The album of the week starting on February 20, 2022, is Tony Sings For Two.
On October 28, 1959, Tony Bennett and Ralph Sharon entered the CBS 30th Street Studio with a briefcase full of sheet music to record an album with no orchestra, just Bennett and Sharon on piano. They looked through the music and tried different tunes. Once a song was selected, they recorded it in one or two takes; the arrangements were spontaneous. In one afternoon, they recorded 16 songs, 12 of which made it onto the album; a 13th song was added to the 1995 CD re-release. Mitch Miller showed up at the start of these sessions, furious that they were really going through with it. When he saw that there was no dissuading Bennett, he turned to Frank Laico and said, “I’m leaving. I can’t support this.” The resulting album, Tony Sings For Two was released until early 1961. The album was a masterpiece and is one of Bennett’s finest albums.
Album Facts
| Release Date | February 6, 1961 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Producer | Mitch Miller |
| Vocals | Tony Bennett |
| Piano | Ralph Sharon |
| Recording Date | October 28, 1959 |
| Recording Engineer | Frank Laico |
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