60 Essential Recordings

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Tracklist

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1Stranger in Paradise
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1953-10-13)
vocal:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist) and The Ray Charles Singers
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
cover recording of:
Stranger in Paradise (popular song from the 1953 musical “Kismet”) (on 1953-10-13)
lyricist:
George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
composer:
Alexander Borodin (Russian composer), George Forrest (American composer and lyricist) and Robert Wright (US stage & screen composer & lyricist)
publisher:
Scheffel Music Corp, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Frank Music Co. Ltd. (from 1953 to present)
is based on:
Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major
part of:
Kismet (full musical)
3:03
2Rags to Riches
vocal:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
orchestra:
Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Faith’s orchestra before his death in 1976)
recording of:
Rags to Riches (on 1953-03-17)
writer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Saunders Publications Inc. (from 1953 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
cover recording of:
Rags to Riches
writer:
Richard Adler (musical composer/lyricist) and Jerry Ross (musical composer/lyricist)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), Saunders Publications Inc. (from 1953 until 2010), J & J Ross Co. (from 2011 to present) and Lakshmi Puja Music Ltd. (from 2011 to present)
2:52
3Close Your Eyes
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
cover recording of:
Close Your Eyes
lyricist and composer:
Bernice Petkere (in 1933)
publisher:
Bernice Petkere Music Company, CBS Miller Catalog, Inc. and Sherman, Clay & Co. (in 1933)
2:21
4There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
cover recording of:
There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:16
5Cinnamon Sinner
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Cinnamon Sinner
lyricist and composer:
Lincoln Chase (songwriter)
publisher:
Shelby Singleton Music Inc.
3:02
6I’ll Go
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
I’ll Go
writer:
Marcel Dabadie (lyricist), Fred Freed (Austrian composer, pianist) and Carl Sigman
2:38
7Here Comes That Heartache Again
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Here Comes That Heartache Again
writer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer) and Al Frisch
3:05
8Why Does It Have to Be Me?
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Why Does It Have to Be Me?
writer:
Percy Faith and Carl Sigman
3:06
9Until Yesterday (Non è la pioggia)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Until Yesterday
lyricist:
Nicola Salerno (Italian lyricist Nicola Salerno)
composer:
Giuseppe Fanciulli
translator:
William Engvick
translated version of:
Non è la pioggia
2:54
10Please, Driver (Once Around the Park Again)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
orchestra:
Percy Faith & His Orchestra (Faith’s orchestra before his death in 1976)
recording of:
Please Driver (Once Around the Park Again)
composer:
Chilton Price (country music songwriter)
3:11
11Take Me Back Again
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Take Me Back Again
lyricist:
Redd Evans
composer:
Art Berman and Marvin Kahn
3:08
12Not as a Stranger
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Not as a Stranger
lyricist:
John Schroeder (English composer, arranger, orchestra leader, record producer, author and A&R chief)
composer:
Abner Silver
2:54
13While the Music Plays On
executive producer:
Danny Bennett
producer:
Mitch Miller
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut
bass:
Clyde Lombardi
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy
guitar:
Chuck Wayne
piano:
Harvey Leonard
tenor saxophone:
Caesar DiMauro
trumpet:
Charles Panely
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
While the Music Plays On
writer:
Emery Heim, Lupin Fien and Irving Mills
4:35
14Funny Thing
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Funny Thing
lyricist:
Carl Sigman
composer:
Jimmy Van Heusen
3:07
15Give Me the Simple Life
executive producer:
Danny Bennett
producer:
Mitch Miller
alto saxophone:
Davey Schildkraut
bass:
Clyde Lombardi
drums (drum set):
Ed Shaughnessy
guitar:
Chuck Wayne
piano:
Harvey Leonard
tenor saxophone:
Caesar DiMauro
trumpet:
Charles Panely
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
cover recording of:
Give Me the Simple Life
lyricist:
Harry Ruby
writer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist) and Harry Ruby
composer:
Rube Bloom (American songwriter, pianist and vocalist)
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
4:13
16Come Next Spring
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Come Next Spring
lyricist:
Lenny Adelson
composer:
Max Steiner
2:41
17Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Happiness Street
writer:
Maxwell Wolfson and Edward R. White ("Yodelin' Boogie" writer)
2:13
18Can You Find It in Your Heart?
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
recording of:
Can You Find It in Your Heart
writer:
Robert Allen (US songwriter/arranger/pianist) and Al Stillman
2:42
19Sing, You Sinners
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
cover recording of:
Sing, You Sinners
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
W. Franke Harling
2:19
20Taking a Chance on Love
vocals:
Tony Bennett (US jazz/standards vocalist)
conductor:
Ray Conniff
orchestrator:
Ray Conniff
cover recording of:
Taking a Chance on Love
lyricist:
Ted Fetter and John Latouche
composer:
Vernon Duke
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Miller Catalog, Inc., EMI United Partnership Ltd., SBK Miller Catalog, Inc. and Taking a Chance on Love Music Company
part of:
Cabin in the Sky
2:09
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Release

manufactured in:the EC (Europe)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:Big3 (UK, budget compilations) (in 2018)
ASIN:DE: B077ZCVWGZ [info]