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The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

June 6, 2016 By Suzanne Leave a Comment

Song of the Day: Love For Sale

The song of the day for Tuesday, June 7, 2016 is “Love For Sale.”

About This Song

Cole Porter wrote “Love For Sale” in 1930 for the Broadway musical The New Yorkers. The song was sung by a prostitute advertising her services. The song was considered rather scandalous at the time. In fact, for the production of The New Yorkers, it was supposed to be sung by the white star Kathryn Crawford, but the song was assigned to an African-American singer instead. In spite of being banned from play on the radio, “Love For Sale” has had many fine recordings, including those by Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Miles Davis

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Love For Sale” in 1957 for his third album: The Beat of My Heart. For this album, Tony Bennett and his new pianist, Ralph Sharon, gathered drummers and percussionists from all over the world to collaborate on the album. “Love For Sale” featured Candido, Sabu and Billy Exiner.

Love for Sale

Listen to Love for Sale on Spotify. Tony Bennett · Song · 1957.


“Love For Sale,” as well as The Beat of My Heart, is available from iTunes.

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Filed Under: Song of the Day Tagged With: Billy Exiner, Candido, Cole Porter, Ralph Sharon, Sabu, The Beat of My Heart

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