The Movie Song Album

1966 studio album by Tony Bennett

The Movie Song Album

Studio album by

Tony Bennett

Released| January 31, 1966[1]
Recorded| September 26, 1965 (#7)
December 14, 1965 (#2, 5, 11)
CBS Studio A, Los Angeles
December 27, 1965 (#1, 8–9)
December 28, 1965 (#3–4, 6)
December 29, 1965 (#10, 12)
CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre| Vocal jazz
Length| 37:04
Label| Columbia
CL 2472
CS 9272
Producer| Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
| If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
(1965)  | The Movie Song Album
(1966)  | A Time for Love
(1966)

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The Movie Song Album is a 1966 studio album by Tony Bennett.[2] The album consists of songs from films, opening with the theme from The Oscar, in which Bennett had recently appeared. With this project of such high quality of song material and collaborators, he was to describe the album in his autobiography as his "all time favorite record".[3]

Johnny Mandel was the musical director, and he and Neal Hefti and Quincy Jones arranged and conducted their own compositions on the album. Luiz Bonfá played the guitar on his two songs, "Samba de Orfeu" and "The Gentle Rain". The pianists Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles and Lou Levy all collaborated, each on one song.

Two singles from the album, "The Shadow of Your Smile" debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated November 15, 1965, peaking at number 95 during its three-week stay.[4] and number eight on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its 13-weeks there.[5] "Maybe September", spent four weeks on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the issue dated February 26, 1966, peaking at number 104.[6] and number ten on the magazine's Easy Listening chart, during its ten-weeks there.[5]

Bennett's recording of "The Shadow of Your Smile" won Mandel and Paul Francis Webster the Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 1966, and Bennett performed the song at the 38th Academy Awards, where it won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated March 12, 1966, and remained on the album chart for 29 weeks, peaking at No. 18[7] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated March 12, 1966, and remained on the chart for in a total of 23 weeks, peaking at No. 26[8]

On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.[9]

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [2]
Record Mirror| [10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [11]

William Ruhlmann of AllMusic wrote "he devoted himself exclusively to movie themes, everything from 'The Trolley Song (Meet Me in St. Louis)' to 'Days of Wine and Roses'. Some of the tunes were not first-rate, but in 'The Shadow of Your Smile' and 'The Second Time Around', Bennett found material worthy of him.[2]

Billboard described the album as "a guaranteed chartbusting LP", saying "Outstanding movie songs are given exceptional Bennett vocals"[12]

Record Mirror said "it's tremendously warm, swinging, sentimental, sensitive".[10]

## Track listing

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1. "Maybe September" (from The Oscar) (Ray Evans, Percy Faith, Jay Livingston) – 4:03
2. "Girl Talk" (from Harlow) (Neal Hefti, Bobby Troup) – 3:14
3. "The Gentle Rain" (from The Gentle Rain) (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey) – 2:12
4. "Emily" (from The Americanization of Emily) (Johnny Mandel, Johnny Mercer) – 3:25
5. "The Pawnbroker" (from The Pawnbroker) (Quincy Jones, Jack Lawrence) – 3:08
6. "Samba de Orfeu" (from Black Orpheus) (Bonfá) – 2:08
7. "The Shadow of Your Smile" (from The Sandpiper) (Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) – 3:38
8. "Smile" (from Modern Times) (Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Claremont Parsons, John Turner) – 3:34
9. "The Second Time Around" (from High Time) (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:44
10. "Days of Wine and Roses" (from Days of Wine and Roses) (Henry Mancini, Mercer) – 2:58
11. "Never Too Late" (from Never Too Late) (Evans, Livingston, Rose) – 3:25
12. "The Trolley Song" (from Meet Me in St. Louis) (Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) – 2:35

## Personnel

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* Tony Bennett – vocals
* Neal Hefti, Quincy Jones, Johnny Mandel, David Rose – arranger, conductor
* Larry Wilcox, Al Cohn – arranger
* Tommy Flanagan, Lou Levy, Jimmy Rowles – piano
* Luiz Bonfá – guitar
* Zoot Sims – tenor sax (on track 12)

## References

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1. ^ Tony Bennett.com
2. ^ a b c Ruhlmann, William. "Tony Bennett - The Movie Song Album: Rating & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-09.
3. ^ Bennett, The Good Life, pp. 186–87.
4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 52\. ISBN 0898201551.
5. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 24\. ISBN 978-0-8982-0169-7.
6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 120\. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
7. ^ 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.
8. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28\. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
9. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
10. ^ a b Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 May 1966). "Tony Bennett: The Movie Song Album" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 270\. p. 10\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
11. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148\. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
12. ^ "Pop Spotlight: The Movie Song Album" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 78, no. 9\. February 26, 1966. p. 68.

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Discography

Studio albums|

| 1950s|

* Because of You
* Cloud 7
* Tony
* The Beat of My Heart
* Long Ago and Far Away
* In Person!
* Strike Up the Band
* Hometown, My Town

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1960s|

* To My Wonderful One
* Tony Sings for Two
* Alone Together
* Sings a String of Harold Arlen
* My Heart Sings
* I Left My Heart in San Francisco
* I Wanna Be Around...
* This Is All I Ask
* The Many Moods of Tony
* When Lights Are Low
* Who Can I Turn To
* If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
* The Movie Song Album
* Tony Makes It Happen
* For Once in My Life
* Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
* I've Gotta Be Me

1970s|

* Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today!
* Tony Bennett's "Something"
* Love Story
* Summer of '42
* With Love
* The Good Things in Life
* Life Is Beautiful
* The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
* Together Again

1980s–90s|

* The Art of Excellence
* Bennett/Berlin
* Astoria: Portrait of the Artist
* Perfectly Frank
* Steppin' Out
* Here's to the Ladies
* Tony Bennett on Holiday
* Tony Bennett: The Playground
* Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool

2000s–20s|

* Playin' with My Friends: Bennett Sings the Blues
* A Wonderful World
* The Art of Romance
* Duets: An American Classic
* A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band)
* Duets II
* Viva Duets
* Cheek to Cheek
* The Silver Lining: The Songs of Jerome Kern
* Love Is Here to Stay
* Love for Sale

Live albums|

* Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall
* MTV Unplugged
* Tony Bennett Celebrates 90

Compilations|

* Mr. Broadway: Tony's Greatest Broadway Hits
* A Time for Love
* The Essential Tony Bennett

Singles|

* "Because of You"
* "Cold, Cold Heart"
* "Rags to Riches"
* "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
* "Just in Time"
* "Living Together, Growing Together"
* "Body and Soul"
* "The Lady Is a Tramp"
* "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
* "Anything Goes"
* "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"
* "Nature Boy"
* "I Get a Kick Out of You"
* "Love for Sale"

Live performances
and specials|

* Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live!
* Cheek to Cheek Tour
* One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

Documentaries|

* The Zen of Bennett

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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