"Bennett is the best singer in the business. He gets across what the composer had in mind, and probably a little more"

- Frank Sinatra ( Life Magazine, 1965 )

Personnel:

- Tony Bennett - (vocals on all tracks)

- With orchestras conducted & arranged by:

- Frank De Vol ( A1, A6 & B5 )

- Percy Faith ( A2-A4 & B3 ) 

- Cy Coleman ( A5 )

- Count Basie ( A8 )

- Ralph Burns ( A9, B1 & B6 )

- Ray Ellis ( A10 & B7 )

- Marty Manning ( B2, B9, B10 )

- Ralph Sharon ( B4, B8 )

- The Ralph Sharon Quartet ( A7 )

Recorded in Hollywood & New York between 1951 & 1962

Tracks

Side A

• A1 THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
• A2 RAGS TO RICHES
• A3 STRANGER IN PARADISE
• A4 BECAUSE OF YOU A5 THE BEST IS YET TO COME [1961 Columbia single]
• A6 ALONE TOGETHER
• A7 THE BEAT OF MY HEART
• A8 FIREFLY
• A9 DANCING IN THE DARK
• A10 CA, C’EST L’AMOUR [From the MGM film Les Girls]

Side B

• B1 CLOSE YOUR EYES
• B2 THE GOOD LIFE [from the 1962 motion picture The Seven Deadly Sins]
• B3 BLUE VELVET
• B4 I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU
• B5 PUT ON A HAPPY FACE
• B6 SMILE
• B7 IN THE MIDDLE OF AN ISLAND
• B8 BEGIN THE BEGUINE
• B9 I WANNA BE AROUND [from the 1962 Columbia single]
• B10 I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO