BEST SINGER IN THE BUSINESS

BENNETT, TONY

Genre: music4me > easy listening > easy listening

Format: 3 CD

Catalogue Number: GSS5380

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Description:
Tony Bennett has long prevented the reissue of a number of his '50s hits that he considers embarrassing or unrepresentative of the serious image he wants to project. As these recordings hit the 50-year mark and enter the public domain in Europe, they're finally being released on compact disc, whether he likes it or not. The Best Singer in the Business is a cheaply packaged three-disc, 42-song set manufactured in Portugal that has no liner notes or annotation but contains a few of the rare recordings sought by Bennett's fans and collectors of chart hits. These include "Cinnamon Sinner," a Top Ten hit from 1954, and a Top Ten version of Hank Williams' "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight" with a big-band boogie beat. One of the non-hits Bennett probably would have liked to keep out of circulation is "My Pretty Shoo-Gah," his contribution to the calypso craze. Although it employs clichéd "calypso grammar," Bennett doesn't use a fake accent, and the accompanying vocal group is quite nice. Many of the better-known recordings, such as "Cold, Cold Heart," "Rags to Riches" and "Stranger in Paradise," are probably copied off of authorized CDs and appear in high fidelity, but the tracks making their CD debut are mastered from vinyl sources. The latter cuts sound good with some exceptions -- the 1953 hit "Why Does It Have to Be Me" has noticeable surface noise, and the dull, muffled sound indicates an overzealous application of noise reduction. Whether it is worthwhile to invest in an import box set for a handful of songs is a personal judgment, but interested collectors should factor into their decision the inevitability that some European label will assemble a more focused anthology of Bennett's rare hits in the foreseeable future. ~ Greg Adams, AMG

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Cold, Cold Heart
2.	Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
3.	Because Of You
4.	I Won't Cry Anymore
5.	I'm The King Of Broken Hearts
6.	No One Will Ever Know
7.	Anywhere I Wander
8.	Solitaire
9.	I Wanna Be Loved
10.	Stay Where You Are
11.	Please Driver (Once Around The Park Again)
12.	Until Yesterday (Non E La Pioggia)
13.	Once There Lived A Fool
14.	Sleepless
Disk 2
1.	Rags To Riches
2.	Blue Velvet
3.	There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
4.	My Heart Won't Say Goodbye
5.	Sing You Sinners
6.	Roses Of Yesterday
7.	Here In My Heart
8.	Congratulations To Someone
9.	Madonna, Madonna
10.	Kiss You
11.	Cinnamon Sinner
12.	Take Me Back Again
13.	Silly Dreamer
14.	Somewhere Along The Way
Disk 3
1.	Stranger In Paradise
2.	Why Does It Have To Be Me
3.	Not As A Stranger
4.	I Can't Give You Anything But Love
5.	While We're Young
6.	Have A Good Time
7.	Here Comes That Heartache Again
8.	You Could Make Me Smile Again
9.	Funny Thing
10.	My Pretty Shoogah
11.	I'm Lost Again
12.	Beautiful Madness
13.	Valentino Tango
14.	Take Me

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