Tricarico – tenor sax
• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Joe Soldo – flute
• John Bunch – piano
• Corky Hale – harp
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Sol Gubin – drums
• Unidentified strings

References

1. Billboard Apr 8, 1967
2. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN   9781846098567 . Retrieved May 1, 2025.
3. At Avax ^{[ usurped ]}
4. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN   978-0-8982-0117-8.
5. Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN   0-8108-2005-6.
6. "TONY BENNETT". Official Charts. April 21, 1955. Retrieved March 31, 2025.
7. "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2024.