Something

George Harrison

George Harrison

PROFILE
Songwriter George Harrison
Year Written 1969
About Something
“Something” was recorded by The Beatles for the 1969 album Abbey Road; it was also released as the A-side on a single with “Come Together.” “Something” was the first song written by Harrison to appear on the A-side of a 45 single and the only song he wrote while still with The Beatles to top US charts.

Lyrics

Something in the way she moves
Attracts me like no other lover
Something in the way she woos me
I don’t wanna leave her now
You know I believe in how

Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don’t need another lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don’t wanna leave her now
You know I believe in how

You’re askin’ me will my love grow
I don’t know, I don’t know
You stick around now, it may show
I don’t know, I don’t know

Something in the way she woos me

Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don’t wanna leave her now
You know I believe in how

Session / Album Information

1969

“Something” was recorded on November 18, 1969 and released the following year on the album Tony Sings The Great Hits of Today! It was arranged by Peter Matz.

Something

Tony Bennett · Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today! · Song · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1970: Columbia 45: 4-45109
  • 1970: Columbia 45: 4-45205
  • 1970: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9980 — Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today
  • 1970: Columbia LP 12″: C 30280 — Tony Bennett’s “Something”
  • 1970: CBS LP 12″: S64217 — Tony Bennett’s “Something” (UK)
  • 1972: Columbia LP 12″: C 30280 — Tony Bennett’s “Something”
  • 1972: CBS LP 12″: CBS 68200 — All-Time Greatest Hits [UK]
  • 1972: CBS LP 12″: CBS 68200 — All-Time Greatest Hits [UK]
  • 1973: Harmony LP 12″: KH 32171 — Tony!
  • 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]
  • 1991: Columbia CD: C4K 46843 — Forty Years – The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
  • 1993: CBS/Sony CD: SRCS-6641 — Forty Years: The Artistry Of Tony Bennett
  • 1995: Columbia CD: CK 64601 — Tony Bennett’s “Something”
  • 1997: Columbia CD: CK 65316 — All-Time Greatest Hits
  • 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
  • 2006: RPM/Columbia/Legacy CD: 84779 — Tony Bennett’s Greatest Hits Of The ’60s
  • 2011: Disc #39 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK38) Tony Sings The Great Hits of Today!
  • 2001: Disc #38 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK39) Tony Bennett’s “Something”

Play It Again Sam

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PROFILE
Composer Larry Grossman
Lyricist Hal Hackaday
Year Written 1969
About Play It Again, Sam
“Play It Again, Sam” was written for Woody Allen’s 1969 play of the same name, where a nebbish film reviewer is coached in his lackluster love life with tips from his alter ego, Humphrey Bogart. The play starred Allen, Diane Keaton and Tony Roberts, all of whom reprised their roles in the 1972 film version. And, to be clear, no one ever said “play it again, Sam” in the film Casablanca.

Lyrics

Remember the love song you used to play?
The song that you played when I used to sing?
Play it again, Sam
And then you would play it again, Sam

It’s been a few years, Sam
But now and then
I have a few drinks
And remember when

I’d sit here and ask you
To play it again and again, Sam
The first time I heard it
I heard it with her
Sam you remember
How happy we were
Funny what memories
That song seems to stir
So play it for me
In her memory

I’ve nobody else
But myself to blame
For kidding myself
‘Cause they’re all the same
Should be a law
For what her kind of dame
Does to men, Sam

What’s over is over
I always say
I’ll just have a drink
And be on my way
Only came in here to ask you to play it again,
and again, and again, and again, and again,
Sam

Session / Album Information

1969

“Play It Again, Sam” was recorded on March 27, 1969 and released that year on the album I’ve Gotta Be Me. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

Play It Again, Sam

Listen to Play It Again, Sam on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1969

This recording released on:

  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
  • 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

Over The Sun

PROFILE
Songwriters Arturo Castro, Jaime Moran
Year Written 1969

Lyrics

I dreamed last night of a place
Somehow its over the sun
That land is waiting for us

There is a chance to begin
A life of hope and relief
For everyone is a god

I have found a way
to make the flowers laugh
so they could blink and smile
when we would pass
under the rainbow of her golden sky

I have found a way to voyage
to the land with one embrace
we’ll reach a paradise and
we’ll be met by only happiness

I dreamed last night of a place
Somewhere its over the sun
That land is waiting for us

There is a chance to begin
A life of hope and relief
Where everyone is a god

I dreamed last night of a place
Somehow its over the sun
Over the sun
Over the sun

Session / Album Information

1969

“Over the Sun” was recorded on January 17, 1969 and released that year on the album I’ve Gotta Be Me. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

Over The Sun

Listen to Over The Sun on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1969

This recording released on:

  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
  • 1969: Columbia 45: 4-44824
  • 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

A Lonely Place

Johnny Mandel

Johnny Mandel

PROFILE
Composer Johnny Mandel
Lyricist Paul Francis Webster
Year Written 1969
About A Lonely Place
“A Lonely Place” was written for the 1969 western Heaven with a Gun, starring Glenn Ford.

Lyrics

The world can be a happy place
Of stars and cockle shells
Of summer things like garden swings
Of games and carousels

A hundred different pleasures
The heart can not forget
And yet
And yet

The world is such as lonely place
When you are all alone
Your arms reach out to empty space
For dreams you’ve never known

And in the dawn
In silence I explore
I see the one I’ve waited for
Beyond a slowly closing door

Oh please don’t go
For this I know
I need you so

The world’s a lonely place
That’s all until you fall in love

Session / Album Information

1969

“A Lonely Place” was recorded on March 27, 1969 and released that year on the album I’ve Gotta Be Me. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

A Lonely Place

Listen to A Lonely Place on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1969

This recording released on:

  • 1969: CBS 45: 4527
  • 1969: Columbia 45: 4-44947
  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
  • 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

Come Saturday Morning

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PROFILE
Composer Fred Karlin
Lyricist Dory Previn
Year Written 1969
About Come Saturday Morning
“Come Saturday Morning” was first recorded by The Sandpipers and used in the 1969 film The Sterile Cuckoo, which starred a young Liza Minnelli. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. In addition to recordings by The Sandpipers and Tony Bennett, other recordings were made by Chet Baker and Patti Page.

Lyrics

Come Saturday morning
I’m going away with my friend
We’ll Saturday-spend more than half of the day
Just I and my friend
We’ll travel for miles in our Saturday smiles
And then we’ll move on
But we will remember long after Saturday’s gone

Come Saturday morning
I’m goin’ away with my friend
We’ll Saturday-laugh more than half of the day
Just I and my friend
Dressed up in our rings and our Saturday things
And then we’ll move on
But we will remember long after Saturday’s gone

We will remember long after Saturday is gone

Session / Album Information

1970

“Come Saturday Morning” was recorded on August 11, 1970 and released that year on the album Tony Bennett’s “Something”. It was arranged by Peter Matz.

Come Saturday Morning (From "The Sterile Cuckoo")

Listen to Come Saturday Morning (From "The Sterile Cuckoo") 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 #39 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK38) Tony Sings The Great Hits of Today!

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