Hometown, My Town

Hometown, My Town is an album by American singer Tony Bennett. It was originally recorded in 1958 and released in 1959 on Columbia as CL 1301.

Track listing

 * 1) "The Skyscraper Blues" (Jenkins, Adair) – 7:08
 * 2) "Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone)" (Will Jason, Val Burton) – 6:17
 * 3) "By Myself" (Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz) – 2:54
 * 4) "I Cover the Waterfront" (Green, Heyman) – 4:58
 * 5) "Love Is Here to Stay" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 2:21
 * 6) "The Party's Over" (Jule Styne, Betty Comden, Adolph Green) – 3:35

Recorded on November 3 (#1, 3), November 4 (#4–6) and November 6 (#2), 1958.

Personnel

 * Tony Bennett – vocals
 * Ralph Burns – arranger & conductor
 * Ralph Sharon – piano
 * Ed Caine, Walt Levinsky (#1, 3), J. Palmer, Romeo Penque, A. Epstein (#2) – reeds
 * Al Cohn – tenor saxophone (#4–6)
 * Danny Bank – baritone saxophone
 * Al De Risi, Bernie Glow (#1–3), James Maxwell (#2, 4–6), Marky Markowitz, Carl Poole (#4–6) – trumpet
 * Billy Byers, Urbie Green (#1–3), William Elton (#2, 4–6), Chauncey Welsch (#1, 3–6) – trombone
 * Toots Mondello – alto saxophone, clarinet (#2, 4–6)
 * Al Caiola (#1, 3), Barry Galbraith (#2, 4–6)- guitar
 * Janet Putman – harp
 * Pat Merola (#1, 3), Milt Hinton (#2, 4–6) – bass
 * Eddie Costa – percussion (#2, 4–6)
 * Terry Snyder – drums (#1, 3)
 * Don Lamond – drums (#2, 4–6), percussion (#1, 3)
 * Robert Abernathy (#2, 4–6), Ranier C. De Intinis (#4–6), Joseph Singer (#4–6), Ray Alonge (#2), Richard L. Berg (#2) – unspecified instruments

Strings

 * Seymour Barab, Burt Fisch, Harold Colletta (#2, 4–6), Lucien Schmidt (#4–6), Howard Kay, Harvey Shapiro, Alan Shulman, Isadore Zirr – violoncello, viola
 * Arnold Eidus, Julius Held, Max Hollander, Harry Lookofsky (#4–6), Harry Edison (#4–6, Leo Kruczek, Tosha Samoroff, H. Urbont, Maurice Wilk, Paul Winter, David Nadien (#2), Fred Buldrini (#2) – violin