I Wanna Be Around
| Release Date | February 18, 1963 |
| Label | Columbia |
| Release Number | CS 8800 |
| Format | 12″ Stereo LP |
I Wanna Be Around was released in 1963.
Songs
| Side One | Side Two | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| The Good Life | 2:18 | Once Upon a Summertime | 2:50 |
| If I Love Again | 3:22 | If You Were Mine | 2:18 |
| I Wanna Be Around | 2:14 | I Will Live My Life For You | 2:29 |
| I’ve Got Your Number | 1:52 | Someone To Love | 2:01 |
| Until I Met You | 2:55 | It Was Me | 3:08 |
| Let’s Face The Music and Dance | 2:50 | Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars | 3:20 |
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Additional Songs for 2006 CD Release
| If I Love Again | 3:04 | ||
| Someone To Love | 2:14 | ||
| Indian Summer | 1:43 |
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About the 1995 CD Release
The 1995 CD Release of I Wanna Be Around contained seven songs that were originally on This Is All I Ask, also from 1963. These songs were not included on the subsequent releases of I Wanna Be Around. Please refer to This Is All I Ask for more information.
| Autumn in Rome | 2:15 | |
| The Way That I Feel | 2:55 | |
| The Moment of Truth | 2:14 | |
| Got Her Off My Hands | 2:00 | |
| Long About Now | 2:44 | |
| Young and Foolish | 3:22 | |
| Tricks | 1:48 |
Primary Musical Personnel
| Vocals | Tony Bennett |
| Piano | Ralph Sharon |
| Conductor | Ralph Burns, Marty Manning |
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Sessions
I Wanna Be Around recorded in several sessions in 1962 and 1963; in addition, Let’s Face The Music and Dance was recorded in 1957 and used on The Beat of My Heart.
October 25, 1957
October 12, 1962
October 19, 1962
December 19, 1962
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Production Personnel
| 1963 ORIGINAL RELEASE | |
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler (except for Let’s Face The Music and Dance) |
| Engineers | Frank Laico, Robert Waller |
| 2006 CD RELEASE | |
| Producer | Didier C. Deutsch |
| A&R | Steve Berkowitz |
Additional Releases
- 1963: Columbia LP 12″: P 13575 — I Wanna Be Around
- 1964: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62149 — I Wanna Be Around (UK)
- 1995: Columbian CK 66504 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87234 — I Wanna Be Around
- 2011: Disc #26 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874603-JK25)