This Is All I Ask (album) explained

This Is All I Ask
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	This_Is_All_I_Ask.jpg
Released:	July 1963^[1]
Recorded:	April 22–26, 1963
Studio:	CBS 30th Street Studio, New York
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	32:48
Label:	Columbia CL 2056 CS 8856
Producer:	Ernie Altschuler
Prev Title:	I Wanna Be Around...
Prev Year:	1963
Next Title:	The Many Moods of Tony
Next Year:	1964

This Is All I Ask is an album by Tony Bennett, released in 1963. It reached number 24 on the Billboard 200.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Keep Smiling at Trouble" (Buddy G. DeSylvia, Al Jolson, Lewis E. Gensler) – 2:08
2. "Autumn in Rome" (Sammy Cahn, Paul Weston, Alessandro Cicognini) – 2:19
3. "True Blue Lou" (Richard A. Whiting, Leo Robin, Sam Coslow) – 2:46
4. "The Way That I Feel" – 2:58
5. "This Is All I Ask" (Gordon Jenkins) – 3:17
6. "The Moment of Truth" (Tex Satterwhite, Frank Scott) – 2:14
7. "Got Her Off My Hands" – 2:04
8. "Sandy's Smile" – 3:13
9. "Long About Now" – 2:45
10. "Young and Foolish" – 3:26
11. "Tricks" – 1:52
12. "On the Other Side of the Tracks" (Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh) – 3:46

Recorded April 22, 1963 (#1–2, 10, 12), April 24, 1963 (#3, 6–7), April 26, 1963 (#4–5, 8–9, 11).

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Chico Hamilton – drums (#11)
• Ralph Burns – arranger, conductor
• Unidentified chorus and orchestra

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=WAsEAAAAMBAJ&q=bennett+this+is+All+I+Ask+2056&pg=PA10 Billboard Aug 10, 1963
2. Web site: This is All I Ask - Tony Bennett | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic. AllMusic.