Yellow Days

Alvaro Carrillo

Alvaro Carrillo

PROFILE
Composer Alvaro Carrillo
Lyricist (Spanish) Alvaro Carrillo
Lyricist (English) Alan Bernstein
Year Written 1965
About Yellow Days
“Yellow Days” is by the Mexican composer Alvara Carrillo. In addition to Tony Bennett’s recording, “Yellow Days” was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Percy Faith.

Lyrics

I remember when the sunlight had a special kind of brightness
And laughter held a lover’s kind of lightness
Yellow days, yellow days

She would hold me and the smile would spread around us so completely
And the softness of a kiss would linger sweetly
Yellow days, yellow days

But then came thunder
And I heard her say “goodbye”
Through tears of wonder
Now I’m alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where’d you go?

Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter’s just an echo I’ll remember
Yellow days, yellow days

Now I’m alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where’d you go?

Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter’s just an echo I’ll remember
Yellow days, yellow days

Session / Album Information

1970

“Yellow Days” was recorded on April 3, 1970 and released that year on the album Tony Bennett’s “Something”. It was arranged by Peter Matz.

Yellow Days

Listen to Yellow Days on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1970

This recording released on:

  • 1970: Columbia LP 12″: C 30280 — Tony Bennett’s “Something”
  • 1970: CBS LP 12″: S64217 — Tony Bennett’s “Something” (UK)
  • 1995: Columbia CD: CK 64601 — Tony Bennett’s “Something”
  • 2011: Disc #40 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK39) Tony Bennett’s “Something”

What The World Needs Now Is Love

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PROFILE
Composer Burt Bacharach
Lyricist Hal David
Year Written 1965
About What The World Needs Now Is Love
“What The World Needs Now Is Love” was first sung by Jackie DeShannon in 1965. This song went on to be recorded by a wide variety of artists, from Judy Garland and Tony Bennett to Luther Vandross to Coldplay.

Lyrics

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No, not just for some but for everyone

Lord we don’t need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides
Enough to climb
There are oceans and rivers
Enough to cross. Enough to last
’till the end of time

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No not just for some but for everyone
No not just for some but just for everyone

Lord we don’t need another meadow
There are corn fields and wheat fields
Enough to grow
There are sun beams and moon beams
Enough to shine
Come on listen lord if you want to know

What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
No not just for some but for everyone
No not just for some but for everyone

What the world needs now is love

Session / Album Information

1969

“What The World Needs Now Is Live” was recorded on March 27, 1969 and released that year on the album I’ve Gotta Be Me. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

What The World Needs Now Is Love

Listen to What The World Needs Now Is Love on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1969

This recording released on:

  • 1969: CBS 45: 4224
  • 1969: Columbia 45: 4-44855
  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
  • 1973: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31002 — Trolley Song
  • 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]
  • 2009: Beat Goes On CD: 886 — For Once In My Life/I’ve Gotta Be Me [UK]
  • 2011: Disc #38 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK37) I’ve Gotta Be Me

1971

“What The World Needs Now Is Love” was recorded on January 31, 1971 and released that year on the album Get Happy with The London Philharmonic Orchestra. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

What The World Needs Now Is Love - Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England - January 1971

Listen to What The World Needs Now Is Love - 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

Two By Two

Stephen Sondheim

Stephen Sondheim

PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
Year Written 1965
About Two By Two
“Two By Two” was written for the musical Do I Hear a Waltz? but was cut before the production opened.

Lyrics

Two by two by two
Everybody is two by two by two
Everybody is him and her
Everybody is on and on
Two by two and cookie makes three

One has none to lose
By myself I can say and do what I choose
But it’s funny when all is said and done
One and one make one
Have you heard the news
The world goes on by twos

One has none to lose
By myself I can say and do what I choose
But it’s funny when all is said and done
One and one make one
Have you heard the news
The world goes on, and on, and on, and on,
The world goes on by twos
The world goes on, and on, and on,
The world goes on by twos

Session / Album Information

1965

“Two By Two” was recorded on February 19, 1965 and released in 1965 on the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set. It was arranged by Don Costa.

Two By Two

Tony Bennett · If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set · Song · 1965

This recording released on:

  • 1965: CL 2343 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 1965: CS 9143 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 1974: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31058 — If I Ruled the World [UK]
  • 1997: CK 65317 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 2011: Disc #31 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK30) If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set

Take The Moment

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PROFILE
Composer Richard Rodgers
Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
Year Written 1965
About Take The Moment
“Take The Moment” is from the 1965 Broadway musical Do I Heart a Waltz?. The production was troubled from the start. Hammerstein passed away as the writing of piece was started. Stephen Sondheim was a protege of Hammerstein and was asked by Arthur Laurents, who wrote the book, and Mary Rodgers, daughter of Richard Rodgers, to write the lyrics, Richard Rodgers and Sondheim did not mesh and their working relationship was not happy for either artist.

Lyrics

Take the moment,
Let it happen,
Hug the moment,
Make it last.
Hold the feeling
For the moment
Or the moment
Will have passed.
All the noises
Buzzing in your head,
Warning you to wait,
What for?
Don’t listen!
Let it happen,
Take the moment,
Make the moment
Many moments more!
Make for us a thousand more!

