Tony Bennett
While We're Young: Original Recordings 1950-1955
While We're Young: Original Recordings 1950-1955
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Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Feb 15, 2011
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Liner Note Author: Robert Nickora.
After a successful singing career in the 1950s, Tony Bennett, like many of the jazz-based crooners of his era, had a bit of a commercial falloff with the advent of rock & roll in the early '60s. Bennett, for his part, moved even closer to jazz in his stage shows, and then saw his popularity spike when his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," became a big pop hit in 1962. It was Bennett at his best, working to the pop side of jazz, and it established him as an iconic singer and entertainer, his singing always warm, graceful, and full of an easy and offhand elegance. He picked his material carefully, avoiding novelty and trendy songs, and he built an impressive catalog of classic songs, many of which are firmly established as part of the ever-shifting American Songbook. This set collects some of his earlier tracks, including "Stranger in Paradise" and "Rags to Riches," recorded and released between 1950 and 1955, and while Bennett's signature song had not even been recorded yet, the same elegant and graceful vocal qualities were already on display in these earlier hits. ~ Steve Leggett
After a successful singing career in the 1950s, Tony Bennett, like many of the jazz-based crooners of his era, had a bit of a commercial falloff with the advent of rock & roll in the early '60s. Bennett, for his part, moved even closer to jazz in his stage shows, and then saw his popularity spike when his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," became a big pop hit in 1962. It was Bennett at his best, working to the pop side of jazz, and it established him as an iconic singer and entertainer, his singing always warm, graceful, and full of an easy and offhand elegance. He picked his material carefully, avoiding novelty and trendy songs, and he built an impressive catalog of classic songs, many of which are firmly established as part of the ever-shifting American Songbook. This set collects some of his earlier tracks, including "Stranger in Paradise" and "Rags to Riches," recorded and released between 1950 and 1955, and while Bennett's signature song had not even been recorded yet, the same elegant and graceful vocal qualities were already on display in these earlier hits. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Cold, Cold Heart
2 - There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
3 - How Can I Replace You?
4 - Taking a Chance on Love
5 - Walk in the Country
6 - Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)
7 - I Wanna Be Loved
8 - Can You Find It in Your Heart
9 - Congratulations to Someone
10 - Because of You
11 - In the Middle of an Island
12 - Stay Where You Are (This Is the Moment I Prayed For)
13 - Love Walked In
14 - Always
15 - Alone Together
16 - I Won't Cry Anymore
17 - Have a Good Time
18 - Just in Time [From The Bells Are Ringing]
19 - I Am
20 - Gone With the Wind
21 - Here in My Heart
22 - Close Your Eyes
23 - While We're Young
24 - You Can Depend on Me
25 - It's Magic
26 - Firefly
27 - Smile
28 - Out of This World
29 - Without a Song
Disc 2:
1 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2 - Stranger in Paradise
3 - Come Back and Tell Me That You Love Me
4 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
5 - Take Me Back Again
6 - Rags to Riches
7 - My Heart Won't Say Goodbye [From The Girl in the Pink Tights]
8 - Anywhere I Wander [From Hans Christian Andersen]
9 - How Long Has This Been Going On
10 - Somewhere Along the Way
11 - Cinnamon Sinner
12 - Roses of Yesterday
13 - Why Does tt Have to Be Me?
14 - Blue Velvet
15 - From the Candy Store on the Corner
16 - No One Will Ever Know
17 - Here Comes That Heartache Again
18 - Young and Warm and Wonderful
19 - I'm the King of Broken Hearts
20 - Not as a Stranger
21 - Take Me
22 - Come Next Spring
23 - Sophisticated Lady
24 - I'll Bring You a Rainbow
25 - Climb Every Mountain
26 - Ask Anyone in Love
27 - Night That Heaven Fell
28 - Sing You Sinners
1 - Cold, Cold Heart
2 - There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
3 - How Can I Replace You?
4 - Taking a Chance on Love
5 - Walk in the Country
6 - Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square)
7 - I Wanna Be Loved
8 - Can You Find It in Your Heart
9 - Congratulations to Someone
10 - Because of You
11 - In the Middle of an Island
12 - Stay Where You Are (This Is the Moment I Prayed For)
13 - Love Walked In
14 - Always
15 - Alone Together
16 - I Won't Cry Anymore
17 - Have a Good Time
18 - Just in Time [From The Bells Are Ringing]
19 - I Am
20 - Gone With the Wind
21 - Here in My Heart
22 - Close Your Eyes
23 - While We're Young
24 - You Can Depend on Me
25 - It's Magic
26 - Firefly
27 - Smile
28 - Out of This World
29 - Without a Song
Disc 2:
1 - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
2 - Stranger in Paradise
3 - Come Back and Tell Me That You Love Me
4 - I'm Always Chasing Rainbows
5 - Take Me Back Again
6 - Rags to Riches
7 - My Heart Won't Say Goodbye [From The Girl in the Pink Tights]
8 - Anywhere I Wander [From Hans Christian Andersen]
9 - How Long Has This Been Going On
10 - Somewhere Along the Way
11 - Cinnamon Sinner
12 - Roses of Yesterday
13 - Why Does tt Have to Be Me?
14 - Blue Velvet
15 - From the Candy Store on the Corner
16 - No One Will Ever Know
17 - Here Comes That Heartache Again
18 - Young and Warm and Wonderful
19 - I'm the King of Broken Hearts
20 - Not as a Stranger
21 - Take Me
22 - Come Next Spring
23 - Sophisticated Lady
24 - I'll Bring You a Rainbow
25 - Climb Every Mountain
26 - Ask Anyone in Love
27 - Night That Heaven Fell
28 - Sing You Sinners