I Left My Heart in San Francisco (album)
| I Left My Heart in San Francisco | ||||
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| Released | June 18, 1962[1] | |||
| Recorded | October 1957–January 1962 | |||
| Studio | CBS 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Classic pop | |||
| Length | 32:20 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 1869 CS 8669 | |||
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler | |||
| Tony Bennett chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [2] |
| Record Mirror |  [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
I Left My Heart in San Francisco is an album by American singer Tony Bennett, released in 1962 on Columbia Records. The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 13, of that year, and remained on the album chart for 149 weeks, peaking at No. 5[5] and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. Originally available as Columbia rekey CL 1869 (mono) and CS 8669 (stereo), it is one of the best-selling albums of Bennett's career.
Tony Bennett won two 1962 Grammy Awards for the title song: Record of the Year and Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male.
Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[6]
Content
[edit]In February 1962, the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" was released by Columbia as the B-side to "Once Upon a Time", but became a chart hit in its own right.[7] Columbia assembled the album around the single, including material that had been previously released on singles and unused items from earlier sessions.
Previously released songs included "The Best Is Yet to Come", which had been introduced by Bennett and released as Columbia single 41965 in February 1961, with "Marry Young" on the flipside. Both songs were by the team of Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh, their "Rules of the Road" the b-side to Columbia 42135 "Close Your Eyes" released August 11, 1961.[8] Another single, "Candy Kisses" recorded in March 1961 with "Have I Told You Lately?" from I Can Get It for You Wholesale recorded at the same January 23, 1962 sessions that yielded the title song, were Columbia 42395 on March 30, 1962.[9] "Tender Is the Night", later used in the 1962 film, had been Columbia 42219, released October 27, 1961, while Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" from Modern Times peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100 as Columbia 41434, released July 6, 1959. None of the other singles, with the exception of "San Francisco", had charted.
The additional three tracks were taken from sessions spanning 1957 to 1960. "Taking a Chance on Love" derived from the musical Cabin in the Sky, "Love for Sale" from The New Yorkers, and "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" from Oh, Look!. Bennett's rescue of "Once Upon a Time" from All American gave him "San Francisco" instead, his signature song.
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" | Douglass Cross, George Cory | 2:52 |
| 2. | "Once Upon a Time" | Charles Strouse, Lee Adams | 2:57 |
| 3. | "Tender Is the Night" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Smile" | Charlie Chaplin, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Love for Sale" | Cole Porter | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Taking a Chance on Love" | Vernon Duke, Ted Fetter, John Latouche | 1:54 |
Side two
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Candy Kisses" | George Morgan | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Have I Told You Lately?" | Harold Rome | 2:39 |
| 3. | "Rules of the Road" | Cy Coleman, Carolyn Leigh | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Marry Young" | Coleman, Leigh | 2:20 |
| 5. | "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" | Harry Carroll, Joseph McCarthy | 2:40 |
| 6. | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | Coleman, Leigh | 2:28 |
Personnel
[edit]- Tony Bennett — vocals
- Ralph Sharon — piano; arrangements on "Love for Sale"
- The Count Basie Orchestra — instruments and arrangements on "Taking A Chance on Love"
- Marty Manning — arrangements on "San Francisco," "Once Upon A Time," "Tender is the Night," "Candy Kisses," and "Have I Told You Lately?"
- Cy Coleman — arrangements on "Marry Young" and "The Best Is Yet to Come"
- Ralph Burns — arrangements on "Smile" and "Rules of the Road"
- Frank De Vol — arrangements on "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"
- Candido Camero, Sabu Martinez, and Billy Exiner — percussion on "Love for Sale"
References
[edit]- ^ Tony Bennett.com
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "I Left My Heart in San Francisco – Tony Bennett". AllMusic. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Watson, Jimmy (25 January 1964). "Tony Bennett: I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 150. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Gary Mamorstein. The Label: The Story of Columbia Records. New York": Thunder's Mouth Press, 2007. p. 375.
- ^ Columbia 42000 series discography
- ^ I Left My Heart in San Francisco. 2006 reissue, Legacy Records 82876 84782 2, liner notes.
