The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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Song of the Day: The Party’s Over

The song of the day for Saturday, May 8, 2021, is “The Party’s Over.”

About This Song

“The Party’s Over” was written by Jule Styne, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden for the 1956 Broadway musical Bells Are Ringing. This song was introduced by Judy Holliday, who won the Tony Award for her performance.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “The Party’s Over” for his 1959 album Hometown, My Town. It was arranged by the excellent Ralph Burns.

The Party"s Over

Listen to The Party"s Over on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1959

“The Party’s Over,” as well as Hometown, My Town, is available from Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: The Party’s Over

The song of the day for Wednesday, April 1, 2020, is “The Party’s Over.”

About This Song

“The Party’s Over” was written by Jule Styne, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden for the 1956 musical Bells Are Ringing. The song was introduced by Judy Holliday, who won the Tony Award for her performance.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “The Party’s Over” for his 1959 album Hometown, My Town. Ralph Burns arranged this song, as well as all the songs on this album.

“The Party’s Over,” as well as Hometown, My Town, is available from iTunes.

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Song of the Day: The Party’s Over

The song of the day for is “The Party’s Over.”

About This Song

Today’s song, “The Party’s Over,” was written by Jule Styne (music), with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden for the 1956 Broadway musical Bells Are Ringing. The song was introduced by Judy Holliday, who won the Tony award for her performance. Also from Bells Are Ringing is “Just In Time.”

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “The Party’s Over” for his 1959 album Hometown, My Town. The terrific arrangement was done by Ralph Burns.

The Party"s Over

Listen to The Party"s Over on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1959


“The Party’s Over,” as well as Hometown, My Town, is available from iTunes.

Here’s Judy Holliday from the original cast recording of Bells Are Ringing.

The Party"s Over

Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing Ensemble, Bells Are Ringing Original Broadway Cast, Original Broadway Cast of Bells Are Ringing · Bells Are Ringing (Original Broadway Cast) · Song · 1956

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Song of the Day: The Party’s Over

The song of the day for Monday, December 4, 2017 is “The Party’s Over.”

About This Song

“The Party’s Over” was written for the 1956 Broadway hit, Bells Are Ringing, with music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. The song was introduced by Judy Holliday, who won the Tony award for her performance and who also appeared in the film version opposite Dean Martin.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “The Party’s Over” for his 1959 album Hometown, My Town. Ralph Burns did the great arrangement for this and all the other songs on this album.

The Party"s Over

Listen to The Party"s Over on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1959


“The Party’s Over,” as well as Hometown, My Town, is available from iTunes.

As an extra treat, here’s the magnificent Judy Holliday singing “The Party’s Over” from the 1960 film version of Bells Are Ringing.

About Today

I realized yesterday that I had forgotten the anniversary of the birth of one of this numbers songwriters, Adolph Green, who was born on December 2, 2014. He had a long and productive writing career with his partner Betty Comden. Together they wrote lyrics for many Broadway musicals and also had a brilliant career in Hollywood, not the least of which was their screenplay for the movie Singin’ In The Rain. Many of the songs we all know and love, like this one or “Some Other Time” were written by Comden and Green.

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Song of the Day: The Party’s Over

The song of the day for Saturday, September 10, 2016 is “The Party’s Over.”

About This Song

“The Party’s Over” is one of the hit songs from the 1956 musical Bells Are Ringing (the other being another Tony Bennett song “Just In Time”), which was composed by Jule Styne and with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden. The song was introduced by Judy Holliday, who won the Tony award for her performance.

About This Version

Your faithful blogger had to call in sick today and so was home when the 1960 film version of Bells Are Ringing, starring Judy Holliday and Dean Martin, was on Turner Classic Movies this afternoon. It turned out that I’d never seen it before and I loved every moment of it. And so, today we feature a song from the score of Bells Are Ringing.

Tony Bennett recorded “The Party’s Over” in 1959 for his album Hometown, My Town, wonderfully arranged by Ralph Burns. I know I say it a lot, but this is one of Bennett’s best, if somewhat unknown, albums. It was one of the first true “concept” albums in the industry and tells the story of a young man getting his start, falling in love and getting his heart broken in Manhattan. Wonderful album with many wonderful songs, including this one.

The Party"s Over

Listen to The Party"s Over on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1959


“The Party’s Over,” as well as Hometown, My Town, is available from iTunes.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Hometown, My Town, here’s the Spotify link to the full album.

Hometown, My Town

Listen to Hometown, My Town on Spotify · EP · Tony Bennett · 1959 · 6 songs

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Here’s the wonderful Judy Holliday singing today’s song from the film version of Bells Are Ringing.