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
Released	April 19, 1965[1]
Recorded	January 4, 1965 (#4, 6, 10) February 18, 1965 (#3, 7, 9) February 19, 1965 (#1–2, 5, 8, 11–12)
Studio	CBS 30th Street Studio, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	41:35
Label	Columbia CL 2343 CS 9143
Producer	Ernie 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

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Allmusic	[2]
Record Mirror	[3]

If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set is a 1965

1. "Samba do Avião" ("Song of the Jet") (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Gene Lees) – 3:34
2. "Fly Me to the Moon" (Bart Howard) – 4:00
3. "How Insensitive" (Vinicius de Moraes, Norman Gimbel, Jobim) – 4:23
4. "If I Ruled the World" (Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel) – 3:00
5. "Love Scene" (Marshall Barer, Duke Ellington) – 2:33
6. "Take the Moment" (Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim) – 3:59
7. "Then Was Then and Now Is Now" (Cy Coleman, Peggy Lee) – 3:05
8. "Sweet Lorraine" (Cliff Burwell, Mitchell Parish) – 3:39
9. "The Right to Love" (Gene Lees, Lalo Schifrin) – 3:41
10. "Watch What Happens" (Jacques Demy, Gimbel, Michel Legrand) – 2:57
11. "All My Tomorrows" (Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 3:19
12. "Two by Two" (Rodgers, Sondheim) – 3:25

Personnel

Performance

• Tony Bennett – vocals
• Al Cohn – tenor sax (#1–3, 9)
• Joe Marsala – clarinet (#8)
• Ralph Sharon – piano
• Carlos Lyra – guitar (#1, 3)
• Bobby Hackett – ukulele (#8)
• Hal Gaylor – bass
• William "Billy" Exiner, Elcio Milito (#1 only) – drums
• Don Costa – arranger, conductor

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