Tony Bennett: The Playground

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Tony Bennett: The Playground
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	September 29, 1998
Genre	Jazz
Label	Sony Records
Producer(s)	Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett, Phil Ramone
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Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Bennett on Holiday (1997)	Tony Bennett: The Playground (1998)	Bennett Sings Ellington: Hot & Cool (1999)

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

[edit] 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" (Joe Raposo) - 3:09 (duet with Elmo)
5. "Put on a Happy Face" (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse) - 3:01 (duet with Rosie O'Donnell)
6. "Because We're Kids" (Dr. Seuss, Frederick Hollander) - 3:25
7. "My Mom" (Walter Donaldson) - 4:38
8. "Swinging on a Star" (Jimmy Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - 2:04
9. "Bein' Green" (Joe Raposo) - 2:41 (duet with Kermit the Frog)
10. "Firefly" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) - 1:32 (duet with Kermit the Frog)
11. "When You Wish upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) - 2:58
12. "It's Only a Paper Moon" (Harold 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 Jurman, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) - 2:10
17. "It's Christmas In Herald Square" - 3:25

[edit] Personnel

• Tony Bennett - vocals
• Lew Soloff - trumpet
• Ralph Sharon - piano
• Clayton Cameron - drums
• Doug Richeson - double bass