You’ll Never Get Away From Me

Gypsy-lp
PROFILE
Composer Jule Styne
Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
Year Written 1959
About You’ll Never Get Away From Me
“You’ll Never Get Away From Me” is from the 1959 Broadway musical Gypsy, starring Ethel Merman as Mama Rose. Gypsy is certainly one of the greatest musicals in history and Merman’s performance is legendary. “You’ll Never Get Away From Me” is sung to Mama Rose by her lover Herbie, played by Jack Klugman in the original production.

Lyrics

You’ll never get away from me
You can climb the tallest tree I’ll be there somehow
True, you could say, “Hey, here’s your hat”
But a little thing like that couldn’t stop me now

I couldn’t get away from you
Even if you told me to, so go on and try
Just try and you’re gonna see
How you’re gonna not at all get away from me

I couldn’t get away from you
Even if you told to, well go on and try
Just try and you’re gonna see
How you’re gonna not at all get away from me

Session / Album Information

1959

You’ll Never Get Away From Me was recorded on March 23, 1959 and released first as a single in that year. The first release of this song on an album was in 1962 on the album Mr. Broadway: Tony’s Greatest Broadway Hits. It was arranged by Ralph Sharon.

You"ll Never Get Away From Me

Listen to You"ll Never Get Away From Me on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1962

This recording released on:

  • 1959: Columbia 45: 4-41381
  • 1960: CBS 45: AAG 126
  • 1960: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8335 — More Tony’s Greatest Hits
  • 1960: Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1535 — More Tony’s Greatest Hits
  • 1962: Columbia LP 12″: CS 8563 — Mr. Broadway: Tony’s Greatest Broadway Hits
  • 1962:  Columbia LP 12″ (Mono): CL 1763 — Mr. Broadway: Tony’s Greatest Broadway Hits
  • 1966: CBS LP 12″: DP 66010 — A String Of Tony’s Hits (UK)
  • 1973:  Columbia LP 12″: C 32239 — Sunrise, Sunset
  • 1990: Columbia CD: SOY21552 — The Good Life
  • 2005: Collectables CD: CCL8053 — The Good Life
  • 2007: Sony Music CD: 715320 — Sings the Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1
  • 2011: Disc #21 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK21) Mr. Broadway: Tony’s Greatest Broadway Hits
  • 2011: Disc #48 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK47) Sunrise, Sunset

Walkin’ Happy

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PROFILE
Composer Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyricist Sammy Cahn
Year Written 1959
About Walkin’ Happy
This song is from the 1966 musical Walkin’ Happy. The song, however, had been written seven years earlier for a Fred Astaire film that was never made.

Lyrics

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When the world’s undone you,
There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When you’re walking proud

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When the neighbors shun you
There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
Sets you ‘bove the crowd

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When somebody loves you
That’s very much like walking on a cloud

Good fortune found you, chappie
And your lives are happy, Valentine
When you’re walking happy
Don’t the blooming world seem fine

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When you feel like crowing
There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When you’re on your way

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When your pride is showing
There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
Today’s your day

There’s a kind o’ walk you walk
When the world’s a rainbow
And you heart is popping like a popping jay

So you had best believe it, chappie
You’re finding life is finger snappy
The day you learn that walking happy
Gives the world a shine

So just keep walkin’ happy with your hand in mine
With your hand in mine, keep your hand in mine
Love your hand in mine

Session / Album Information

1998

“Walkin’ Happy” was recorded on May 26, 1998 and features the Ralph Sharon Quartet, with Gray Sargent (guitar), Paul Langosch (bass) and Clayton Cameron (drums). This recorded is a previously unreleased outtake from The Playground.

Walkin" Happy

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

Somewhere Along The Line

Dinah Washington

Dinah Washington

PROFILE
Songwriters Dinah Washington, Walter Merrick
Year Written 1959
About Somewhere Along The Line
Dinah Washington recorded “Somewhere Along The Line” for her 1961 album Unforgettable.

Lyrics

Somewhere along the line
You met this heart of mine
You wooed it and won it
Now you would shun it
Over a glass of wine

Friends knew it all the time
That no wedding bells would chime
I was just a young dreamer, no match for a schemer
Yours was a lover’s crime

Folks gossiped, they said it was too good to be true
They even bet you’d search for someone new
This pendent world of ours was paradise
And I was blind with star dust in my eyes

You’re like gambler with his last dime
I know you will try it one more time
That’s why I pray like Napoleon Bonaparte
You’ll meet your Waterloo somewhere along the line
Somewhere along the line

Session / Album Information

1970

“Somewhere Along The Line” was recorded on September 30, 1970 and released in 1972 on the album Summer of ’42. It was arranged by Torrie Zito and produced by Teo Macero.

