Tony Bennett: The Playground
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| Released | September 29, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | February–June 1998 | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Label | Sony | |||
| Producer | Tony Bennett, Danny Bennett, Phil Ramone | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | favorable[2] |
Tony Bennett: The Playground is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1998.
Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[3]
Track listing
[edit]- "The Playground" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Bill Evans) – 3:36
- "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive" (Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer) – 2:37
- "Dat Dere" (Oscar Brown Jr., Bobby Timmons) – 3:17
- "Little Things" - Duet with Elmo (Joe Raposo) – 3:09
- "Put On a Happy Face" - Duet with Rosie O'Donnell (Charles Strouse, Lee Adams) (From the musical Bye Bye Birdie) – 3:01
- "Because We're Kids" (Dr. Seuss, Frederick Hollander) – 3:25
- "My Mom" (Walter Donaldson) – 4:38
- "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:04
- "Bein' Green" - Duet with Kermit the Frog (Raposo) – 2:41
- "Firefly" - Duet with Kermit the Frog (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 1:32
- "When You Wish Upon a Star" (Leigh Harline, Ned Washington) – 2:58
- "(It's Only) A Paper Moon" (Arlen, Yip Harburg, Billy Rose) – 2:49
- "The Inchworm" (Frank Loesser) – 2:41
- "The Bare Necessities" (Terry Gilkyson) – 2:09
- "Make the World Your Own" (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Michel Legrand) – 3:48
- "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) – 2:10
- "It's Christmas in Herald Square" (Tony Tamburello/Joyce Vintaloro) – 3:25
Personnel
[edit]- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Ralph Sharon – piano
- Gray Sargent – guitar
- Paul Langosch – double bass
- Clayton Cameron – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "'The Playground' - Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ Heffley, Lynne. "Bennett Sings for a Whole New Crowd". Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1998. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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