Tony (album)

Tony
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	January 14, 1957
Recorded	June 6 & September 11-13, 1956 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York
Genre	Jazz Length = 33:27
Label	Columbia CL 938
Producer	Ernest Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
Alone at Last with Tony Bennett (1955)Alone at Last with Tony Bennett1955 Tony (1957) The Beat of My Heart (1957)The Beat of My Heart1957

Tony is a 1957 Columbia US album (CL938) and Philips UK album (BBL 7138) re-titled "Tony Bennett Showcase", by singer Tony Bennett It reached number 14 on the Billboard album chart in 1957.^[1]

Track listing

1. "It Had to Be You" (Jones, Kahn) - 2:58
2. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charlie Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, Hines) - 2:14
3. "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So" (David, Ellington) - 3:29
4. "Taking a Chance on Love" (Duke, Fetter, Latouche) - 2:09
5. "These Foolish Things" (Link, Marvell, Strachey) - 3:28
6. "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby" (Fields, McHugh) - 2:37
7. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Dubin, Warren) - 2:32
8. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) - 2:48
9. "Always" (Berlin) - 2:59
10. "Love Walked In" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:00
11. "Lost in the Stars" (Anderson, Weill) - 3:25
12. "Without a Song" (Edward Eliscu, Rose, 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

• 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

• 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