An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett
The song of the day for Saturday, February 18, 2023, is “Sing You Sinners.”
“Sing You Sinners” was written by W. Franke Harding and Sam Coslow in 1930 for the movie Honey, starring Lillian Roth.
Tony Bennett and John Legend recorded “Sing You Sinners” on February 10, 2006, for the album Duets: An American Classic. Jorge Calandrelli wrote the arrangement.
“Sing You Sinners,” as well as Duets: An American Classic is available on Apple Music.
The song of the day for Saturday, August 26, 2017 is “Sing You Sinners.”
“Sing You Sinners” was written by W. Franke Harling and Sam Coslow for the 1930 film Honey, starring Lillian Roth. The song was an early hit in 1950 for Tony Bennett.
Tony Bennett has recorded “Sing You Sinners” several times and each of those recordings are wonderful. Today I’d like to feature that first recording, make on July 20, 1950, his fourth session at Columbia, with an arrangement by Marty Manning.
Sing You Sinners
Listen to Sing You Sinners on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 2011
For our weekly Saturday video, here is a nice video of the recording session with John Legend for the 2006 album Duets: An American Classic.
The song of the day for Sunday, October 11, 2015 is “Sing You Sinners.”
“Sing You Sinners” was written in 1930 by W. Franke Harling (music) and Sam Coslow (lyrics) for the 1930 film “Honey,” starring Lillian Roth. The song was an early hit in 1950 for Tony Bennett. He sings the song regularly in concerts today.
We have several versions of this song. All of them are great, upbeat versions. The two earliest recordings were singles recorded in 1950 and 1955 by Marty Manning and Percy Faith, respectively. Following that we have two live version: 1962 at Carnegie Hall and 1964 at The Sahara in Las Vegas. We close with a duet from 2006 with John Legend, released on Duets: An American Classic. I like them all but I love this song a lot and don’t think I could ever be disappointed when Tony Bennett sings it: no matter when, no matter where, it swings like hell.
Sing You Sinners
Listen to Sing You Sinners on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 2011
Sing You Sinners
Listen to Sing You Sinners on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 2011
Sing You Sinners (From "Honey") - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1962
Listen to Sing You Sinners (From "Honey") - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1962 on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, Ralph Sharon & His Orchestra · 1962
Sing You Sinners - Live at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - April 1964
Listen to Sing You Sinners - Live at the Sahara Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - April 1964 on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1964
Sing You Sinners (with John Legend)
Listen to Sing You Sinners (with John Legend) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, John Legend · 2006