Uniform title | Musical comedies. Selections; arranged |
Contents |
This can't be love (1:41) -- Blue moon (2:13) -- The lady is a tramp (2:29) -- Lover (3:50) -- Manhattan (3:19) -- Spring is here (2:45) -- Have you met Miss Jones? (3:22) -- Isn't it romantic? (3:24) -- Wait 'Til you see her (1:28) -- I could write a book (3:12) -- Thou swell (2:14) -- The most beautiful girl in the world (3:48) -- There's a small hotel (3:03) -- I've got five dollars (2:36) -- You took advantage of me (2:19) -- I wish I were in love again (2:29) -- This funny world (3:07) -- My heart stood still (1:58) -- My romance (3:45) -- Mountain greenery (2:58) -- This can't be love (alt. take 1) (1:44) -- I could write a book (alt. take 2) (3:17) -- Thou swell (alt. take 1) (2:10) -- The most beautiful girl in the world (alt. take 4) (3:19) -- I wish I were in love again (alt. take 1) (2:55) -- This funny world (alt. take 3) (3:19). |
General note | Program notes by Will Friedwald on insert. |
General note | Selections 1-10 originally released as Tony Bennett sings 10 Rodgers & Hart songs (Improv 7113), 1976 ; #11-20 as Tony Bennett sings more great Rodgers & Hart (Improv 7120), 1977 ; #21-26 on The complete Improv recordings (Concord CCD4-2255-2), 2004. |
Performer |
Sung by Tony Bennett, with the Ruby Braff/George Barnes Quartet (Ruby Braff, cornet ; George Barnes, Wayne Wright, guitars ; John Giuffrida, bass. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded: CBS Recording Studios, New York City, July 12 and 16, 1973. |