Tony Bennett grew up listening to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, Judy Garland, Bing Crosby, and jazz artists such as Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, and Joe Venuti. An uncle was a tap dancer in vaudeville, giving him an early window into show business. His first big hit was "Because Of You", a ballad produced by Mitch Miller with a lush orchestral arrangement from Percy Faith. It started out gaining popularity on jukeboxes, then reached #1 on the pop charts in 1951 and stayed there for 10 weeks, selling over a million copies. This was followed to the top later that year by a similarly-styled rendition of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart", which helped introduce Williams and country music in general to a wider, more national audience. We continue our survey throughout the â??50s where Tony gained more chart success and then moved into a more jazzier style culminating in 1958 with sessions with the great Count Basie.

Young Tony - Bennett, Tony  

Disc 1

1. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
2. I Wanna Be Loved
3. I Cant Give You Anything But Love
4. Our Lady Of Fatima
5. Just Say I Love Her
6. Sing You Sinners
7. Kiss You
8. One Lie Leads To Another
9. Don't Cry Baby
10. Once There Lived A Fool
11. Beautiful Madness
12. The Valentino Tango
13. I Won't Cry Anymore
14. Because Of You
15. While We're Young
16. Cold, Cold, Heart
17. Since My Love Has Gone
18. Please, My Love
19. Blue Velvet
20. Solitaire

Disc 2

1. Silly Dreamer
2. Sleepless
3. Somewhere Along The Way
4. I'm Lost Again
5. Have A Good Time
6. Here In My Heart
7. Roses Of Yesterday
8. You Could Make The Smile Again
9. Congratulations To Someone
10. Anywhere I Wander
11. Staywhere You Are
12. Take Me
13. No One Will Ever Know
14. (I'm) The King Of Broken Hearts
15. I'll Go
16. Rags To Riches
17. Here Comes That Heartache Again
18. Someone Turned The Moon Upside Down
19. Stranger In Paradise
20. Why Does It Have To Be Me

Disc 3

1. Until Yesterday (Non E La Pioggia)
2. Please Driver (Once Around The Park Again)
3. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
4. My Heart Won't Say Goodbye
5. Take Me Back Again
6. Madonna, Madonna
7. Not As A Stranger
8. Cinnamon Sinner
9. Old Devil Moon
10. I Fall In Love Too Easily
11. While The Music Plays On
12. Love Letters
13. My Reverie
14. Darn That Dream
15. Funny Thing
16. My Pretty Shoo-Gah
17. Give Me The Simple Life
18. My Baby Just Cares For Me
19. My Heart Tells Me
20. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me

Disc 4

1. Lost In The Stars
2. Taking A Chance On Love
3. I'm Just A Lucky So And So
4. It Had To Be You
5. You Can Depend On Me
6. Love Walked In
7. These Foolish Things
8. I'll Be Seeing You
9. Without A Song
10. Always
11. Just In Time
12. In The Middle Of An Island
13. Life Is A Song
14. Chicago
15. Are You Having Any Fun ?
16. Jeepers Creepers
17. Poor Little Rich Girl
18. I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
19. Anything Goes
20. Growing Pains
21. Guess I'll Have To Change My Plans
22. With Plenty Of Money And You