Alone Together (Tony Bennett album)

Alone Together
Studio album by Tony Bennett
Released	July 11, 1961
Recorded	February 28 – March 1, 1960
Studio	CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	42:10
Label	Columbia CL 1471 CS 8262
Tony Bennett chronology
Tony Sings for Two (1961) Alone Together (1961) Sings a String of Harold Arlen (1961)

Alone Together is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally released in 1961 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.

Track listing[edit]

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[edit]

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Frank DeVol – conductor, arranger
• Unspecified string section

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