Tony Bennett discography

This is a partial discography for Tony Bennett.

Albums

This list aims to include all albums of original material, and the more notable compilations.There have been a number of reissues, repackagings, and compilations beyond these.

= Columbia =

*1952 "Because of You" (10" album)
*1955 "Cloud 7" Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1955 "Alone At Last With Tony Bennett"
*1957 "Tony"
*1957 "The Beat of My Heart" (6 extra tracks on 1997 CD reissue) Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1958 "Blue Velvet"
*1958 "Long Ago and Far Away"
*1958 "A String of Hits (Tony's Greatest Hits)" (Compilation)
*1958 "Basie Swings, Bennett Sings" (Roulette)
*1959 "In Person!"
*1959 "Hometown, My Town"
*1960 "To My Wonderful One"
*1960 "Alone Together"
*1960 "A String of Hits (More Of Tony's Greatest Hits)"
*1961 "A String of Harold Arlen"
*1961 "Tony Sings for Two"
*1961 "My Heart Sings"
*1962 ""
*1962 "I Left My Heart in San Francisco"
*1962 "Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall" (Live, 17 extra tracks on 1997 CD reissue)
*1963 "I Wanna Be Around" (7 extra tracks on 1995 CD reissue) Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1963 "This Is All I Ask"
*1964 "The Many Moods of Tony"
*1964 "When Lights Are Low" Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1964 "Who Can I Turn To?" (1995 CD reissue)
*1965 "If I Ruled The World" (1 extra track on 1997 CD reissue) Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1965 "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits, Vol. III (Compilation)
*1966 "The Movie Song Album" Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1966 "A Time For Love"
*1967 "Tony Makes It Happen"
*1967 "For Once In My Life"
*1968 "Yesterday I Heard the Rain"
*1968 "" (1 extra track on 1995 CD reissue)
*1969 "Tony Bennett's Greatest Hits, Vol. IV" (Compilation)
*1969 "I've Gotta Be Me"
*1969 ""
*1970 "Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today"
*1970 "Tony Bennett's Something" (1995 CD reissue)
*1970 "Tony Bennett Sings His All-Time Hall of Fame Hits"
*1971 "Love Story"
*1971 "The Very Thought of You"
*1971 "Get Happy With the London Philharmonic Orchestra"
*1972 "The Summer of '42"(last Columbia newly recorded material)
*1972 "With Love"
*1972 "Tony Bennett's All-Time Greatest Hits" (Compilation)
*1972 "The Good Things in Life" MGM/Verve/Philips
*1973 "Listen Easy" MGM/Verve/Philips
*1973 "Tony!"
*1973 "Sunrise, Sunset"
*1975 "Let's Fall in Love with the Songs of Harold Arlen and Cy Coleman"

Improv

*1973 "Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers and Hart Songs" (All Improv records reissued on Concord, 2003 - )
*1973 "Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers and Hart"
*1975 "Life is Beautiful"
*1975 "The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album" Fantasy
*1977 "Tony Bennett and Bill Evans - Together Again" Improv
*1977 "Tony Bennett With the McPartlands and Friends Make Magnificent Music" (Live)
*1979 "The Special Magic of Tony Bennett"

= Return to Columbia =

*1986 "The Art of Excellence" Re-issued, 2006 Legacy Recordings
*1987 "" (2 tracks only on vinyl)
*1987 "Bennett/Berlin"
*1989 ""
*1991 "" (Compilation; later retitled "Fifty Years")
*1992 "Perfectly Frank"
*1993 "Steppin' Out"
*1994 "" (Live)
*1995 "Here's to the Ladies"
*1997 "Tony Bennett on Holiday"
*1998 ""
*1999 ""
*2000 "The Ultimate Tony Bennett" (Compilation)
*2001 ""
*2002 "The Essential Tony Bennett" (2 CD compilation, with 1 new track; part of Columbia Records' "The Essential" series)
*2002 "A Wonderful World"
*2004 "The Art of Romance"
*2006 ""
*2008 "A Swingin' Christmas (Featuring The Count Basie Big Band)"

Specialty CDs

*2006 "" (Starbucks Hear Music Opus Collection)

ingles

These are Tony Bennett singles that are known to have charted on (various eras and predecessors of) the Billboard Hot 100. All of these are on Columbia Records. For a few singles the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart positions are shown as well.

* 1950 The Boulevard of Broken Dreams "big regional hit"
* 1951 Because of You #1 (10 weeks)
* 1951 Cold, Cold Heart #1 (6 weeks)
* 1951 Blue Velvet #16
* 1953 Rags to Riches #1 (8 weeks)
* 1953 Stranger in Paradise #2 #1 UK
* 1956 Can You Find It In Your Heart #16
* 1956 From the Candy Store on the Corner to the Chapel on the Hill #11
* 1956 Happiness Street (Corner Sunshine Square) #38
* 1956 Just in Time #46
* 1956 The Autumn Waltz #18
* 1957 In the Middle of an Island #9
* 1957 Ca, C'est L'amour #22
* 1957 I Am #93
* 1958 Young and Warm and Wonderful #23
* 1958 Firefly #20
* 1959 Smile #73
* 1960 Climb Ev'ry Mountain #74
* 1962 I Left My Heart in San Francisco #19 (AC #7) #25 UK
* 1963 I Wanna Be Around #14 (AC #5)
* 1963 The Good Life #18 #27 UK
* 1963 I Will Live My Life For You #85
* 1963 Spring in Manhattan #92
* 1963 This Is All I Ask #70
* 1964 When Joanna Loved Me #94
* 1964 Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) #33 (AC #3)
* 1964 A Taste of Honey #94
* 1965 If I Ruled the World #34 #40 UK
* 1965 Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) #84
* 1965 The Shadow of Your Smile #95
* 1966 A Time for Love -- (AC #3)
* 1967 For Once in My Life #91

Bennett released more singles than just these; see "The Good Life" appendix which has a full list but no chart information. "The Essential Tony Bennett" only has chart information for songs contained on it. The Whitburn book only has Top 40 hits from 1955 on. Allmusic has Top 100 hits from 1955 on but the ordering within years is suspect.

References

* Bennett, Tony, with Will Friedwald. "The Good Life". Pocket Books, 1998. ISBN 0-671-02469-8. "Select Discography" appendix.
* Whitburn, Joel. "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits". Billboard Pubs, 1983. ISBN 0-8230-7511-7.
* Liner notes for "The Essential Tony Bennett". Columbia Records, 2002.
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:q1uw6j7h7190~T51 All Music Guide entry]

External links

* [http://www.tonybennett.net/discog1.html Columbia/Sony discography at official website]
* [http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Artists/Bennett/ Detailed, database-driven discography through 1995]