Alone Together (Tony Bennett album)

Alone Together is an album by American singer Tony Bennett.[1] It was originally released in 1960 on Columbia as CL 1471. It almost exclusively features string arrangements of standards, with a choir, harp accompaniment and sparse percussion in places. It is among the most obscure Bennett recordings. So far, it has been released on CD only in Japan by Sony/CBS.

Alone Together
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedJuly 11, 1960
RecordedFebruary 28-March 1, 1960
CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
GenreVocal jazz
Length42:10
LabelColumbia
CL 1471
CS 8262
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Sings for Two
(1961)		 Alone Together
(1960)		 Sings a String of Harold Arlen
(1961)

Track listing
  1. "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) - 3:07
  2. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins)- 4:12
  3. "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:37
  4. "Walk in the Country" (Bart Howard) - 3:46
  5. "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) - 2:46
  6. "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) - 3:41
  7. "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 3:57
  8. "Gone With the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) - 3:34
  9. "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 3:17
  10. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 3:52
  11. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) - 3:00
  12. "For Heaven's Sake" (Elise Bretton, Sherwin Edwards, Don Meyer)- 3:21

Recorded on February 28 (#1, 5, 11), February 29 (#6, 7-8, 10, 12) and March 1 (#2-4, 9), 1960.

Personnel
  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Frank DeVol - conductor, arranger
  • Unspecified string section
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References
  1. Alone Together at RYM
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