We’ll Be Together Again

Frankie Laine

Frankie Laine

PROFILE
Composer Carl T. Fischer
Lyricist Frankie Laine
Year Written 1945
About We’ll Be Together Again
“We’ll Be Together Again” was written by Carl T. Fischer in 1945, who was Frankie Laine’s pianist and musical director. Fischer asked Laine to write the lyrics, which he, quite nicely. In addition to the recording by Tony Bennett and Bill Evans, this song has been recorded by Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra and, of course, Frankie Laine.

Lyrics

No tears, no fears
Remember, there’s always tomorrow
So what if we have to part
We’ll be together again
Your kiss, your smile
are memories I’ll treasure forever
so try thinking with your heart
We’ll be together again
Times when I know you’ll be lonesome
times when I know you’ll be sad
don’t let temptation surround you
don’t let the blues make you bad
Some day, some way
we both have a lifetime before us
for parting is not goodbye
We’ll be together again

Session / Album Information

1975

“We’ll Be Together Again” was recorded in June, 1975 and was released that year on The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album.

We"ll Be Together Again

Tony Bennett, Bill Evans · The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1975

This recording released on:

  • 1975: Fantasy LP 12″: F 9489 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 1984: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12″: MFSL-1-117 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 1991: Fantasy CD: OJCCD-439-2 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 1992: Fantasy/OJC CD: OJCCD 439 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 2000: Fantasy CD: 204392 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 2001: JVC XRCD CD: JVCXR-020802 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 2006: Fantasy CD: FCD-30177 — The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album
  • 2009: Concord CD: FAN-31281 — The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
  • 2011: Disc #52 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK51) The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album

That Ole Devil Called Love

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PROFILE
Composer Doris Fisher
Lyricist Allan Roberts
Year Written 1945
About That Ole Devil Called Love
Composer Doris Fisher, daughter of songwriter Fred Fisher, was so popular in the 1940s that she was called “Queen of the Jukebox.” She often wrote with Allan Roberts. She was also a talented singer and performer. Other of her songs include “You Always Hurt The One You Love.”

Lyrics

Someone’s whisperin’ in my ear
I say, “No, no, go away.”
But he don’t hear
He follows me around
Builds me up, tears me down
Try my best to shake him
But he just hangs around

It’s that ole devil called love again
Gets behind me and keeps giving me that shove again
Putting rain in my eyes
Tears in my dreams
And rocks in my heart

It’s that sly sun-of-a-gun again
He keeps telling me that I’m the lucky one again
But I still have that rain
I still have those tears
And those rocks in my heart

Suppose I didn’t stay and ran away
Wouldn’t play
That devil-what a potion he would brew
He’d follow me around
Build me up, tear me down
I’d be so bewildered
I wouldn’t know what to do

Might as well give up that fight again
I know darn well he’ll convince me
That he’s right again
When he sings that siren song
I just gotta tag along
With that ole devil called love

Session / Album Information

1996

“That Ole Devil Called Love” was recorded in June 1996 and released in 1997 on the album Tony Bennett On Holiday. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.

That Ole Devil Called Love

Tony Bennett · Tony Bennett On Holiday: A Tribute To Billie Holiday · Song · 1997

This recording released on:

  • 1997: Columbia CD: CK 67774 — On Holiday
  • 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
  • 2011: Disc #63 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK61) On Holiday
  • 2013: Columbia/Legacy – Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett

Love Letters

Love Letters

PROFILE
Composer Victor Young
Lyricist Edward Heyman
Year Written 1945
About Love Letters
“Love Letters” was written for a film of the same name and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It has been recorded by Nat King Cole, Dick Haymes and Elvis Presley, among others.

Lyrics

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart.
I’m not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write.

I memorize ev’ry line,
I kiss the name that you sign.
And, darling, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart.

I memorize ev’ry line,
I kiss the name that you sign.
And, darling, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart.

Session / Album Information

1954

Love Letters was recorded on August 11, 1954 and released in 1955 on the album Cloud 7.

