''Hometown, My Town'' is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on

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as CL 1301.

Track listing

#"The Skyscraper Blues" (

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, Adair) – 7:08 #"Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17 #" By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54 #" I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58 #"

Love Is Here to Stay "Love Is Here to Stay" is a popular song and jazz standard composed by George Gershwin with lyrics by Ira Gershwin for the movie ''The Goldwyn Follies'' (1938). History "Love Is Here to Stay" was first performed by Kenny Baker in ''The Goldwy ...

" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21 #"

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" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35 ''Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.''

Personnel

* Tony Bennett – vocals *

Ralph Burns Ralph Joseph P. Burns (June 29, 1922 – November 21, 2001) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Early life Burns was born in Newton, Massachusetts, United States, where he began playing the piano as a child. In 1938, he attend ...

– arranger & conductor *

Ralph Sharon Ralph Simon Sharon (September 17, 1923 – March 31, 2015) was a British-American jazz pianist and arranger. He is best known for working with Tony Bennett as his pianist on numerous recordings and live performances. Biography Ralph Sharon was bo ...

– piano *Ed Caine,

Walt Levinsky Walt Levinsky (April 18, 1929 – December 14, 1999) was an American big band and orchestral player, composer, arranger, and bandleader. While many of his big band assignments were as lead alto sax player, his favorite instrument was the clarin ...

(#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds * Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6) * Danny Bank – baritone saxophone *Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6),

Marky Markowitz Irvin "Marky" Markowitz (aka Irwin Markowitz, Irving Markowitz; December 11, 1923 - November 18, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter. Born the youngest of seven children of Russian-Jewish immigrants who disembarked in Baltimore, and settled on ...

, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet * Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone *

Toots Mondello Nunzio (Toots) Mondello (August 14, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts – November 15, 1992 in New York City, New York) was an American swing jazz alto saxophonist. Mondello played with Mal Hallett from 1927 to 1933, where he also simultaneously p ...

– alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6) * Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar *Janet Putman – harp *Pat Merola (#1, 3),

Milt Hinton Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Regarded as the Dean of American jazz bass players, his nicknames included "Sporty" from his years in Chicago, "Fump" from his time on the ...

(#2, 4–6) – bass * Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6) *Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3) * Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3) *Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

Strings

Seymour Barab Seymour Barab (January 9, 1921 – June 28, 2014) was an American composer of opera, songs and instrumental and chamber music, as well as a cellist, organist and pianist. He was best known for his fairy tale operas for young audiences, such as ' ...

, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4–6), Lucien Schmidt (#4–6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr – violoncello, viola *

Arnold Eidus Arnold Eidus (28 November 1922 – 3 June 2013) was a concert violinist and recording artist. Life Eidus's father (Harry Eidus, 1897–1984), a Jewish immigrant from Dvinsk, Latvia, was a violinist; his mother (Sadie "Sonia" Birkenfeld, 190 ...

, Julius Held, Max Hollander,

Harry Lookofsky Harry Lookofsky (1 October 1913 – 8 June 1998) was an American jazz violinist. He was also the father of keyboardist-songwriter Michael Brown, who most notably was a founding member of The Left Banke and Stories. History Harry Lookofsky w ...

(#4–6), Harry Edison (#4–6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont,

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, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) – violin

References

1959 albums Tony Bennett albums Albums conducted by Ralph Burns Albums produced by Mitch Miller Columbia Records albums {{1950s-jazz-album-stub