Hometown, My Town

Hometown, My Town
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedJuly 1959[1]
RecordedNovember 3–4 and 6, 1958
StudioCBS 30th Street (New York City)
GenreVocal jazz
Length27:13
LabelColumbia
CL 1301
CS 8107
ProducerMitch Miller
Tony Bennett chronology
Strike Up the Band
(1959) 		Hometown, My Town
(1959) 		To My Wonderful One
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Billboard[4]

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.

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]

Reception

Billboard described the album as "a top Level perfromance by Bennett" by Giving it four stars to indicate "strong sales potential", and notes "he soildly sings out a group of balled"[4]

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" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
  6. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

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

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Burns – arranger & 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

References

  1. ^ Billboard July 27, 1959
  2. ^ Hometown, My Town at AllMusic
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Billboard Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums: Hometown, My Town". Billboard. Vol. 71, no. 30. July 27, 1959. p. 28.
  5. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.


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