TONY BENNETT - YOUNG TONY [4CD]

PROPER BOX

£17.24

Format: 4 x CD
Catalogue No.: PROPERBOX121
Barcode: 805520021210
Release Date: 26 Mar 2007
Genre: Easy Listening

Tony Bennett grew up listening to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Joe Venuti. An uncle was a tap dancer in vaudeville, giving him an early window into show business. His first big hit was "Because of You", a ballad produced by Mitch Miller with a lush orchestral arrangement from Percy Faith. It started out gaining popularity on jukeboxes, then reached #1 on the pop charts in 1951 and stayed there for 10 weeks, selling over a million copies. This was followed to the top later that year by a similarly-styled rendition of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart", which helped introduce Williams and country music in general to a wider, more national audience. We continue our survey throughout the 50s where Tony gained more chart success and then moved into a more jazzier style culminating in 1958 with sessions with the great Count Basie.

Disc 1: 1. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams / 2. I Wanna Be Loved / 3. I Cant Give You Anything But Love / 4. Our Lady Of Fatima / 5. Just Say I Love Her / 6. Sing You Sinners / 7. Kiss You / 8. One Lie Leads To Another / 9. Don't Cry Baby / 10. Once There Lived A Fool / 11. Beautiful Madness / 12. The Valentino Tango / 13. I Won't Cry Anymore / 14. Because Of You / 15. While We're Young / 16. Cold, Cold, Heart / 17. Since My Love Has Gone / 18. Please, My Love / 19. Blue Velvet 20. Solitaire

Disc 2: 1. Silly Dreamer / 2. Sleepless / 3. Somewhere Along The Way / 4. I'm Lost Again / 5. Have A Good Time / 6. Here In My Heart / 7. Roses Of Yesterday 8. You Could Make The Smile Again / 9. Congratulations To Someone / 10. Anywhere I Wander / 11. Staywhere You Are / 12. Take Me / 13. No One Will Ever Know / 14. (I'm) The King Of Broken Hearts / 15. I'll Go / 16. Rags To Riches 17. Here Comes That Heartache Again / 18. Someone Turned The Moon Upside Down / 19. Stranger In Paradise / 20. Why Does It Have To Be Me

Disc 3: 1. Until Yesterday (Non E La Pioggia) / 2. Please Driver (Once Around The Park Again) / 3. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight / 4. My Heart Won't Say Goodbye / 5. Take Me Back Again / 6. Madonna, Madonna / 7. Not As A Stranger 8. Cinnamon Sinner / 9. Old Devil Moon / 10. I Fall In Love Too Easily / 11. While The Music Plays On / 12. Love Letters / 13. My Reverie / 14. Darn That Dream 15. Funny Thing / 16. My Pretty Shoo-Gah / 17. Give Me The Simple Life / 18. My Baby Just Cares For Me / 19. My Heart Tells Me / 20. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Disc 4: 1. Lost In The Stars / 2. Taking A Chance On Love / 3. I'm Just A Lucky So And So / 4. It Had To Be You / 5. You Can Depend On Me / 6. Love Walked In 7. These Foolish Things / 8. I'll Be Seeing You / 9. Without A Song / 10. Always 11. Just In Time / 12. In The Middle Of An Island / 13. Life Is A Song / 14. Chicago 15. Are You Having Any Fun? / 16. Jeepers Creepers / 17. Poor Little Rich Girl 18. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face / 19. Anything Goes / 20. Growing Pains 21. Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans / 22. With Plenty Of Money And You