Walkabout

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PROFILE
Composer John Barry
Lyricist Don Black
Year Written 1971
About Walkabout
“Walkabout” is from the Nicholas Roeg film of the same name, released in 1971. The film concerns two children abandoned by their crazy father in the Australian outback. They meet Aborginal youth, who is on a “walkabout,” a ritualistic separation from his tribe.

Lyrics

Walkabout
And as you wander on
Reflect and ponder on
The dreams today forgot to bring

Go somewhere where you’re out of reach
Find a distant beach
Where the wind blows freely
Walkabout with me

Walkabout
And learn unwinding ways
We’ll share spellbinding days

You’ll know if hummingbirds are shy
And when you see a butterfly
Scribbling ‘cross the sky
You will wonder, “Why?”

Come, let’s walkabout

Session / Album Information

1971

“Walkabout” was recorded on August 11, 1971 and released the following year on the album Summer of ’42. It was also released as a single in 1971. “Walkabout” was arranged by Robert Farnon and produced by Teo Macero.

Walkabout

Listen to Walkabout on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: Columbia 45: 4-45449
  • 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

The Two Lonely People

Bill Evans

Bill Evans

PROFILE
Composer Bill Evans
Lyricist Carol Hall
Year Written 1971
About The Two Lonely People
Bills Evans wrote “The Two Lonely People” in 1971; Carol Hall wrote the lyrics. The song first appeared on Evans’ 1971 album The Bill Evans Album. The song was also recorded in 1974 on the album But Beautiful, recorded live with Stan Getz at Jazz Middelheim in Antwerp, Belgium.

Lyrics

The two lonely people sat silently staring
Their eyes looking coldly ahead
The two lonely people once loved and were caring
But now it’s all over and dead
They don’t know what happened
They can’t think what happened
They had something fine on their own
But the two lonely people have turned into statues
Yes turned into statues of stone
The world was their moon once
The yellow ones
It held all their hopes and their dreams
But time came and broke them
Reality woke them
The world’s not so pretty as it seems
For all that once mattered
Is old now and battered
But must it be shattered in two
The two lonely people
Would give all their life
Yes give all their life
If they knew… The two lonely people sat silently staring
Their eyes looking coldly ahead
The two lonely people sat silently staring
Their eyes looking coldly ahead

Session / Album Information

1976-1

“The Two Lonely People” was recorded in September, 1976 and was released the following year on Together Again.

This recording released on:

  • 1977: Improv LP 12″: 7117 — Together Again
  • Disky CD: BX 883552 — As Time Goes By
  • 1991: DRG CD: CDMRS901 — Together Again
  • 1996: Victor CD: VICJ-5177 — Together Again
  • 1999: Rhino CD: R2 75837 — Together Again
  • 2000: Horatio Nelson CD: HNRCD9001 — The Essential Tony Bennett (UK)
  • 2002: Recall CD: RECA 353 — Have You Met Miss Jones? [UK]
  • 2003: Concord CD: CCD-2198 — Together Again
  • 2004: Concord CD: CCD4-2255 — The Complete Improv Recordings
  • 2009: Concord CD: FAN-31281 — The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
  • 2011: Disc #53 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK52) Together Again

1976-2

“The Two Lonely People” was recorded in September, 1976 but was not released until the 1999 Rhino release of Together Again.

The Two Lonely People (alternate take 5)

Listen to The Two Lonely People (alternate take 5) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett, Bill Evans · 2009

This recording released on:

  • 1999: Rhino CD: R2 75837 — Together Again
  • 2003: Concord CD: CCD-2198 — Together Again
  • 2004: Concord CD: CCD4-2255 — The Complete Improv Recordings
  • 2009: Concord CD: FAN-31281 — The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings
  • 2011: Disc #53 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK52) Together Again

Theme from Summer of 42

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PROFILE
Composer Michel Legrand
Lyricists Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
Year Written 1971
About Theme From Summer of ’42 (The Summer Knows)
The Summer of ’42 was released in 1971 and is a coming of age story about a teenager who becomes romantically involved with a woman whose husband is serving overseas in World War II. The melody of the song runs throughout the film. The song (and the film) became quite popular; the song became a pop standard with recordings by Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Bill Evans and, of course, Tony Bennett.

