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Released
  
1960

Producer
  
Ernie Altschuler

Release date
  
1960

Length
  
44:00

Sings a String of Harold Arlen (1961)
  
My Heart Sings (1961)

Label
  
Columbia/Legacy

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Recorded
  
August 15 & 17-18, 1960 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York

Artists
  
Tony Bennett, Duke Ellington

Genres
  
Jazz, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music

Similar
  
To My Wonderful One, My Heart Sings, Tony Sings for Two, This Is All I Ask, Long Ago and Far Away

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Sings a String of Harold Arlen is a 1961 studio album by Tony Bennett. It consists of string arrangements of songs composed by Harold Arlen. The illustration on the cover is by Bob Peak.

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Harold Arlen, lyricists indicated.
  1. "When the Sun Comes Out" (Ted Koehler) – 2:44
  2. "Over the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg) – 4:02
  3. "House of Flowers" (Truman Capote) – 3:35
  4. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:34
  5. "For Every Man There's a Woman" (Leo Robin) – 3:16
  6. "Let's Fall in Love" (Koehler) – 4:35
  7. "Right as the Rain" (Harburg) – 3:30
  8. "It Was Written in the Stars" (Robin) – 2:56
  9. "What Good Does It Do" (Harburg) – 4:10
  10. "Fun to Be Fooled" (Ira Gershwin, Harburg) – 3:50
  11. "This Time the Dream's on Me" (Mercer) – 3:11
  12. "I've Got the World on a String" (Koehler) – 4:37

Recorded on August 15 (#2-4, 6), August 17 (#1, 5, 7-8, 12) and August 18 (#9-11), 1960.

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Glenn Osser – arranger, conductor

    • Songs

    1When The Sun Comes Out (2011 Remaster)2:43
    2Over The Rainbow (2011 Remaster)4:01
    3House Of Flowers (2011 Remaster)3:36

    References

    Sings a String of Harold Arlen Wikipedia
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