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    • Source: For Once in My Life (Tony Bennett album)

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


      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"
      Billboard gave the album a postive reviews, saying it features a "a full of so many good tunes, both standards and contemporary
      In A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, Will Friedwald described the album as "Terrific Album."


      Track listing


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


      Personnel


      Tony Bennett – vocals
      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

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