Lyrics

The summer smiles, the summer knows
And unashamed she sheds her clothes,
The summer smoothes the restless sky
And lovingly she warms the sand
On which you lie
The summer knows, the summer’s wise,
She sees the doubts within your eyes
And so she takes her summertime
Tells the moon to wait and the sun to linger
Twists the world round her summer finger
Lets you see the wonder of it all

And if you’ve learned your lesson well
There’s little more for her to tell
One last caress
It’s time to dress
For Fall.

The summer smiles, the summer knows
And unashamed she sheds her clothes,
One last caress
It’s time to dress
For Fall.

Session / Album Information

1971

“Summer of ’42” was recorded on November 15, 1971 and released the following year on the album Summer of ’42. It was arranged by Torrie Zito and produced by Teo Macero.

Theme From "Summer of "42" (The Summer Knows)

Listen to Theme From "Summer of "42" (The Summer Knows) on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: Columbia 45: 4-45523
  • 1972: CBS 45: S 7711
  • 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

More and More

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel

PROFILE
Songwriters Sacha Distel, Robert I. Allen
Year Written 1971
About More and More
Sacha Distel introduced “More and More” in his 1971 album of the same name.

Lyrics

More and more
I find I’m not the man I used to be
I find so many things are new to me
Although they’ve been there all the time

Did birds sing every day?
And stars shine nightly from the Milky Way?
Did willows sigh and raindrops dance ballet?
And summer breezes taste like wine?

More and more
I find I see my friends much less and less
And stranger as it may seem I must confess
Its gotten so that I don’t mind

Cause I know, I know why its true
Why I’m reborn and why my world is new
Its you
And more an more I’m yours
And more and more you’re mine

Session / Album Information

1971

“More and More” was recorded on May 21, 1971 and released that year on the album Summer of ’42. It was arranged by Torrie Zito and was produced by Teo Macero.

More And More

Listen to More And More on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: Columbia 45: 4-45411
  • 1972: CBS 45: S 7342
  • 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

Losing My Mind

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PROFILE
Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim
Year Written 1971
About Losing My Mind
This song is from Sondheim’s 1971 musical Follies, about a reunion of the performers from The Weissman Follies, held as the theatre they performed in is about to be demolished and turned into a parking lot. “Losing My Mind” is sung by Sally Durant, who married one of the stage door Johnnies, Buddy (now a salesman) and lives in Arizona. Her friend Phyllis has married Buddy’s friend Ben, who is quite successful. Sally was in love with Ben years ago and still is. She sings this song about this lost love. The song was introduced on Broadway by Dorothy Collins. In the 1985 concert version of Follies, it was sung by Barbara Cook.

Lyrics

The sun comes up – I think about you
The coffee cup – I think about you
I want you so, it’s like I’m losing my mind
The morning ends – I think about you
I talk to friends – I think about you
And do they know it’s like I’m losing my mind?

All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left – not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?
I want you so, it’s like I’m losing my mind
Does no one know its like I’m losing my mind?

All afternoon doing every little chore
The thought of you stays bright
Sometimes I stand in the middle of the floor
Not going left – not going right
I dim the lights and think about you
Spend sleepless nights to think about you
You said you loved me, or were you just being kind?

Or am I losing my mind?
Or am I losing my mind?

Session / Album Information

1971

“Losing My Mind” was recorded on May 21, 1971 and released that year on the album Summer of ’42. It was arranged by Torrie Zito and produced by Teo Macero.

I"m Losing My Mind

Listen to I"m Losing My Mind on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1971

This recording released on:

  • 1971: Columbia 45: 4-45411
  • 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

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