A Wonderful World (Tony Bennett and k.d. lang album) explained

A Wonderful World
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett and k.d. lang
Cover:	awonderfulworldbennettlang.jpg
Recorded:	March 2002^[1]
Studio:	John Harms Theatre (remotely recorded to Bennett Studios)
Genre:	Jazz
Label:	Columbia
Producer:	T Bone Burnett, Danny Bennett
Chronology:	Tony Bennett
Prev Title:	The Essential Tony Bennett
Prev Year:	2002
Next Title:	The Art of Romance
Next Year:	2004

A Wonderful World is an album by Tony Bennett and k.d. lang released in 2002.

It later won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album. In the U.S., the album achieved gold record status, and reached top 40 in the UK.

Track listing

1. "Exactly Like You" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh)  – 3:17
2. "La Vie en Rose" (Mack David, David Louiguy, Edith Piaf)  – 3:23
3. "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)" (Doc Dougherty, Al J. Neiburg, Ellis Reynolds)  – 4:46
4. "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Carl M. Dunlap, Earl Hines)  – 3:00
5. "What a Wonderful World" (Robert Thiele, George David Weiss)  – 3:23
6. "That's My Home" (Otis Rene, Leon Rene)  – 3:05
7. "A Kiss to Build a Dream On" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby)  – 3:25 (k.d. lang solo)
8. "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen)  – 3:49
9. "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Gus Kahn, Wilbur Schwandt)  – 3:52
10. "You Can't Lose a Broken Heart" (James P. Johnson, Eddie Miller)  – 3:14
11. "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith)  – 4:36 (k.d. lang solo)
12. "If We Never Meet Again" (Louis Armstrong, Horace Gerlach)  – 3:52

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• k.d. lang – vocals
• Lee Musiker – piano, arrangements
• Clayton Cameron – drums
• Paul Langosch – double bass
• Gray Sargent – guitar
• Scott Hamilton – tenor saxophone
• Peter Matz – conductor

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)! scope="col"

Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[2]	158
Canadian Jazz Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	5

Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	53
US Billboard 200^[5]	193

Notes and References

1. Web site: March 2002. 7 September 2014.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040906184132/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/200-2_2002.html. September 6, 2004. Top 200 Albums of 2002 (based on sales). Jam!. March 23, 2022.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040812035016/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_jazz.html. August 12, 2004. Canada's Top 50 Jazz Albums of 2002 in Canada. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
4. Web site: ARIA Top 100 Albums for 2003. Australian Recording Industry Association. February 17, 2021.
5. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2003. Billboard. February 17, 2021.