Tony Bennett - More Tony's Greatest Hits (1960) - VINYL, 6eye MONO - 24-bit/96kHz plus CD-compatible format

I enjoy this collection a bit more than the first hits collection. He was definitely growing into the best singer around.

I enjoy this collection a bit more than the first hits collection. He was definitely growing into the best singer around.

Review by William Ruhlmann
It had been only two years since Tony Bennett's first hits collection when Columbia released this, his second. In that time, he hadn't scored many hits. In fact, he'd had only three chart entries: "Firefly" (#20, 1958), "Smile" (#73, 1959), and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" (#74, 1960). So, the album's title was a misnomer, but it signalled that here was a collection of Bennett performances of either contemporary songs or older songs in contemporary arrangements, intended for the hit parade even if they didn't get there. There is a light, optimistic tone to much of the material–"Smile," "Put On A Happy Face," "You'll Never Get Away From Me"–and although much is also slight, Bennett brings his trademark warmth to the settings.


Couldn't get a good shot of the back of the cover for some reason. I tried drinking two more cocktails as an experiment to see if that would help, but it didn't, though I did feel better about not getting the shot :-) So I guess it met with mixed success.


From: http://www.steve-albin.com/Artists/Bennett/index.html
Format: LP 12" Label: Columbia Cat. Num.: CL 1535 Rel. Year: 1960

06/24/1959 CO 62554 Smile (Charles Chaplin, John Turner, Geoffrey Parsons)
03/23/1959 CO 63032 You'll Never Get Away From Me (Unknown)
*+ 06/19/1957 CO 57974 I Am (Unknown) (single)
05/06/1960 CO 54779 Put On A Happy Face (Lee Adams, Charles Strouse)
11/02/1958 CO 61691 Love Look Away (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)
*+ 01/13/1960 CO 64622 I'll Bring You A Rainbow (Unknown)

*+ 06/24/1959 CO 62553 Ask Anyone In Love (Unknown)
*+ 06/24/1959 CO 62552 You Can't Love 'Em All (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen)
+ 05/06/1960 CO 54780 Baby, Talk To Me (Unknown)
08/01/1958 CO 61331 Firefly (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh)
*+ 08/01/1958 CO 61330 The Night That Heaven Fell (Unknown)
+ 10/23/1959 CO 63722 Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II)

* - only LP appearance
+ - no cd appearance




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