To My Wonderful One
To My Wonderful One | ||||
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Released | February 1960[1] | |||
Recorded | October 23 & November 10–12, 1959 | |||
Studio | CBS 30th Street (New York City) | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
Length | 38:23 | |||
Label | Columbia CL 1429 CS 8226 | |||
Producer | Mitch Miller | |||
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Allmusic | [2] |
To My Wonderful One is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1959 and released in 1960 on Columbia as CL 1429.
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.[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "Wonderful One" – (Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse, Marshall Neilan) – 3:17
- "Till" (Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman) – 3:00
- "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson) – 3:53
- "Suddenly" (Dorcas Cochran, Richard Heuberger) – 3:07
- "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron) – 3:21
- "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James V. Monaco) – 3:15
- "Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert) – 3:32
- "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) – 3:05
- "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg) – 2:34
- "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) – 2:48
- "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) – 3:36
- "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg) – 2:55
Recorded on October 23 (#6), November 10 (#1, 7–8, 11), November 11 (#2–3, 10) and November 12 (#4–5, 9, 12) 1959.
Personnel
[edit]- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Frank De Vol – conductor, arranger
- Ralph Sharon – piano
- Al Caiola, Billy Bean, Al Casamenti, Tony Mottola, Dan Perri, Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
- Janet Soyer – harp
- Frank Carroll, Don Payne – bass
- H. Breuer, Bradley Spinney – percussion
- Panama Francis – drums
Strings
[edit]- Seymour Barab, Maurice Bialkin, David Soyer – violoncello
- Rudolph Bocheo, Al Breuning, Fred Buldrini, Max Cahn, Alexander Cores, Arnold Eidus, James A. Grasso, Emanuel Green, Leo Kahn, Harry Katzman, Leo Kruczek, George Ockner, Samuel Rand, A. Rudnitzky, Tosha Samoroff, D. Sarcer, Julius Schachter, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, Harry Zarief, Jack Zayde – violin
- Sidney Brecher, Richard Dickler – viola
References
[edit]- ^ Billboard Feb 22, 1960
- ^ To My Wonderful One at AllMusic
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.