Tony Makes It Happen is an album by American singer Tony Bennett,[2] originally released in 1967 on Columbia as CL 2653.
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| Released | April 1967[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 26, 1966 (#3, 9) January 12, 1967 (#1, 10–11) January 18, 1967 (#4–5) January 27, 1967 (#2, 6–8) | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 30:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 2653 CS 9453 | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
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The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 13, of that year, and remained on the album chart for 6 weeks, peaking at No. 178[3] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated April 15, of that year, and remained on the chart for 7 weeks, peaking at 73[4]
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.[5]
Track listing
edit- "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:21
- "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 2:28
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:02
- "What Makes It Happen" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:54
- "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 1:43
- "Can't Get Out of This Mood" (Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) – 3:40
- "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:24
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:00
- "Country Girl" (Robert Farnon) – 3:37
- "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg – 3:00
- "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:11
Personnel
edit- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Marion Evans – conductor, arranger
- Bobby Tricarico – tenor sax
- Joe Newman, Joe Wilder – trumpet
- Urbie Green – trombone
- Joe Soldo – flute
- John Bunch – piano
- Corky Hale – harp
- Milt Hinton – bass
- Sol Gubin – drums
- Unidentified strings
References
edit- ^ Billboard Apr 8, 1967
- ^ At Avax
- ^ 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.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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