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Who Can I Turn To (1964)

Where the lyrics of Who Can I Turn To take you, and where it was really made.

The title track reached number 38 on the Billboard Hot 100, but the album itself did better on the album chart than its single did, peaking at number 42 on Billboard Top LPs and at number 28 on Cashbox.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1964)

Recording site Columbia 30th Street Studio — The album was recorded at CBS 30th Street Studios in New York City. The point marks the studio at building-level coordinates. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Who Can I Turn To is a 1964 studio album by Tony Bennett
• Title track released as a single, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated October 3, 1964
• The album has 12 tracks, including standards and newer songs
• The original LP was released by Columbia on 16 November 1964 (Cl 2285/CS 9085)

Background

• The single peaked at number 38 on the Hot 100 during a ten-week run
• On the Easy Listening chart the single peaked at number 3 during ten weeks
• On the Cashbox singles chart it reached number 38 and stayed for eleven weeks
• The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated December 19, 1964
• On 8 November 2011 Sony Music Distribution included the CD in a box set titled The Complete Collection

Recording

• Recorded at CBS 30th Street Studios in New York City
• Producer credited on the original recordings: Ernie Altschuler
• Engineers credited on the original release: Frank Laico and Ted Brosnan
• George Siravo is credited as arranger and conductor
• Ralph Sharon is credited on piano

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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: praised Bennett's ballad and blues qualities across 12 songs
• Cashbox: praised Bennett's readings of 'I Walk A Little Faster', 'There's A Lull In My Life', and 'I've Never Seen'
• Variety: said Bennett handled all the songs in a slick, savvy style

Reappraisal

• AllMusic (William Ruhlmann): said Bennett found nothing to match the title track, but the pairing of singer and arranger made a consistent and effective album

Records

• Billboard Top LPs: debuted in the issue dated December 19, 1964, stayed 19 weeks, peak number 42
• Cashbox albums chart: debuted in the issue dated December 19, 1964, stayed 20 weeks in total, peak number 28
• Hot 100 single: peak number 38, ten-week run
• Easy Listening single chart: peak number 3
• Cashbox singles chart: number 38, eleven weeks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album was included in the 2011 box set The Complete Collection, released by Sony Music Distribution on 8 November 2011
• The 1995 reissue carries a copyright credit to Sony Music Custom Marketing Group
• The reissue was remastered by Mark Wilder and Tom Ruff
• The track list includes Bill Evans and Gene Lees's 'Waltz for Debby' and Mel Tormé's 'Got the Gate on the Golden Gate'
• The album stayed on the Billboard Top LPs chart for 19 weeks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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