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Hometown, My Town
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1959 [1]
RecordedNovember 3–4 and 6, 1958
Studio CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre Vocal jazz
Length27:13
Label Columbia
CL 1301
CS 8107
Producer Mitch Miller
Tony Bennett chronology
In Person!
(1959)
Hometown, My Town
(1959)
To My Wonderful One
(1960)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

Track listing

  1. "The Skyscraper Blues" ( Jenkins, Adair) – 7:08
  2. "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17
  3. " By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54
  4. " I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58
  5. " Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
  6. " The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

Personnel

  • Tony Bennett – vocals
  • Ralph Burns – arranger & conductor
  • Ralph Sharon – piano
  • Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds
  • Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6)
  • Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
  • Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet
  • Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone
  • Toots Mondello – alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6)
  • Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar
  • Janet Putman – harp
  • Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4–6) – bass
  • Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6)
  • Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3)
  • Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3)
  • Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

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