I've Gotta Be Me is an album by American singer Tony Bennett,[2] originally released in 1969 on Columbia as CS 9882.

I've Gotta Be Me
Studio album by Tony Bennett
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) CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Vocal jazz
Length	36:10
Label	Columbia CS 9882
Producer	Jimmy Wisner
Tony Bennett chronology
Snowfall: The Tony Bennett Christmas Album (1968) I've Gotta Be Me (1969) Tony Sings the Great Hits of Today! (1970)

Track listing

1. "I've Gotta Be Me" (Walter Marks) - 2:54
2. "Over the Sun" (Jamie Moran Aguirre, Arturo Castro) - 2:50
3. "Play It Again, Sam" (Hal Hackady, Larry Grossman) - 3:43
4. "Alfie" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:21
5. "What the World Needs Now Is Love" (Bacharach, David) - 2:44
6. "Baby Don't You Quit Now" (Johnny Mercer, Jimmy Rowles) - 2:50
7. "That Night" (Norman Gimbel, Lalo Schifrin) - 3:17
8. "They All Laughed" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:44
9. "A Lonely Place" (Johnny Mandel, Paul Francis Webster) - 3:50
10. "Whoever You Are, I Love You" (Bacharach, David) - 4:20
11. "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" (André Previn, Dory Previn) - 3:37

Personnel

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Peter Matz, Torrie Zito - conductor, arranger
• Don Ashworth, Phil Bodner, Wally Kane, Romeo Penque, Pete Fanelli, Sol Schlinger, Joe Soldo, Bobby Tricarico - reeds
• Marky Markowitz, John Bello, Al De Risi, Joe Ferrante, Joe Wilder, Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm, Snooky Young - trumpet
• Wayne Andre, John Messner, Tony Studd, Chauncey Welsch, Paul Faulise, J. J. Johnson, Fred Zito - trombone
• Joseph De Angelis, Paul Ingraham, Joseph Singer, Jim Buffington, Ray Alonge - French horn
• John Bunch - piano
• Gene Bertocini, Jim Mitchell, Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar
• Margaret Ross - harp
• Richard Davis, Milt Hinton, Homer Mensch, George Duvivier, Jack Lesberg - bass
• Mel Lewis, Sol Gubin, Louis Bellson - drums
• Jack Jennings, Dave Carey, Phil Kraus - percussion

Strings

• Charles McCraken, George Ricci, Alan Shulman, Harvey Shapiro, Tony Sophos - violoncello
• Lamar Alsop, Max Cahn, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Joe Malin, Marvin Morgenstern, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, John Pintavalle, Matthew Raimondi, Julius Schachter, Gerald Tarack, Raoul Polikian, Max Polikoff, Fred Buldrini, Sylvan Shulman - violin
• Julien Barber, Al Brown, Theodore Israel, Richard Dickler, Harold Furmansky, Harry Zaratzian, Harold Colletta, Harold Furmansky, David Schwartz, Emanuel Vardi - viola

References