If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set

If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
Studio album by
Tony Bennett
ReleasedApril 19, 1965[1]
RecordedJanuary 4, 1965 (#4, 6, 10)
February 18, 1965 (#3, 7, 9)
February 19, 1965 (#1–2, 5, 8, 11–12)
StudioColumbia 30th Street (New York City)
GenreJazz
Length41:35
LabelColumbia
CL 2343
CS 9143
ProducerErnie Altschuler
Tony Bennett chronology
Who Can I Turn To
(1964) 		If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
(1965) 		The Movie Song Album
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Record Mirror[3]

If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set is a 1965 studio album by Tony Bennett, arranged by Don Costa. Bennett dedicated his recording of "Sweet Lorraine" on the album to Nat "King" Cole, who had died a month before the album's release.[4]

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated May 22, 1965, and remained on the chart for 22 weeks, peaking at No. 47[5] it also debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated May 15, of that year, and remained on the chart for 17 weeks, peaking at No. 32[6]

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.[7]

  1. ^ Tony Bennett.com
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r24547
  3. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (11 September 1965). "Tony Bennett: Songs For The Jet Set" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 235. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  4. ^ If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set at AllMusic
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  7. ^ "The Complete Collection - Tony Bennett". allmusic.com. Retrieved 8 October 2024.