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To My Wonderful One

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Released
  
February 1960

Artist
  
Tony Bennett

Producer
  
Mitch Miller

Genre
  
Vocal jazz

Length
  
38:23

Release date
  
1960

Label
  
Columbia Records

Recorded
  
October 23 & November 10-12, 1959 CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City

To My Wonderful One (1960)
  
Tony Sings for Two (1961)

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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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wonderful One" - (Paul Whiteman, Ferde Grofé, Theodora Morse, Marshall Neilan) - 3:17
  2. "Till" (Charles Danvers, Carl Sigman) - 3:00
  3. "September Song" (Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson- 3:53
  4. "Suddenly" (Jon Hendricks, Thelonious Monk) - 3:07
  5. "I'm a Fool to Want You" (Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, Joel S. Herron) - 3:21
  6. "We Mustn't Say Goodbye" (Al Dubin, James Monaco) - 3:15
  7. "Autumn Leaves" (Johnny Mercer, Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prevert) - 3:32
  8. "Laura" (Johnny Mercer, David Raksin)- 3:05
  9. "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, E. Y. Harburg- 2:34
  10. "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill, Ogden Nash) - 2:48
  11. "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 3:36
  12. "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

  • 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

  • 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
  • Songs

    1Wonderful One3:13
    2Till2:57
    3September Song3:50

    References

    To My Wonderful One Wikipedia