Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall | ||||
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Live album by | ||||
Released | July 23, 1962[1] | |||
Recorded | June 9, 1962 | |||
Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City | |||
Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop | |||
Length | 63:32 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Ernest Altschuler | |||
Tony Bennett chronology | ||||
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Tony Bennett at Carnegie Hall: Complete | |
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Live album by Tony Bennett | |
Released | October 14, 1997 |
Recorded | June 9, 1962 |
Venue | Carnegie Hall, New York City |
Genre | Vocal jazz, traditional pop |
Length | 1:46:02 |
Label | Sony |
Producer | Ernest Altschuler |
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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]