For Once in My Life (Tony Bennett album)

For Once in My Life
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedDecember 1967 (1967-12)
Recorded
  • December 14, 1965 (#8)
  • January 18, 1967 (#7)
  • April 20, 1967 (#2–3, 10)
  • July 18, 1967 (#4–5, 9)
  • September 1, 1967 (#6)
  • October 16, 1967 (#1)
Studio
GenreVocal jazz
Length27:15
LabelColumbia
Producer
  • Howard A. Roberts (#1–7, 9–10)
  • Ernie Altschuler (#8)
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Makes It Happen
(1967) 		For Once in My Life
(1967) 		Yesterday I Heard the Rain
(1968)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

For Once in My Life is an album by Tony Bennett, released in December 1967.[2]

Tony Tamburello was the musical director, and Marion Evans, Ralph Burns ,and Torrie Zito arranged and conducted their own compositions on the album. Corky Hale played the harp, John Bunch played the piano. Milt Hinton on Bass, and Sol Gubin on Durms.[3]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated January 13, 1968, and remained on the album chart for 6 weeks, peaking at No. 178[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated February 3, 1968, and remained on the chart for 4 weeks, peaking at 91[5]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on June 30, 2009 as tracks 1 through 10 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 11 through 23 consisting of Bennett's 1969 album, I've Gotta Be Me[6]

Reception

William Ruhlmann of Allmusic's said "Bennett made his by-now usual selections of standards ("They Can't Take That Away From Me"), Broadway and Hollywood material, and choices from the catalogs of songwriter favorites such as Leslie Bricusse and Cy Coleman"[1]

Billboard gave the album a postive reviews, saying it features a "a full of so many good tunes, both standards and contemporary[7]

In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald described the album as "Terrific Album."[8]

Track listing

  1. "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:45
  2. "Something in Your Smile" (Leslie Bricusse) – 2:25
  3. "Days of Love" (Paul Francis Webster, David Rose) – 2:21
  4. "Broadway Medley: Broadway / Crazy Rhythm / Lullaby of Broadway" – 2:40
  5. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 3:20
  6. "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Vincent Youmans, Irving Caesar) – 2:23
  7. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:08
  8. "Baby, Dream Your Dream" (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields) – 1:58
  9. "How Do You Say Auf Wiedersehn" (Johnny Mercer, Anthony James Scibetta) – 3:14
  10. "Keep Smiling at Trouble" (Buddy DeSylva, Al Jolson, Lewis Gensler) – 3:01

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals[3]
  • Torrie Zito – arranger
  • Marion Evans – arranger
  • Ralph Burns – arranger
  • Tony Tamburello – Music Coordinator
  • Frank Laico – Engineers
  • Stan Weiss – Engineers
  • Al Brown – Engineers
  • John Bunch – piano
  • Corky Hale – harp
  • Milt Hinton – bass
  • Sol Gubin – drums
  • Unidentified strings

References

  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Tony Bennett - For Once in My Life: Rating & Reviews". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-10-11.
  2. ^ Billboard Dec 23, 1967
  3. ^ a b "For Once in My Life". The Interactive Tony Bennett Discography. 2024-09-14. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "For Once in My Life/I've Gotta Be Me". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Pop Spotlight: For Once in My Life". Billboard. Vol. 71, no. 51. December 23, 1967. p. 64.
  8. ^ Friedwald, Will (2010). A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers. Pantheon Books. p. 45. ISBN 9780375421495.


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