Somewhere Along The Line

Listen to Somewhere Along The Line on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1972: Columbia LP 12″: C 31219 — Summer Of ’42
  • 1972: CBS LP 12″: S64848 — Summer Of ’42 (UK)
  • 2011: Disc #43 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK42) Summer of ’42

Small World

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PROFILE
Composer Jule Styne
Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
Year Written 1959
About Small World
“Small World” is from the great 1959 musical Gypsy by Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim. Based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, it tells the story of the mother, Rose, and her two daughters, June and Louise, and her obsession to make it in the vaudeville circuit. The role of Rose was written for Ethel Merman and is one of her finest and most complex roles. “Small World” is sung by Rose and Herbie, who has the misfortune to fall in love with Rose. Gypsy is arguably the best musical ever written and has been revived many times on Broadway.

Lyrics

Funny, you’re a stranger who’s come here
Come from another town
Funny, I’m a stranger myself here
Small world, isn’t it?

Funny, you’re a girl who likes traveling
Rather than settling down
Funny ’cause I’d love to go traveling
Small world, isn’t it?

We have so much in common
It’s a phenomenon
We could pool our resources
By joining forces from now on

Lucky, you’re a girl who likes children
That’s an important sign
Lucky, cause I’d love to have children
Small world, isn’t it?
Funny, isn’t it? small and funny and fine?

Session / Album Information

1962

“Small World” was recorded on August 28, 1962 and released in 2013 on the album Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions Live 1962.

Small World - Live at the Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. - August 1962

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This recording released on:

  • 2013: Bennett/Brubeck: The White House Sessions Live 1962 (88883718042)

My Favorite Things

MyFaveThings
PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein
Year Written 1959
About My Favorite Things
“My Favorite Things” is, of course, from The Sound of Music. In the Broadway production, the song was introduced by Mary Martin and sung in the office of the Mother Abbess before Maria leaves to become governess for the von Trapp family. In the film, where it was sung by Julie Andrews, the song was moved to a scene with the children, when there is a storm and Maria sings the song to the children so that they won’t be too scared.

Lyrics

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into Springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple strudels
Door bells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into Springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I’m feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don’t feel so bad

Session / Album Information

1968

“My Favorite Things” was recorded on October 1, 1968 and released that year on the album Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album. It was arranged by Robert Farnon.

My Favourite Things

Tony Bennett · Snowfall - The Tony Bennett Christmas Album · Song · 1968

This recording released on:

  • 1968: Columbia 45: 4-44688
  • 1968: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9739 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
  • 1969: CBS LP 12″: 63782 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album (UK)
  • 1969: CBS LP 12″: 63612 — Greatest Hits, Volume II (UK)
  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9814 — Tony Bennett’s Greatest Hits, Vol. IV
  • 1970: Columbia 45: AE 28
  • 1972: Columbia Special Products LP 12″: P 11406 — Tony Bennett and His Friends “Over The Holidays”
  • 1976: Warwick LP 12″: PR 5021 — The Very Best Of Tony Bennett: 20 Greatest Hits [UK]
  • 1976: Warwick/CBS LP 12″: CBS 5021 — The Very Best Of Tony Bennett: 20 Greatest Hits [UK]
  • 1993: Columbia House Music Collection CD: 2C2 8221 — The Great American Composers: Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • 1994: Columbia CD: CK 66459 — Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album
  • 2002: Columbia/Legacy CD: 86634 — The Essential Tony Bennett
  • 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 84779 — Tony Bennett’s Greatest Hits Of The ’60s
  • 2008: Columbia/RPM/Legacy CD: 731397 — The Essential Tony Bennett [Limited Edition 3.0]
  • 2011: Disc #37 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK36) Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album

2000

“My Favorite Things” was recorded on December 21, 2000  with Vanessa Williams and Placido Domingo; it was released the following year on Our Favorite Things. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.

My Favorite Things - Voice

Listen to My Favorite Things - Voice on Spotify. Song · Richard Rodgers, Plácido Domingo, Vanessa Williams, Tony Bennett, Steven Mercurio, Wiener Symphoniker · 2001

This recording released on:

  • 2011: Disc #66 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK64) Our Favorite Things

2004

“My Favorite Things” was recorded in 2004 and released in 2008 for A Swingin’ Christmas. It was arranged by Bill Holman.

My Favorite Things (feat. Count Basie Big Band)

Listen to My Favorite Things (feat. Count Basie Big Band) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, Count Basie Big Band · 2008

This recording released on:

  • 2008: RPM Records/Columbia CD: 732250 — A Swingin’ Christmas
  • 2011: Disc #73 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK71) A Swingin’ Christmas

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