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Steppin' Out (1993)

Where the lyrics of Steppin' Out take you, and where it was really made.

A tribute to Fred Astaire that continued Bennett's commercial comeback and won a Grammy the following year.

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Steppin' Out: studio album by American singer Tony Bennett, released in 1993
A tribute to Fred Astaire
Continued Bennett's commercial comeback
17 tracks with songs by Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, and Burton Lane with Alan Jay Lerner
Opening track: "Steppin' Out with My Baby" by Irving Berlin
Personnel: Tony Bennett on vocals, Ralph Sharon on piano, Doug Richeson on double bass, Clayton Cameron on drums

Followed Perfectly Frank, released the year before
Like Perfectly Frank, achieved gold record status in the United States
Sony Music Distribution later included the CD in the box set The Complete Collection, on November 8, 2011

1	Steppin’ Out With My Baby	2:53
2	Who Cares?	3:17
3	Top Hat, White Tie and Tails	2:36
4	They Can’t Take That Away From Me	3:33
5	Dancing in the Dark	3:20
6	Shine on Your Shoes	2:19
7	He Loves and She Loves	3:28
8	They All Laughed	2:13
9	I Concentrate on You	3:03
10	You’re All the World to Me	3:08
11	All of You	3:36
12	Nice Work If You Can Get It	3:50
13	It Only Happens When I Dance With You	2:08
14	Shall We Dance	1:33
15	You’re Easy to Dance With / Change Partners / Cheek to Cheek	4:39
16	I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan	2:46
17	That’s Entertainment!	2:00
18	By Myself	2:09

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.

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.

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.

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.

Won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance in 1994
Gold record status in the United States
Included in The Complete Collection box set by Sony Music Distribution, 8 November 2011

A music video for "Steppin' Out with My Baby" received airplay on MTV.
The album opens with "Steppin' Out with My Baby," written by Irving Berlin.
One track is titled "You're Easy to Dance With/Change Partners/Cheek to Cheek" and runs 4:38.
The CD was added to The Complete Collection box set on November 8, 2011.
Italian Wikipedia describes Bennett as an American singer and the album as a 1993 studio album.