The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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Song of the Day: You Must Believe In Spring

The song of the day for Thursday, June 20, 2024, is “You Must Believe In Spring.”

About This Song

“You Must Believe In Spring” was composed by Michel Legrand, with lyrics by Jacques Demy, for the 1967 French film Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, which starred Catherine Deneuve. Alan and Marilyn Bergman wrote the English lyrics. “You Must Believe In Spring” has been widely recorded by artists including Sylvia Syms, Barbra Streisand, and Bill Evans, in a posthumous release of an album with the same name, featuring sessions with Eddie Gomez and Eliot Zigmund.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “You Must Believe In Spring” in September 1976 for their second album, Together Again, released in 1977.

“You Must Believe In Spring,” as well as Together Again, is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: Watch What Happens

The Song of the Day for Thursday, November 29, 2012 is Watch What Happens.

About Watch What Happens

Watch What Happens was written for the 1964  Les Parapluies De Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourgh) by Michael Legrand, with lyrics by the film’s screenwriter, Jacques Demy. Norman Gimbel wrote the English lyrics.

About This Version

This version is from Tony Bennett’s wonderful 1965 album If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set and was arranged and conducted by Don Costa. The Ralph Sharon Trio ,with Hal Gaylor on bass and Billy Exiner on drums, was featured on the album, as was Al Cohn on tenor saxophone. Ernie Altschuler produced the album.

Mr. Bennett’s recording of Watch What Happens was included on a later release of the soundtrack that included several bonus tracks of jazz interpretations of songs from the film. The soundtrack is available on Amazon.

Watch What Happens, along with the album If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set, is available from iTunes.