Who Can I Turn To (album)

Who Can I Turn To
1964 LP
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 16, 1964[1]
RecordedAugust 14, 1964 (#1, 6), September 4, 1964 (#7–8, 11–12)
September 29, 1964 (#2, 5, 10)
October 14, 1964 (#3–4, 9)
StudioCBS 30th Street (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length37:02
LabelColumbia
CL 2285
CS 9085
ProducerErnie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
When Lights Are Low
(1964)
Who Can I Turn To
(1964)
If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
(1965)
Alternative cover
CD reissue
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Who Can I Turn To is a 1964 studio album by Tony Bennett.[3]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated December 19, of that year, and remained on the album chart for 19 weeks, peaking at No. 42,[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated December 19, of that year, and remained on the chart for in a total of 20 weeks, peaking at 28[5]

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[6]

Track listing

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  1. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley) – 2:57
  2. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (and Dream Your Troubles Away)" (Harry Barris, Ted Koehler, Billy Moll) – 3:12
  3. "There's a Lull in My Life" (Mack Gordon, Harry Revel) – 3:06
  4. "Autumn Leaves" (Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Jacques Prévert) – 2:00
  5. "I Walk a Little Faster" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 4:23
  6. "The Brightest Smile in Town" (Ray Charles, Barry De Vorzon, Robert B. Sherman) – 2:56
  7. "I've Never Seen" (Dorcas Cochran, Don Marcotte) – 3:10
  8. "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:15
  9. "Listen, Little Girl" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf) – 2:22
  10. "Got the Gate on the Golden Gate" (Mel Tormé) – 3:05
  11. "Waltz for Debby" (Bill Evans, Gene Lees) – 3:36
  12. "The Best Thing To Be Is a Person" (Alan Brandt, Bob Haymes) – 3:00

Personnel

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Strings

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  • David Mankovitz, Al Brown, Calman Fleisig, Harold Furmansky – viola
  • Tosha Samaroff, George Ockner, Aaron Rosand, Julius Schacter, Paul Gershman, Sol Shapiro, Carmel Malin, Gene Orloff, Peter Dimitriades, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Max Pollikoff, Harry Urbont, Manny Green, Harry Katzman, Arthur Bogin, Leo Kahn, Leo Kruczek, Arnold Eidus – violin
  • Charles McCracken, George Ricci, George Koutzen, Peter Makas, Avron Twerdosky, Maurice Brown, Tony Sophos – cello

References

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  1. ^ Tony Bennett.com
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Who Can I Turn To? at AllMusic
  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. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.