Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall

Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall
Live album by
ReleasedJuly 23, 1962 (1962-07-23)[1]
RecordedJune 9, 1962
VenueCarnegie Hall, New York City
GenreVocal jazz, traditional pop
Length63:32
LabelColumbia
ProducerErnest Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
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(1962)
Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall
(1962)
I Wanna Be Around
(1963)
Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall: Complete
Live album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedOctober 14, 1997
RecordedJune 9, 1962
VenueCarnegie Hall, New York City
GenreVocal jazz, traditional pop
Length1:46:02
LabelSony
ProducerErnest Altschuler
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]

Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall is a 1962 live album by Tony Bennett. The June 9th concert was directed by Arthur Penn and Gene Saks. Carnegie Hall had not featured a pop performer until April 23, 1961 when Judy Garland recorded her legendary concert.[3]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated October 13, of that year, and remained on the album chart for 19 weeks, peaking at No. 39[4] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated October 13, of that year, and remained on the chart for in a total of 12 weeks, peaking at 21[5]

Sony Music Distribution included this CD in a box set entitled The Complete Collection, which contains fifty-eight of his studio albums, 4 compilation, three DVDs, six volumes of Bennett’s non-album singles, a previously unreleased CD of his Las Vegas debut from 1964, and two discs of rarities, including Bennett’s first recording, an Army V-Disc of “St. James Infirmary Blues, and was released on November 8, 2011.[6]

  1. ^ Tony Bennett.com
  2. ^ Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall at AllMusic
  3. ^ Bennett and Friedwald, p. 167
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wis.: Record Research. p. 74. ISBN 978-0-8982-0117-8.
  5. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.