Long Ago and Far Away (Tony Bennett album) explained

Long Ago and Far Away
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	Long_Ago_and_Far_Away.jpg
Released:	1958
Recorded:	April 7–9, 1958
Venue:	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	35:18
Label:	Columbia
Prev Title:	The Beat of My Heart
Prev Year:	1957
Next Title:	In Person!
Next Year:	1959

Long Ago and Far Away is an album by American singer Tony Bennett that was released by Columbia in 1958.

Track listing

1. "It Could Happen to You" (Van Heusen, Burke) – 2:50
2. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) – 3:13
3. "Long Ago and Far Away" (Kern, Gershwin) – 2:55
4. "It Amazes Me" (Coleman, Leigh) – 3:27
5. "The Way You Look Tonight" (Kern, Fields) – 3:08
6. "Be Careful, It's My Heart" (Berlin) – 2:15
7. "My Foolish Heart" (Washington, Young) – 3:09
8. "Time After Time" (Cahn, Styne) – 2:55
9. "Fools Rush In" (Mercer, Bloom) – 2:09
10. "A Cottage for Sale" (Robison, Conley) – 3:04
11. "Blue Moon" (Hart, Rodgers) – 2:32
12. "So Far" (Rodgers, Hammerstein II) – 3:41

Recorded on April 7 (#1, 5, 7), April 8 (#2, 11–12) and April 9 (#3–4, 6, 8–10), 1958.

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Herbie Mann – flute
• Robert Bai – guitar
• George Van Eps – guitar
• Catherine Gotthoffe – harp
• Dorothy Remsen – harp
• Frank Flynn – vibes
• Buddy Clark – double bass
• Larry Bunker – drums
• William Exiner – drums
• Frank De Vol – conductor

Strings

• Armond Kaproff (#1, 5, 7), Edgar Lustgarten (#1–2, 5, 7, 11–12), Raphael Kremer – violoncello
• Israel Baker, Robert Barene, Sam Freed, Jacques Gasselin, Ben Gill, Mort Herbert, Dan Lube, William Miller, Lou Raderman, Ambrose Russe, Albert Saparoff, Eudice Shapiro, David Frisina (#2, 11–12), Anatol Kaminsky (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12) Paul Lowenkron (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12), Victor Arno (#3–4, 6, 8–10) – violin
• Norman Botnick (#2, 3–4, 6, 8–12), G. R. Menhennick (#3–4, 6, 8–10), Virginia Majewski, Robert Ostrowsky, Joseph Reilich, Milton Thomas – viola