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Released
  
July 1959

Release date
  
1959

Label
  
Columbia Records

Length
  
27:13

Producer
  
Mitch Miller

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

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Recorded
  
November 3-4 and 6, 1958 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City

Hometown, My Town (1959)
  
To My Wonderful One (1960)

Artists
  
Tony Bennett, Ralph Burns Orchestra

Similar
  
Tony Bennett albums, Vocal jazz albums

Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) - 7:08
  2. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) - 6:17
  3. "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 2:54
  4. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) - 4:58
  5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (Gershwin, Gershwin) - 2:21
  6. "The Party's Over" (Styne, Comden, Green) - 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4-6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Burns - conductor
  • Ralph Sharon - piano
  • Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) - reeds
  • Al Cohn - tenor saxophone (#4-6)
  • Danny Bank - baritone saxophone
  • Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1-3), James Maxwell (#2, 4-6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4-6) - trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1-3), William Elton (#2, 4-6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3-6) - trombone
  • Toots Mondello - alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4-6)
  • Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4-6)- guitar
  • Janet Putman - harp
  • Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4-6) - bass
  • Eddie Costa - percussion (#2, 4-6)
  • Terry Snyder - drums (#1, 3)
  • Don Lamond - drums (#2, 4-6), percussion (#1, 3)
  • Robert Abernathy (#2, 4-6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4-6), Joseph Singer (#4-6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) - unspecified instruments

    • Strings

  • Seymour Barab, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4-6), Lucien Schmidt (#4-6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr - violoncello, viola
  • Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Max Hollander, Harry Lookofsky (#4-6), Harry Edison (#4-6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) - violin

    • Songs

    1The Skyscraper Blues7:03
    2Penthouse Serenade6:14
    3All by Myself2:52

    References

    Hometown, My Town Wikipedia
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