The Beat of My Heart is a 1957 album by jazz singer Tony Bennett. For this Columbia album Tony Bennett had started working with English jazz pianist Ralph Sharon and together they devised this percussion influenced treatment and invited percussionists Chico Hamilton, Jo Jones, Billy Exiner, Art Blakey, Candido Camero and Sabu Martinez to take part; Ralph Sharon was arranger and conductor. 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.

Track listing

1957 LP listing

Recorded on June 27 (#6–7, 10), October 14 (#1, 12), October 21 (#2, 5, 9) and October 25 (#3–4, 8, 11), 1957.

Bonus CD tracks

The 1996 compact disc re-release contained six bonus tracks, but omitted "Army Air Corps Song." Recorded on June 27 (#12–13), October 14 (#14–15), October 21 (#17) and October 25 (#16), 1957. The 2011 release of this album as part of the 73 disc "Complete Tony Bennett Collection" is the same as the 1996 CD but restores "Army Air Corps Song."

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