The album of the week starting on February 27, 2022, is My Heart Sings.

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Tony Bennett remembers My Heart Sings in his autobiography, The Good Life:

Ralph Burns and I got together again to do some singles, including “Smile,” and for our next album we changed gears again. Instead of the lush, ballad-style arrangements we had used on Hometown, My Town, we switched to a cookin’ jazz sound. The album is called My Heart Sings, and I simply love Ralph’s writing on this one. It’s really beautiful music.

This album is a preview of 1962, which was an outstanding year for Tony Bennett, including his concert at Carnegie Hall and winning his first Grammy Award for “I Left My Heart In San Francisco.”

My Heart Sings was recorded in 3 sessions on 3 consecutive days: April 4, April 5, and April 6, 1961.

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Album Facts

Release Date	August 7, 1961
Label	Columbia
Producer	Ernie Altschuler
Vocals	Tony Bennett
Arrangements, Conductor	Ralph Burns
Piano	Bernie Leighton
Bass	Milt Hinton
Drums	Herb Lovelle
Guitar	Barry Galbraith, Chuck Wayne, Mundell Lowe
Saxophone	Danny Bank, Al Klink, Toots Mondello, Romeo Penque, Jerry Sanfino
Trumpet	Bernie Glow, Irving Markowitz, Jimmy Maxwell, Carl Sereinsen
Trombone	Robert Alexander, Urbie Green, Dick Hixson, Frank Rehak
Vibes	Eddie Costa

Songs on My Heart Sings

Song	Composers
Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me	Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler
Dancing in the Dark	Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz
I’m Comin’ Virginia	Donald Heywood, Will Marion Cook
My Heart Sings	Jean Blanvillain (Jamblin), Harold Rome, Henri Laurent Herpin
It Never Was You	Kurt Weill, Maxwell Anderson
You Took Advantage of Me	Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart
Close Your Eyes	Bernice Petkere
Stella By Starlight	Victor Young, Ned Washington
More Than You Know	Vincent Youmans, Billy Rose, Edward Eliscu
My Ship	Kurt Weill, Ira Gershwin
Lover Man	Jimmy Davis, Roger “Ram” Ramirez, James Sherman
Toot, Toot, Tootsie	Gus Kahn, Ernie Erdman, Ted Fiorito, Dan Russo

Listen to My Heart Sings

You can also listen to My Heart Sings on

• Apple Music
• Amazon Music player
• Qobuz
• YouTube Music