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The Art of Romance (2004)

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Tony Bennett became a songwriter for the first time in his long career on this album, by writing the lyrics for 'All for You'.

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The Art of Romance: album by Tony Bennett, released in 2004
Won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Eleven tracks
Bennett's first songwriting work in a long career: lyrics for 'All for You'
On November 8, 2011, Sony Music Distribution included the CD in The Complete Collection box set
Track listing: 'Close Enough for Love' (Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams), 4:28
'All in Fun' (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern), 4:08
'Where Do You Start' (Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, Mandel), 3:42
'Little Did I Dream' (Dave Frishberg, Mandel), 3:45
'I Remember You' (Johnny Mercer, Victor Schertzinger), 5:06
'Time to Smile' (Geoffery Clarkson, Mercer), 3:24
'All for You' (Tony Bennett, Django Reinhardt), 4:35
'The Best Man' (Roy Alfred, Fred Wise), 2:52
'Don't Like Goodbyes' (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote), 4:15
'Being Alive' (Stephen Sondheim), 3:52
'Gone with the Wind' (Herb Magidson, Allie Wrubel), 4:16
Personnel: Tony Bennett, vocals
Phil Woods, saxophone
Lee Musiker, piano and arranger
Paul Langosch, double bass
Gray Sargent, guitar
Clayton Cameron, drums
Candido Camero, conga
Johnny Mandel, arranger and conductor
Jorge Calandrelli, arranger
Jesse Levy, conductor and orchestra contractor

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.

Released in 2004
Bennett wrote the lyrics for 'All for You', his first songwriting work in a long career
Credited to Tony Bennett as the main artist

Won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Italian Wikipedia gives the Grammy year as 2006
Included in The Complete Collection box set, issued by Sony Music Distribution on November 8, 2011
Track listing: eleven songs
Co-credits include Johnny Mandel, Paul Williams, Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer and Stephen Sondheim
Personnel includes Phil Woods on saxophone and Lee Musiker on piano and arranging
Johnny Mandel is credited as arranger and conductor and also co-wrote 'Close Enough for Love' and 'Where Do You Start'
The album closes with 'Gone with the Wind', credited to Herb Magidson and Allie Wrubel

Bennett's first songwriting work in a long career was the lyrics for 'All for You'
Phil Woods plays saxophone on the album
Johnny Mandel arranged and conducted, and co-wrote the opening track
'Being Alive' by Stephen Sondheim is the tenth track
The album was included in The Complete Collection box set on November 8, 2011