Hometown, My Town Explained

Hometown, My Town
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	Hometown,_My_Town.jpg
Released:	July 1959^[1]
Recorded:	November 3–4 and 6, 1958
Studio:	CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	27:13
Label:	Columbia CL 1301 CS 8107
Producer:	Mitch Miller
Prev Title:	Strike Up the Band
Prev Year:	1959
Next Title:	To My Wonderful One
Next Year:	1960

Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

Track listing

1. "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) – 7:08
2. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17
3. "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54
4. "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58
5. "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
6. "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Ralph Burns – arranger & conductor
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds
• Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6)
• Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
• Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet
• Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone
• Toots Mondello – alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6)
• Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar
• Janet Putman – harp
• Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4–6) – bass
• Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6)
• Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3)
• Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3)
• Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

Strings

• Seymour Barab, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4–6), Lucien Schmidt (#4–6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr – violoncello, viola
• Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Max Hollander, Harry Lookofsky (#4–6), Harry Edison (#4–6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) – violin

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=RQoEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bennett+Hometown+1301&pg=PA26 Billboard July 27, 1959