Session / Album Information

1965

“Take The Moment” was recorded on January 4, 1965 and released in 1965 on the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set. It was arranged by Don Costa.

Take The Moment

Tony Bennett · If I Ruled The World: Songs For The Jet Set · Song · 1965

This recording released on:

  • 1965: CL 2343 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 1965: CS 9143 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 1965: Columbia 45: 4-43220
  • 1974: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31058 — If I Ruled the World [UK]
  • 1997: CK 65317 — If I Ruled The World (Songs For The Jet Set)
  • 1993: Columbia House Music Collection CD: 2C2 8222 — The Great American Composers: Rodgers & Hammerstein, Vol. 2
  • 2011: Disc #31 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK30) If I Ruled The World: Songs for the Jet Set

The Shadow of Your Smile

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PROFILE
Composer Johnny Mandel
Lyricist Paul Francis Webster
Year Written 1965
About The Shadow of Your Smile
This song was the main love theme from the 1965 film The Sandpiper, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (and was my late mother’s favorite movie). It was filmed, beautifully, in Big Sur on the California coastline. The song won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Tony Bennett’s 1965 recording won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year. To this day, Tony Bennett sings this song in his concerts.

Lyrics

One day we walked along the sand
One day in early spring
You held a piper in your hand
To mend its broken wing
Now I’ll remember many a day
And many a lonely mile
The echo of a piper’s song
The shadow of a smile

The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes
My love and see
All the lovely things
You are to me

Our wistful little star
Was far too high
A teardrop kissed your lips
And so did I
Now when I remember spring
All the joy that love can bring
I will be remembering
The shadow of your smile

Session / Album Information

1965

“The Shadow Of Your Smile” was recorded on September 26, 1965 and released in 1966 on The Movie Song Album.

The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from "The Sandpiper")

Listen to The Shadow of Your Smile (Love Theme from "The Sandpiper") on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1966

This recording released on:

  • 1965: Columbia 45: JZSP 112321
  • 1965: Columbia 45: 4-43431
  • 1966: CBS 45: 202084
  • 1966: Columbia 45: 4-33099
  • 1966: CBS LP 12″: BPG 62677 — The Movie Song Album (UK)
  • 1966: Columbia LP 12″: CL 2472 — The Movie Song Album
  • 1966: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9272 — The Movie Song Album
  • 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 LP 12″: C 30240 — Sings His All-Time Hall Of Fame Hits
  • 1972: CBS LP 12″: CBS 68200 — All-Time Greatest Hits [UK]
  • 1972: Columbia LP 12″: KG 31494 — All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 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]
  • 1982: CBS Special Products CD: — My Best To You
  • 1983: CBS Special Products LP 12″: P 16655 — My Best To You
  • 1986: Columbia CD: — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 1986: CBS/Sony CD: 32DP-558 — 16 Most Requested Songs [Japan]
  • 1988: Columbia CD: CK 09272 — The Movie Song Album
  • 1990: Columbia/Legacy CD: CK-40215 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 1990: Columbia/Legacy CD: 40215 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 1990: Columbia CD: 40215 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 1991: Columbia CD: CSK 4083 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett (Promo)
  • 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
  • 1992: Sony Mid-Price CD: 4724182 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
  • 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
  • 1995: Sony Special Products CD: 16655 — My Best To You
  • 1995: Sony Special Products CD: 58257 — My Best To You
  • 1997: Columbia CD: CK 65405 — Sings His All-Time Hall of Fame Hits
  • 1997: Columbia CD: CK 65316 — All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 1997: Eclipse Music Group CD: 64859 — My Best To You
  • 1998: Sony Music Special Products CD: A2 28722 — Love Songs
  • 1999: Sony International CD: 91207 — The Essential Tony Bennett: A Retrospective
  • 2000: Columbia/Legacy CD: CK 63570 — The Ultimate Tony Bennett
  • 2000: Sony Music CD: 63570 — The Ultimate Tony Bennett
  • 2001: Sony Music CD: SRCS-9093 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 2002: Collectables CD: 9870 — My Best To You
  • 2002: Columbia/Legacy CD: 86634 — The Essential Tony Bennett
  • 2005: Sony Music CD: 4721952 — 16 Most Requested Songs
  • 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 82876 87233 2 — The Movie Song Album
  • 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 #32 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK31) The Movie Song Album

2006

“The Shadow Of Your Smile” was recorded was recorded on February 9, 2006 with Jaunes and was released that same year on Duets: An American Classic. It was arranged by Jorge Calandrelli.

The Shadow of Your Smile (with Juanes)

Listen to The Shadow of Your Smile (with Juanes) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, Juanes · 2006

This recording released on:

  • 2006: RPM Records/Columbia CD: 82876809792 — Duets: An American Classic
  • 2006: RPM Records/Columbia CD: 82876887352 — Duets: An American Classic [Target Stores]
  • 2006: Sony BMG CD: 828768858721 — Duets: An American Classic [Australia]
  • 2006: Sony BMG CD: 82876885862 — Duets: An American Classic [UK, Singapore]
  • 2011: Disc #70 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK68) Duets: An American Classic

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