1957 studio album by Tony Bennett
Tony is a 1957 album by singer Tony Bennett . 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.[1]
Track listing [ edit ]
"It Had to Be You " (Isham Jones , Gus Kahn ) – 2:58
"You Can Depend on Me " (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Earl Hines ) – 2:14
"I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So " (Mack David , Duke Ellington ) – 3:29
"Taking a Chance on Love " (Vernon Duke , Ted Fetter , John Latouche ) – 2:09
"These Foolish Things " (Harry Link , Holt Marvell , Jack Strachey ) – 3:28
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby " (Dorothy Fields , Jimmy McHugh ) – 2:37
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams " (Al Dubin , Harry Warren ) – 2:32
"I'll Be Seeing You " (Sammy Fain , Irving Kahal ) – 2:48
"Always " (Irving Berlin ) – 2:59
"Love Walked In " (George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin ) – 2:00
"Lost in the Stars " (Maxwell Anderson , Kurt Weill ) – 3:25
"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 [ edit ]
Tony Bennett – vocals
Orchestra conducted by Ray Conniff (#1–10 & 12) and Percy Faith (#11)
Gil Evans – arranger
A. Epstein, A. Howard, Bernard Kaufman, J. Palmer, E. Powell, F. Schwartz, Wolf Taninbaum, W. Versaci, Stan Webb, Milt Yaner – r
Phil Bodner – alto sax, tenor sax, cl
Peter Pumiglio – alto sax, cl
Billy Butterfield , Bernie Glow , Dale McMickle, Jimmy Nottingham , Ernie Royal, Doc Severinsen – trumpet
Robert Alexander, Larry Altpeter, Albert Godlis, Urbie Green , T. Mitchell, Jack Satterfield – trombone
Dick Hyman , Bernie Leighton – piano
D. Arnone, Al Caiola , Chuck Wayne – guitar
I. Cusikoff, Lucien Schmidt, Alan Schuman – vc
Frank Carroll – bass
H. Breuer, William Exiner, M. Grupp – drums
Mike Stewart – backing vocals
Strings [ edit ]
R. Bocho, Julius Brand, Samuel Carmell, Emanuel Green, Julius Held, H. Hoffman, Leo Kruczek, Milton Lomask, Harold Melnikoff, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Samuel Rand, Julius Schachter – violin
Sidney Brecher, Richard Dickler – viola
References [ edit ]
^ The Billboard Albums , 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 92. ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
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