Alone Together (Tony Bennett album)
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| Released | July 11, 1961 | |||
| Recorded | February 28 – March 1, 1960 | |||
| Studio | CBS 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 42:10 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1471 CS 8262  | |||
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| Source | Rating | 
| New Record Mirror | 4/5[1] | 
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.
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection.[2]
Track listing
- "Alone Together" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 3:07
 - "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 4:12
 - "Out of This World" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 3:37
 - "Walk in the Country" (Bart Howard) – 3:46
 - "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy) – 2:46
 - "Poor Butterfly" (Raymond Hubbell, John Golden) – 3:41
 - "After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) – 3:57
 - "Gone With the Wind" (Allie Wrubel, Herb Magidson) – 3:34
 - "It's Magic" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 3:17
 - "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 3:52
 - "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Mitchell Parish, Irving Mills) – 3:00
 - "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
 
References
- ^ "Tony Bennett: Alone Together" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 23. August 19, 1961. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
 - ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
 
 
