The Year of Tony Bennett

An Appreciation of the Art and Music of Tony Bennett

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Song of the Day: Some Other Time

The song of the day for Friday, August 16, 2024, is “Some Other Time.”

About Today

We remember Bill Evans, born on August 16, 1929, in Plainfield, New Jersey.

About This Song

“Some Other Time” was written by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, for the 1944 Broadway musical On The Town, the story of three sailors on leave in New York City and their romantic adventures. This song is sung at the end by two of the couples. Inexplicably, this beautiful song was cut from the 1949 film version.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “Some Other Time” in June 1975 for The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album. If any recording can be called perfect, it’s this one.

“Some Other Time,” as well as The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: Some Other Time

The song of the day for Thursday, June 13, 2024, is “Some Other Time.”

About Today

We conclude our look at The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album today. Hope you’ve enjoyed it as much as I have.

About This Song

“Some Other Time” was written by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, for the 1944 musical On The Town, the story of three sailors on leave in New York City and their romantic adventures. This song is sung at the end by two of the couples. Inexplicably, this beautiful song was cut from the 1949 film version.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “Some Other Time” in June 1975 for The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album. If I had to choose just one Tony Bennett recording to listen to for the rest of my life, it would be this one. It’s perfect.

“Some Other Time,” as well as The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: Some Other Time

The song of the day for Sunday, December 31, 2023, is “Some Other Time.”

About This Song

“Some Other Time” was written in 1944 by Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden for the musical On The Town, the story of three sailors on leave in New York City and their romantic adventures. This song is sung at the end by two of the couples. Inexplicably, this beautiful song was cut from the 1949 film version.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “Some Other Time” in June 1975 for The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album.

“Some Other Time,” as well as The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, is available on Apple Music.

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Song of the Day: Some Other Time

The song of the day for Saturday, December 1, 2023, is “Some Other Time.”

About Today

Today we are celebrating the birth of Adolph Green, who was born on December 1, 1914, in The Bronx. He worked with his writing partner Betty Comden from 1944 until his death in 2002. Comden and Green worked with composers including Leonard Bernstein (On The Town and Wonderful Town), Jule Styne (Bells Are Ringing, Do Re Me, and Subways Are For Sleeping), and Cy Coleman (On The Twentieth Century and The Will Rogers Follies). Comden and Green also wrote the screenplay for the 1952 movie Singin’ In The Rain.

In 1985, Stephen Sondheim cast Adolph Green and Betty Comden as Emily and Theodore Whitman, ex-vaudevillians in their seventies to sing “Rain on the Roof.”

Note: This clip also has Liliane Montevecchi singing “Ah, Paris!” and the amazing Elaine Stritch singing “Broadway Baby.”

About This Song

“Some Other Time” was composed by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics by Adolph Green and Betty Comden, for the first musical written by these three: On The Town, which opened on Broadway in 1944. This song is sung at the end by two of the couples. Inexplicably, this beautiful song was cut from the 1949 film version.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “Some Other Time” in June 1975 for The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album.

“Some Other Time,” as well as The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, is available on Apple Music.

I also have a recording of “Some Other Time” from a 1959 studio recording of On The Town. The recording features Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Nancy Walkerm and Cris Alexander.`

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Song of the Day: Lucky To Be Me

The song of the day for Wednesday, September 27, 2023, is “Lucky To Be Me.”

About The Next Few Days

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded their second album, Together Again, 47 years ago, from September 27-30, 1976, at the Columbia Studios in San Francisco. Their first album, The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album, was recorded in 1975 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California.

We’ll be featuring songs from Together Again for the next few days.

About This Song

“Lucky To Be Me” was written by Leonard Bernstein, Adolph Green, and Betty Comden, for the 1944 musical On The Town, where it was introduced by John Battles. The song (as were most of the songs from the score) was cut from the 1949 film.

About This Version

Tony Bennett and Bill Evans recorded “Lucky To Be Me” in September 1976 for their second album, Together Again, which was released in 1977.

“Lucky To Be Me,” as well as Together Again, is available on Apple Music.