Love Letters

Listen to Love Letters on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1955

This recording also released on:

  • 1955: Columbia LP 12″: CL 621 — Cloud 7
  • 2004: Columbia CD: CK 85806 — Cloud 7
  • 2004: Jazz CD: 5060392000 — Cloud 7
  • 2008: Not Now Music CD: NOT3CD010 — Three Original Hit Albums [UK]
  • 2011: Disc #9 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK9) Cloud 7

Love

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PROFILE
Songwriters Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane
Year Written 1945
About Love
Love was written by Hugh Martin, with Ralph Blane, for the 1945 film musical extravaganza, Ziegfeld Follies. The song was introduced in the movie by Lena Horne.

Lyrics

Love can be a moment’s madness
Love can be insane
Love can be a life of sadness and pain

Love can be a summer shower
Love can be the sun
Love can be two hearts that flower as one

It can be fine and free
But its true
It doesn’t always happen to you

Love can be a dying ember
Love can be a flame
Love pledged in September
May be dead in December
You may not ever remember it came

Love can be a joy forever
Or an empty name
Love is almost never ever the same

Love can be a cup of sorrow
Love can be a lie
Love can make up tomorrow and sigh

Love can be a snow-capped mountain
Love can be the truth
Love can be an endless fountain of youth

It can be ecstasy
But that kind
Is not so very easy to find

Love can be a four-score failure
Love can bring you fame
Love fresh as the morning
May be wild when it’s ‘borning
And then without any warning, it’s tame

Love’s a tie that’s hard to sever
Or a losing game
Love is almost never ever, the same!

Session / Album Information

1971

“Love” was recorded on October 1, 1971 and released the following year on the album With Love. It was arranged by Robert Farnon.

Love

Listen to Love on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1972

This recording released on:

  • 1972: Columbia 45: 4-45613
  • 1972: Columbia LP 12″: KC 31460 — With Love
  • 1972: Columbia LP 12″: CBS-64849 — With Love (UK)
  • 2011: Disc #44 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK43) With Love

La Vie en Rose

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PROFILE
Composers Marguerite Monnot, Louis Guglielmi (aka Louiguy)
Lyricist (French) Edith Piaf
Lyricist (English) Mack David
Year Written 1945
About La Vie en Rose
While now considered one of Edith Piaf’s most identifiable songs (taking second place only to Non, je ne regrette rein), this song had a slow and somewhat troubled beginning. The lyric came to Miss Piaf in 1944. She worked with Louiguy for the melody. At the time the song was written, only Louiguy, as neither Piaf or Monnot were qualified to copyright their work under the auspices of Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique, the official French association. Initially, the song was though to be weak as compared to the rest of repertoire and she was encouraged to not sing it at her concerts. She did not sing it publicly until 1946 and it quickly became a favorite of audiences. She finally recorded the song in 1947. “La Vie en Rose” has been widely recorded ever since and used in many films, from Bull Durham to WALL-E. The 2007 film biography of Edith Piaf, which starred Marion Cotillard, was titled La Vie en Rose.

Lyrics

Hold me close
And hold me fast
This magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose

When you kiss me
Heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose

When you press me
To your heart
I’m in a world apart
A world where roses bloom

And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Everyday words
Turn into love songs

Give your heart
And soul to me
And life will always be
La vie en rose

And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Everyday words
Turn into love songs

Give your heart
And soul to me
And life will always be
La vie en rose

Session / Album Information

2002

“La Vie en Rose,” a duet with k.d. lang, was recorded in March 2002 and released that same year on Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World. Vocal arrangements were by Rob Mathes. The album was orchestrated and conducted by Peter Matz, with musical direction and arrangements by Lee Musiker.

La Vie En Rose

Listen to La Vie En Rose on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, k.d. lang · 2002

This recording released on:

  • 2002: RPM/Columbia CD: CK 86734 — Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World
  • 2003: Globo/Columbia CD: 0030 2 — All The Best [Brazil]
  • 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
  • 2011: Disc #68 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK66) Tony Bennett & k.d. lang: A Wonderful World
  • 2013: Columbia/Legacy – Sixty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett

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