| I've Gotta Be Me | ||||
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| Released | Early August 1969[1] | |||
| Recorded | November 25, 1968 (#6, 8) January 17, 1969 (#2, 11) February 25, 1969 (#4, 7, 10) March 27, 1969 (#1, 3, 5, 9) | |||
| Studio | Columbia 30th Street (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 36:10 | |||
| Label | Columbia CS 9882 | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Wisner | |||
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| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |   [2] |
I've Gotta Be Me is an album by American singer Tony Bennett,[3] originally released in 1969 on Columbia as CS 9882.
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated September 6, of that year, and remained on the album chart for 5 weeks, peaking at No. 137[4]
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on June 30, 2009 as tracks 11 through 13 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 10 consisting of Bennett's studio album from December 1967, For Once in My Life.[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]
- ^ Billboard Aug 23, 1969
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 148. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 2 November 2024.
- ^ At Discogs
- ^ 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.
- ^ "For Once in My Life/I've Gotta Be Me". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.