Tony Makes It Happen Explained

Tony Makes It Happen
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tony Bennett
Cover:	Tony_Makes_It_Happen.jpg
Released:	April 1967^[1]
Recorded:	November 26, 1966 (#3, 9) January 12, 1967 (#1, 10–11) January 18, 1967 (#4–5) January 27, 1967 (#2, 6–8) CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre:	Vocal jazz
Length:	30:20
Label:	Columbia CL 2653 CS 9453
Producer:	Ernie Altschuler
Prev Title:	A Time for Love
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	For Once in My Life
Next Year:	1967

Tony Makes It Happen is an album by American singer Tony Bennett,^[2] originally released in 1967 on Columbia as CL 2653.

Track listing

1. "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 2:21
2. "A Beautiful Friendship" (Donald Kahn, Stanley Styne) – 2:28
3. "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) – 2:02
4. "What Makes It Happen" (Jimmy Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn) – 2:54
5. "The Lady's in Love with You" (Burton Lane, Frank Loesser) – 1:43
6. "Can't Get Out of This Mood" (Jimmy McHugh, Frank Loesser) – 3:40
7. "I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)" (Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk) – 3:24
8. "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) – 2:00
9. "Country Girl" (Robert Farnon) – 3:37
10. "Old Devil Moon" (Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg – 3:00
11. "She's Funny That Way" (Neil Moret, Richard A. Whiting) – 3:11

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Marion Evans – conductor, arranger
• Bobby Tricarico – tenor sax
• Joe Newman, Joe Wilder – trumpet
• Urbie Green – trombone
• Joe Soldo – flute
• John Bunch – piano
• Corky Hale – harp
• Milt Hinton – bass
• Sol Gubin – drums
• Unidentified strings

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=DygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=bennett+Makes+It+Happen+2653&pg=RA1-PA46 Billboard Apr 8, 1967
2. http://avaxhome.ws/hraphile/tony_bennett_makes_it_happen_lp.html At Avax