Giveaway: Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook Volume 1

If you asked me if I was a Tony Bennett fan, I probably wouldn't say yes, but deep inside I think I may be.  I've been listening to a few tracks off of his new Legacy Records presents Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1 (which drops tomorrow) and I'm humming along and wanting more, especially when it comes to American standards like It Had To Be You (listen: .asx or .mov) and They Can't Take That Away From Me (listen: .asx or .mov). Are you a closeted Tony Bennett fan?  Two lucky Celebrity Baby Blog readers will get to win their own copy!  (The rest of you may want to consider buying it.)    To enter, tell us what your favorite American standard is (if you can't think of any, click Continue Reading to see which songs are included on the album) or Tony Bennett song, and why. (Giveaway closes Thursday, September 27 at 8 am.) Tony Bennett Sings The Ultimate American Songbook, Vol. 1 is a dream project for Tony Bennett, who personally chose the 15-song program from his Columbia repertoire.  Literally hundreds of singers have recorded versions of these songs over the years, but Tony Bennett is in the rare class of artists who actually took part in many of the original presentations.  The songs on this definitive collection of popular standards cover three distinct decades of recording by Tony Bennett on Columbia:              The 1950s: 1958’s “Ev’ry Time We Say Good­bye” originally from the 1944 Cole Porter Broadway musical, Seven Lively Arts; and 1959’s “Taking A Chance On Love” from the 1940 Vernon Duke Broadway musical, Cabin In The Sky. The 1960s: 1962’s Live At Carnegie Hall version of the 1934 Cole Porter gem, “Anything Goes”; 1962’s “You’ll Never Get Away From Me” from Stephen Sond­heim’s 1959 Broadway musical, Gypsy; then a pair from Tony’s 1964 album When Lights Are Low – Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’” which dates to 1929, and the Gus Kahn/Isham Jones chestnu
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