Sings a String of Harold Arlen explained

Sings a String of Harold Arlen
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	A String of Harold Arlen.jpeg
Released:	1961
Recorded:	August 15 & 17–18, 1960
Studio:	CBS 30th Street (New York City)
Genre:	Vocal jazz, traditional pop
Length:	44:00
Label:	Columbia CL 1559 CS 8359
Producer:	Ernie Altschuler
Prev Title:	Alone Together
Prev Year:	1961
Next Title:	My Heart Sings
Next Year:	1961

Sings a String of Harold Arlen is a 1961 studio album by Tony Bennett. It consists of string arrangements of songs composed by Harold Arlen. The illustration on the cover is by Bob Peak.

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.^[1]

Track listing

All music composed by Harold Arlen, lyricists indicated.

"When the Sun Comes Out" (Ted Koehler) – 2:44
"Over the Rainbow" (Yip Harburg) – 4:02
"House of Flowers" (Truman Capote) – 3:35
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Johnny Mercer) – 3:34
"For Every Man There's a Woman" (Leo Robin) – 3:16
"Let's Fall in Love" (Koehler) – 4:35
"Right as the Rain" (Harburg) – 3:30
"It Was Written in the Stars" (Robin) – 2:56
"What Good Does It Do" (Harburg) – 4:10
"Fun to Be Fooled" (Ira Gershwin, Harburg) – 3:50
"This Time the Dream's on Me" (Mercer) – 3:11
"I've Got the World on a String" (Koehler) – 4:37

Recorded on August 15 (#2-4, 6), August 17 (#1, 5, 7-8, 12) and August 18 (#9-11), 1960.

Personnel

Tony Bennett – vocals
Glenn Osser – arranger, conductor

Notes and References

Web site: The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett . 8 October 2024 . allmusic.com .