If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set is a 1965 studio album by Tony Bennett, arranged by Don Costa. Bennett dedicated his recording of "Sweet Lorraine" on the album to Nat "King" Cole, who had died a month before the album's release.[4]
| If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set | ||||
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| Released | April 19, 1965[1] | |||
| Recorded | January 4, 1965 (#4, 6, 10) February 18, 1965 (#3, 7, 9) February 19, 1965 (#1–2, 5, 8, 11–12) | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 41:35 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 2343 CS 9143 | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Record Mirror | [3] |
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 22, 1965, and remained on the chart for 22 weeks, peaking at No. 47[5] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated May 15, of that year, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks, peaking at No. 32[6]
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.[7]
Track listing
edit- "Samba do Avião" ("Song of the Jet") (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:34
- "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 4:00
- "How Insensitive" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Jobim) – 4:23
- "If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) – 3:00
- "Love Scene" (Marshall Barer, Duke Ellington) – 2:33
- "Take the Moment" (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:59
- "Then Was Then and Now Is Now" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee) – 3:05
- "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:39
- "The Right to Love" (Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin) – 3:41
- "Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:57
- "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:19
- "Two by Two" (Rodgers, Sondheim) – 3:25
Personnel
editPerformance
edit- Tony Bennett – vocals
- Al Cohn – tenor sax (#1–3, 9)
- Joe Marsala – clarinet (#8)
- Ralph Sharon – piano
- Carlos Lyra – guitar (#1, 3)
- Bobby Hackett – ukulele (#8)
- Hal Gaylor – bass
- William "Billy" Exiner, Elcio Milito (#1 only) – drums
- Don Costa – arranger, conductor
References
edit- ^ Tony Bennett.com
- ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r24547
- ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 September 1965). "Tony Bennett: Songs For The Jet Set" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 235. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set at AllMusic
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
- ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
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