Everybody’s Talkin’

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PROFILE
Songwriter Fred Neil
Year Written 1966
About Everybody’s Talkin
“Everybody’s Talkin'” is best known for its use in the 1966 film Midnight Cowboy, where it was performed by Harry Nilsson, who won a Grammy award for his performance of this song.

Session / Album Information

1970-1

“Everybody’s Talkin'” was recorded on June 30, 1970. It was a previously unreleased outtake from Tony Bennett’s “Something”, which was released in 1971.

Ev"rybody"s Talkin"

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

1970-2

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

Everybody"s Talkin" (From "Midnight Cowboy")

Listen to Everybody"s Talkin" (From "Midnight Cowboy") on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1970

This recording released on:

  • 1970: Columbia 45: 4-45157
  • 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!

Eleanor Rigby

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

John Lennon and Paul McCartney

PROFILE
Songwriters John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Year Written 1966
About Eleanor Rigby
“Eleanor Rigby” was written in 1966 and released on the album Revolver. Unlike many of The Beatles previous recordings, this song used an eight-piece string section.

Lyrics

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all belong?

Session / Album Information

1969

“Eleanor Rigby” 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.

Eleanor Rigby

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

This recording released on:

  • 1970: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9980 — Tony Sings The Great Hits Of Today
  • 1970: Columbia 45: 4-45109
  • 2011: Disc #39 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK38) Tony Sings The Great Hits of Today!

Country Girl

Robert Farnon

Robert Farnon

PROFILE
Composer and Lyricist Robert Farnon
Year Written 1966
About Country Girl
“Country Girl” was written by the Canadian-born composer, conductor, arranger and trumpet player Robert Farnon. Farnon composed both light classical and popular music, as well as film and television scores. Robert Farnon worked with Tony Bennett on several albums, including the wonderful 1968 Snowfall.

Lyrics

Country girl, country girl
I beheld her in meadowland
Bowing and reaping and singing a refrain
Oh, what a melancholy strain
The valley echoed with a ring
No nightingale could ever sing
So plaintively as the country girl

I was spellbound and curious
Why such a sad song?
Perhaps love passed her by
No hopeful rainbow in the sky
Maybe she held a memory dear
A happiness of yesteryear
In solitude cried the country girl

Came the hour to travel on
Sadness befell me
A sorrow filled my heart
A longing never to depart
The music in my soul I bore
Long after it was heard no more
And memories of a country girl
Whose love I’ll never know

Session / Album Information

1966

“Country Girl” was recorded on November 26, 1966 and released the following year on the album Tony Makes It Happen!. It was arranged by Marion Evans.

Country Girl

Listen to Country Girl on Spotify. Song · Tony Bennett · 1967

This recording released on:

  • 1966: CBS 45: 2970
  • 1967: Columbia 45: 4-43954
  • 1967: Columbia LP 12″: CL 2653 — Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 1967: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9453 — Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 1967: CBS LP 12″: SPBG 63055 — Tony Makes It Happen! [UK]
  • 1971: Columbia LP 12″: C 30558 — Love Story
  • 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
  • 2004: Columbia/Legacy CD: C5K 92784 — Fifty Years: The Artistry of Tony Bennett
  • 2008: Columbia/RPM/Legacy CD: 731397 — The Essential Tony Bennett [Limited Edition 3.0]
  • 2011: Disc #34 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK33) Tony Makes It Happen!
  • 2011: Disc #41 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK40) Love Story

1971

“Country Girl” was recorded on January 31, 1971 and released that year on the album Get Happy with The London Philharmonic Orchestra. It was arranged by Marion Evans.

Country Girl - Live at the Royal Albert Hall, London, England - January 1971

Listen to Country Girl - 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

Alfie

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PROFILE
Composer Burt Bacharach
Lyricist Hal David
Year Written 1966
About Alfie
“Alfie” is the theme song from the very successful 1966 film starring Michael Caine.

Lyrics

What’s it all about Alfie?
Is it just for the moment we live?
What’s it all about when you sort it out, Alfie?
Are we meant to take more than we give
Or are we meant to be kind
And if only fools are kind, Alfie
Then I guess it is wise to be cruel
And if life belongs only to the strong, Alfie
What will you lend on an old golden rule?
As sure as I believe there’s a Heaven above, Alfie
I know there’s something much more
Something even nonbelievers can believe in
I believe in love, Alfie
Without true love we just exist, Alfie
Until you find the love you’ve missed
You’re nothing, Alfie
When you walk let your heart lead the way
And you’ll find love any day, Alfie
Alfie, Alfie

Session / Album Information

1969

“Alfie” was recorded on February 25, 1969 and released that year on the album I’ve Gotta Be Me. It was arranged by Torrie Zito.

Alfie

Tony Bennett · I"ve Gotta Be Me · Song · 1969

This recording released on:

  • 1969: Columbia LP 12″: CS 9882 — I’ve Gotta Be Me
  • 1969: Columbia 45: 4-44824
  • 1973: Embassy LP 12″: EMB 31002 — Trolley Song
  • 1973: Harmony LP 12″: KH 32171 — Tony!
  • 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

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