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A Time for Love (1966)

Where the lyrics of A Time for Love take you, and where it was really made.

This 1966 Tony Bennett album collects material recorded between 1960 and 1966 in three cities, and it was released only as a compilation.

Key places

Recorded in Los Angeles (1966)

Recording site Los Angeles — Part of the unreleased material on this compilation was recorded in Los Angeles between 1960 and 1966. The point marks the city only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in London (1966)

Recording site Wild Bunch Studios (London) — Part of the unreleased material on this compilation was recorded in London between 1960 and 1966. The point marks the city only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded in New York City (1966)

Recording site Record Plant Studios — Part of the unreleased material on this compilation was recorded in New York City between 1960 and 1966. The point marks the city only. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• A Time for Love: 1966 compilation album by Tony Bennett
• Made of unreleased material recorded between 1960 and 1966
• Eleven tracks in total
• Track listing: A Time for Love; The Very Thought of You; Trapped in the Web of Love; My Funny Valentine; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning; Yesterdays; Georgia Rose; The Shining Sea; Sleepy Time Gal; Touch the Earth; I'll Only Miss Her When I Think of Her
• Included in The Complete Collection box set, released 8 November 2011 by Sony Music Distribution

Background

• Compilation of material spanning about six years, from 1960 to 1966
• Recordings linked to Los Angeles, London, and New York City
• Songs credited to writers including Johnny Mandel, Ray Noble, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rodgers
• Single 'Georgia Rose' issued in 1966 and charted on the Billboard Hot 100

Recording

• Recordings tied to three cities: Los Angeles, London, and New York City (city-level location only)
• Tony Bennett credited for vocals
• Ralph Sharon Trio backs tracks 4 to 6
• Bobby Hackett plays trumpet on tracks 2, 8, and 9
• Urbie Green plays trombone on track 7
• Johnny Keating arranges and conducts track 2 and conducts track 9
• Johnny Mandel arranges and conducts tracks 1, 8, and 11
• Ralph Burns arranges and conducts tracks 7 and 10
• Ralph Sharon arranges and conducts track 3

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto on August 3, 1926, in Long Island City, Queens, New York City.
• Grew up in poverty after his father, a grocer, became unable to work and died when Tony was ten.
• Sang for money from age 13 as a singing waiter in Italian restaurants in Queens.
• Attended New York's School of Industrial Art but dropped out at 16 to help support his family.

Military service

• Drafted into the U.S. Army in November 1944 and fought as an infantryman in the final stages of World War II.
• Stayed in Germany with the occupying force and sang with an Army Special Services band under the name Joe Bari.

Career

• Studied bel canto at the American Theatre Wing on the GI Bill; Pearl Bailey and Bob Hope helped launch him, and Hope shortened his name to Tony Bennett.
• Signed with Columbia Records in 1950; first number-one hit "Because of You" in 1951.
• Shifted toward jazz singing in the late 1950s; "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" (1962) became his signature song.
• Declined commercially during the rock era and struggled with addiction and debt until a comeback in the late 1980s, managed by his son Danny.
• The 1994 MTV Unplugged album won the Grammy for Album of the Year.

Later career

• Collaborated with Lady Gaga from Cheek to Cheek (2014) through Love for Sale (2021).
• Won 20 Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award, and sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
• Received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2005 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• Co-founded the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens with Susan Crow.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard Top LPs chart debut: issue dated 8 October 1966, peak number 68
• Cash Box albums chart debut: issue dated 15 October 1966, peak number 39
• Single 'Georgia Rose' debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated 23 July 1966
• 'Georgia Rose' peaked at number 89 on the Billboard Hot 100 during a four-week run
• 'Georgia Rose' reached number six on the Easy Listening chart
• 'Georgia Rose' reached number 97 on the Cash Box singles chart

Records

• 'A Time for Love' peaked at number 119 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in September 1966
• 'A Time for Love' reached number three on the Easy Listening chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Sony Music Distribution placed the album in The Complete Collection box set on 8 November 2011.
• Title track 'A Time for Love' reached number three on the Easy Listening chart.
• 'Georgia Rose' is credited to Jimmy Flynn, Harry Rosenthal, and Alex Sullivan.
• Johnny Mandel is credited as arranger on three tracks and as co-writer of the title track and 'The Shining Sea'.
• Bobby Hackett plays trumpet on three tracks, including 'Georgia Rose' is not among them; his tracks are 2, 8, and 9.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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