Tea For Two

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PROFILE
Composer Vincent Youmans
Lyricist Irving Caesar
Year Written 1925
About Tea For Two
“Tea For Two” is from the very popular 1925 musical No, No Nanette. The musical had a very successful revival on Broadway in 1971, which helped to make “Tea For Two” even more popular with the public.

Lyrics

I’m discontented with homes that are rented
So I have invented my own
Darling, this place is a lover’s oasis
Where life’s weary chase is unknown
Far from the cry of the city
Where flowers pretty caress the streams
Cozy to hide in
To live side by side
Don’t let it abide in my dreams

Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two and two for tea
Just me for you and you for me
Alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations
We won’t have it known, dear
That we own a telephone, dear

Day will break and you’ll awake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For me to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family
A boy for you, a girl for me
Can’t you see how happy we would be

Session / Album Information

1971-1

“Tea For Two” was recorded on January 25, 1971 and released that year on the album Love Story. It was arranged by Ralph Burns.

Tea For Two

Listen to Tea For Two on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: CBS 45: S 7056
  • 1971: Columbia 45: 4-45376
  • 1971: Columbia LP 12″: C 30558 — Love Story
  • 2011: Disc #41 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK40) Love Story

1971-2

“Tea For Two” was recorded on January 31, 1971 and released that year on the album Get Happy with The London Philharmonic Orchestra. It was arranged by Ralph Burns.

Tea For Two - Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England - January 1971

Listen to Tea For Two - Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England - January 1971 on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: Columbia LP 12″: C 30953 — Get Happy with The London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • 2011: Disc #42 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK41) Get Happy with The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sleepy Time Gal

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PROFILE
Composers Richard Whiting, Ange Lorenzo
Lyricists Joseph R. Alden, Raymond Egan
Year Written 1925
About A Sleepy Time Gal
This song from 1925 is a husband singing to his wife, who likes to stay up all night and dance, therefore “turning night into day,” to please come home and go to bed. The original treatment was an up tempo comic song, but is sometimes treated more as a lament, at a slower tempo. It was widely recorded in the late 1920s. Harry James recorded it in 1944 and revived interest in the song. Other good recordings include those by The Mills Brothers and Josephine Baker.

Lyrics

Sleepy time gal you’re turning night into day
Sleepy time gal you’ve danced the evening away
Before each silvery star fades out of sight
Please give me one little kiss then let us whisper goodnight
It’s getting late and dear your pillow’s waitin’

Sleepy time gal when all your dancing is through
Sleepy time gal I’ll find a cottage for you
You’ll learn to cook and sew
What’s more you’ll love it I know
When you’re a stay at home, play at home 8 o’clock sleepy time gal

It’s getting late and dear your pillow’s waiting
Sleepy time gal when all your dancing is through
Sleepy time gal I’ll find a cottage for you
You’ll learn to cook and to sew
What’s more you’ll love it I know
When you’re a stay at home, play at home 8 o’clock sleepy time gal

Session / Album Information

1965

“Sleepy Time Gal” was recorded in Fall, 1965 and released that year on the album A Time For Love. The song was arranged by Johnny Keating and features Bobby Hackett on cornet.

Sleepy Time Gal

Listen to Sleepy Time Gal on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1966

This recording released on:

  • 1965: CBS 45: 202021
  • 1966: CBS LP 12″: SBPG 62800 — A Time For Love [UK]
  • 1966: Columbia LP 12″: CL 2560 — A Time For Love
  • 1966: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9360 — A Time For Love
  • 1990: CBS/Sony CD: CSCS-5243 — A Time For Love [Japan]
  • 2011: Disc #33 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK32) A Time For Love

Remember (The Night) / Always

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PROFILE
Composer and Lyricist Irving Berlin
Year Written 1925
About Remember The Night
This song has been a standard since its release in 1925. Significant recordings include those by Betty Carter, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald.

Lyrics

One little kiss, a moment of bliss, then hours of deep regret
One little smile, and after a while, a longing to forget
One little heartache left as a token
One little plaything carelessly broken

Remember the night
The night you said, “I love you”
Remember?

Remember you vowed
By all the stars above you
Remember?

Remember we found a lonely spot
And after I learned to care a lot

You promised that you’d forget me not
But you forgot
To remember

Into my dreams you wandered it seems, and then there came a day
You loved me too, my dreams had come true, and all the world was May
But soon the Maytime turned to December
You had forgotten, do you remember?

Session / Album Information

19187

“Remember The Night” was recorded as a medley with Always on May 29, 1987. This medley is a previously unreleased outtake from the album Bennett/Berlin. This song features the Ralph Sharon Trio, with Paul Langosch on bass and Joe LaBarbera on drums.

Remember The Night/Always

Tony Bennett · Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 2 · Song · 2012

This recording released on:

  • 2011: Disc #2 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK2) Rarities, Outtakes & Other Delights, Vol. 2

Poor Little Rich Girl

Poor LIttle Rich Girl
PROFILE
Composer Noël Coward
Lyricist Noël Coward
Year Written 1925
About Poor Little Rich Girl
Noël Coward wrote “Poor Little Rich Girl” for the 1925 revue On With the Dance. It is one of his most popular songs.

