The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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Song of the Day: Falling In Love With Love

The song of the day for Thursday, June 13, 2019, is “Falling In Love With Love.”

About This Song

“Falling In Love With Love” was written in 1938 by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart for the musical The Boys of Syracuse. The song pairs a beautiful Rodgers waltz melody with the adult with somewhat somber lyric by Hart: in other words, a perfect Rodgers and Hart song.

About This Version

Tony Bennett recorded “Falling In Love With Love” in 1965, with a lovely arrangement by Don Costa. It was not released on the original LP of If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set, but was added to the album for the 1997 CD re-release.

Falling In Love With Love

Falling In Love With Love, a song by Tony Bennett on Spotify

“Falling In Love With Love,” as well as If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set, is available from iTunes.

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Playlist of the Week: Tony Loves Rodgers and Hart

The Playlist of the Week for June 2, 2019, is Tony Loves Rodgers and Hart.

The Lady is a Tramp from Duets II, with Lady Gaga
Bewitched from Tony Sings For Two
This Can’t Be Love from Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs
Thou Swell from Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers and Hart
Falling In Love With Love from If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set
I Wish I Were In Love Again from Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers and Hart
There’s a Small Hotel from Tony Bennett Sings More Great Rodgers and Hart

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Playlist of the Week: Tony Loves a Piano

The playlist of the week of May 12, 2019, is Tony Loves a Piano. Some of Bennett’s finest recordings have been made with just Tony and a pianist. This week we honor some of the best of those recordings.

Tony Loves a Piano

Some of Tony Bennett's finest recordings have been with only Tony and a pianist. This week we honor some of the best of those recordings.

My Foolish Heart (Victor Young and Ned Washington) with Bill Evans
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Richard Rodgers and Larry Hart) with Ralph Sharon
Cold, Cold Heart (Hank Williams) with John Bunch
Some Other Time (Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green and Betty Comden) with Bill Evans
The Man That Got Away (Harold Arlen and Ira Gershwin) with Ralph Sharon
A Sleepin’ Bee (Harold Arlen and Truman Capote) with Ralph Sharon
Dream Dancing (Cole Porter) with Bill Evans
One For My Baby (by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer)/It Had To Be You (Isham Jones, Gus Kahn) with John Bunch
We’ll Be Together Again (Carl T. Fischer and Frankie Laine) with Bill Evans