Sings a String of Harold Arlen

Sings a String of Harold Arlen
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	1961
Recorded	August 15 & 17–18, 1960
Studio	CBS 30th Street (New York City)
Genre	Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Length	44:00
Label	Columbia CL 1559 CS 8359
Producer	Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
Alone Together (1961) Sings a String of Harold Arlen (1961) My Heart Sings (1961)

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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.[2] The illustration on the cover is by Bob Peak.

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.[3]

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. A String of Harold Arlen at AllMusic
3. "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.