Lyrics

Poor little rich girl,
You’re a bewitched girl,
Better take care.
Laughing at danger,
Virtue a stranger,
Better beware!
The life you lead sets all your nerves a-jangle,
You love affairs are in a hopeless tangle,
Though you’re a child, dear,
Your life’s a wild typhoon!

In lives of leisure,
The craze for pleasure
Steadily grows;
Cocktails and laughter,
But what comes after?
Nobody knows!
You’re weaving love into a mad jazz pattern,
Ruled by Pantaloon,
Poor little rich girl,
Don’t drop a stitch too soon!

You’re only a baby,
You’re lonely, and maybe
Someday soon you’ll know
The tears you are tasting
Are years you are wasting,
Life’s a bitter foe!
With fate it’s no use competing,
Youth is so terribly fleeting;
By dancing much faster
You’re chancing disaster,
Time alone will show.

Session / Album Information

1959

Poor Little Rich Girl was recorded on January 5, 1959 and was released in 1959 on Basie/Bennett. The song was arranged by Ralph Sharon.

Poor Little Rich Girl - 1990 Remix / Remaster

Listen to Poor Little Rich Girl - 1990 Remix / Remaster on Spotify. Song · Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Tristan Powell · 1959

This recording also released on:

  • 1959: Emus Records LP 12″: ES-12026 — Strike Up The Band
  • 1961: Roulette LP 12″: R/SR-25072 — Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
  • 1961: Roulette LP 12″: SR 25231 — Bennett & Basie – Strike Up The Band
  • 1963: Roulette LP 12″: R/SR-25231 — Strike Up the Band
  • 1966: Allegro LP 12″: ALLR 799 — A One Night Stand! [UK]
  • 1969: Saga Eros LP 12″: EROS 8076 — Tony Bennett and Count Basie
  • 1981: Reactivation LP 12″: JR 149 — Bennett & Basie [UK]
  • 1987: Roulette CD: RCD 59021 — Strike Up the Band
  • 1987: Pickwick CD: PWK 032 — Count Basie Featuring Tony Bennett
  • 1990: Roulette Jazz CD: CDP 7 93899 2 — Basie/Bennett
  • 1990: Roulette CD: B2-93899 — Basie Swings, Bennett Sings
  • 1994: Cema CD: S21-18051 — The Many Moods of Romance: So in Love
  • 1995: DCC CD: DZS 004 — Chicago
  • 1995: Garland CD: 21 — Chicago
  • 1999: St.Clair CD: 5731 — Forever Gold
  • 2002: Prestige Elite CD: 220 — Chicago
  • 2007: Proper CD: PROPERBOX 121 — Young Tony
  • 2008: Jasmine CD: JASCD482 — Together At Last/A Perfect Combination
  • 2011: Disc #13 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK13) Basie/Bennett
  • 2012: Essential Media Group: Bennett & Basie Strike Up The Band (Digitally Remastered) (CD-R on-demand)

Manhattan

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PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Lorenz Hart
Year Written 1925
About Manhattan
Written for the Garrick Gaieties, “Manhattan” is an early Rodgers and Hart song. The song was introduced by the Sterling Holloway. The song made its first film appearance the the following year in a short entitled Makers of Melody. The song has remained popular up to today and is frequently recorded by jazz and popular singers. In addition to Bennett’s recording, “Manhattan” has been recorded by Blossom Dearie, Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Tormé and Dinah Washington. It is often used in films, including Silent Movie, Mighty Aphrodite and The English Patient.

Lyrics

Summer journeys
To Niag’ra
And to other places
Aggravate all our cares.
We’ll save our fares.
I’ve a cozy little flat
In what is known as old Manhattan.
We’ll settle down
Right here in town.

We’ll have Manhattan,
The Bronx and Staten
Island too.
It’s lovely going through
The zoo.
It’s very fancy
On old Delancey
Street, you know.
The subway charms us so
When balmy breezes blow
To and fro.
And tell me what street
Compares with Mott Street
In July?
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding by.
The great big city’s a wondrous toy
Just made for a girl and boy.
We’ll turn Manhattan
Into an isle of joy.

Session / Album Information

1973

“Manhattan” was recorded in July, 1973 and released in 1976 on Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs.

Manhattan

Tony Bennett · The Complete Improv Recordings · Song · 2004

This recording released on:

  • 1976: Improv LP 12″: 7113 — Tony Bennett Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs
  • Disky CD: BX 883552 — As Time Goes By
  • 1990: King CD: KICP-2046 — The Rodgers and Hart Songbook [Japan]
  • 1991: Improv LP 12″: DARC2-2102 — The Rodgers And Hart Songbook
  • 1991: DRG CD: CDXP 2102 — The Rodgers And Hart Songbook
  • 2000: Horatio Nelson CD: HNRCD9001 — The Essential Tony Bennett (UK)
  • 2002: Recall CD: RECA 353 — Have You Met Miss Jones? [UK]
  • 2004: Concord CD: CCD4-2255 — The Complete Improv Recordings
  • 2005: Concord CD: 2243 — Sings the Rodgers & Hart Songbook
  • 2006: Universal CD: 3122432 — Sings The Rodgers & Hart Songbook (UK)
  • 2011: Disc #50 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK49) Tony Bennett’s Sings 10 Rodgers & Hart Songs

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